The Hawaiian gazette., 1869-02-17
The Volcanic Phenomena af
Hawaii.
Qrxruo

Amongst the ussay exaggerated reports
eoacsruisS our heaasifsl IslAnas which
are eousissally uaking the rOaDds Of ks<>
sizn papers, NE are happy TO kOd nov and
thea 3 1ors scientific ard more reliahle
comment On the phsnonera for which crr
srozp Is 80 faaoas, he tOllOwing arsSele.
ehpped fro1 the Lcsioa D,ziiy Ness.
h<loass to the htteS CAS-. and viii be
fsz,G e Interest 70 Cur readers
Fslser aereaats received from Hoa0-
l1lz shog that 10 Go1bt can exist respect
Ing the Sahssds1es q Hawaii but. - hr
As prssent Appearances can BE jniged. ne
tssrn little that seems TO Justify the
opfaioa easertSiRsd oy the Inhabitants q
Hs=zIi and the neighooViag islands. that
the Island Is slowly settling into the sea-
. We are eolgrss1lztiaS ourselves says
ths H010loi1 CORRESPONDENT * New York
parer. thxE ne 90 not live upon Hawai-
That istsai. 80 long oeerpis6 with earth
quakes. srupsio1s. volcanic waves. and ara
bznches u aud that have dssohted her
valleys. has wiskin the ksr few DAYS, taksn
o. aew freak Like Falstaf. HauzH :
uoE peOvias herself 10 hare an aIscrity
in sinki1gH Lei Is eouSidsr the evidenes
We have o. this point
Our readers vii dc1bsiess not usei 70
be reminded that the SUBMITS Of the Ha-
EsiSaa Uo11tzi1 rsgio1 rivSl the highest
peaks u E1rope n Sitikute- No one who
has Rad the narrative Of Capt Cocks
three celebrated Eoysgss can fail 10 re-
member thass k1st fs~ pages Of the Cap
szius ioGrual IN which he describes xiih
pride and eatAzsizsn the discovery Of the
pt1es where he Was 70 meet bis death
-0u the evening Of NoVenber Sch. IT'S.
Es discovered. says be. = another i<2zpd
10 EiudEsT1. which the natives called
OEhykee- Ga the LIST Of December At 5
oclock IN the morning. fading that ne
cu1d fetch Owhyhse- stood for il /; and
oCr VlSItars fruz another island alied
M0zss (Nazil. noS choosing to accompany
y. embarked In their canoe and EeRt
ashore Nsxr noruing. Ne were surprised
70 see the submits Of the m01utalns on
0Wkytes covered with SNOW He p-O-
cse5s 10 describe the manners az the m
tiTes WY exhibited - bshzEi01r fire from
reserve anu suspicion : and the lzss Ines
he Psnaed N ~ JO1rnalbook express lis
pleasure that he should have been enabled
10 ssrieh his v0yzgs with discover
which tho1gh the kSs, seemed 70 be II
uany respects the most inpurt2lf that
had hitherto been nade By Europeans
tkru1-ho1t the extent Of the Paei6c
A - L. -. -
b. the ssEzgs inhzhitz1ts. whose daring
ks hzi mistaken Ear freddy eoaf6eses
The S1oES which coTsred the EozaEains
Ssen By Can't Cook we're not the snoEs
Of zi1ssr- The Iofty peaks Of the range
reach high above the limits OF perpetual
SLOW The lzlznd Itssf has an extent Of
Of AZ least 4l000 square niles IL VII Be
understood therefore that Il Hawai- we're
really 10 s1hssis beneath the lsssl Of The
