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much the same way that buoys do along the sea-
coast
take nv first step on the foOr Of

| goods and canteen Of water, and to show us the
able to say-that this wafer-llke crust in some
| places IS only tTeacherous covering to
|, :, CONCEALED CAVES AND F1ssuREs,
| into which it might be fatal to fall And 50 we
follow his lead afteE this rather than fsR
at his heels3-several times iter7lly stepping on
them, so concerned are we lest we fail to do the
word word about the caves; practically I shall avoid
them If can.
So crunch, crunch. we go in Indian 1le, on our
| the lava, when flowing, spread out It's long fin
gers like the tcntacles Of 2 devtl-ash Here we
are reminded Of the great hawsers Of an ocean-
steamship, 50 literally arc the twistings Of rope
initiated. break off small cone, few Inches
high, and find that it is nest Of sulphur cEys-
! tails. put my hand over crack, and
1T Is UNCOMFORTABLE WARM.
| I step on one end of II large sheet Of lava, and
1t breaks like ice giving me fall Of six inches
! or