oesan. the phsuous1a E0old be Gee Of
the most astounding that hzs ever been
presented To the e0ots0ptztiea q gsok0-
gizts- As Il & the fact that N fsiand Of
szeh e01si3zEabls extent and bsaEi1g On
ia surface mountains Of sIch Importance,
sho1i sxhih5t sszeh an1istakzhe sFnp-
tons Of suhs55eaes- Affords ore Of the
m1sE Interesting sFaie1css Of the encrDe1s
power az tie earth s1htsrrzaszD keavings
that Ne have eFsr bad pressnssd 70 Is
Bat & nay Be zsksd shetber the mean
LzEsl of a oesan Ike the Psci6E czn pos
sioly b d=ssrniled 50 eIzesiy - TO enable
Is 70 aggregate : Tzrszri0u Of lzEsl Skieh
cerEzinlF does mt s1essd fsE f=es n one
part Of HaEaI, shile IN another II has
been estimated AZ but few inehez Il
INST Be rsze1bsrsd. hoEeveF. that the
tides az the PzcIie arg vary dIssefsnt frUm
rh1s= Ekich ne are accustomed 70 u car
EaErUEsE seas- The PaeiE< lids are Eery
rite Gaisrstaod- bat The phe7o1ena thsr
PRESENT are characterized b. ssnguL<''u1l-
f5<uify- 4 Eizi0zezJ- describing The
ss1Ezrss q the ri1es mar the Soeiesy
IsEsns5s- remarks thai -ths rise / seldom
zarE than eigbteen inches or Es0 feet
shove IsE zzter zzk- The 1ndsTizt-
ing rezzfzTitF Of the tide. he ads. : %
vel Esderssoad b. The nztiEes that they
Distinguish he ho1Fs Of the DAY b terms
descriptive q II state. sz.ck Is the fsiIOz-
nE- Whers : the tide instead q. Is
Ee sto1d zEF- -Wkzx 0ic3ock i nEr
The sazs Pee1lizrifies- be says. Ezrk the
tbs zrD1cd tie Sandwich Islzn6s, cf
Esieh Hazza : the kFgez1 L I, tksre-
FIRE, 0oT5o1s thar vsrF sight slteEzfion
4 ths IsEsl & the isLzzd Eo1if bs recoe-
nizzhis- IDdeed- the accent se have
frua HenaizIz. states that although the
eastern and nsrlhsrn sh1res q the iLzzd
kass sank bsE se~ Tsehess yes rks has
hesa ezo1zh % czzse tie - 70 e0Fer tie
I'D tide z1rkz. and % oEss5OE tie Tses-
tzrlsa Ct the more IssA bezehssL
Tts sztssiz1cs a the isiznd hav5nx
besa ptscsd beysnd d01bt Il rezszins %
i1.7zirs Ehs<ksr the pbssozsoon I % b
lo9ksd o. - Fzzt a : process EkEk III
o1s dsF iead 70 tie t0zzi dfszDpesrznee q
ths Esklnd benezfk tn szEss sfths oeezn-
Il c11ze1pl1fizz tie gsoiogic hiszorJ q
dgr zi6he- ne nezt sifk vzriozs f1F1s q
s.szi1encz- Ffrzs q al tters hare ben
ezses = WIKI district q consSdsrzble
sxte1t has ss1k b1diiT he1szth the wares
dsring q rie1e1E eerfhq1ske- II sseh
ezsez zlfkozzh tie dzzppezznes q IL
Iasd zaF Is c0zriete. tie se<1z7 de1th q
s1hsiiencz ~ zivzgs ben Enited 70
fs~ yzs'fs Thes thers kzss hees instances
= BEiEA > k1g Ezzzs q shDrs kzs bss1
Io9sred b. successive sko<ks. oeeaning q
intsrEzls x ssFsrzI Fezrz n s1<h eases
- fkis. The s1bs55eree zt each Sack hzs
zlvz7s hsss s-1aA Lasslg. Ne hare -
fises sFi1e1es that whoIs e11t71s1fs bare
slIssie1 bs1<ztk IL ocezn, ritk51f a1y
zks<k- y lsHg7Fast eneE II ~ csn dzy.
20. ~ ssepgnize diszinef ssi1eres d prD-
ezzses 4 szhsiieucs taking pt.cs 6ver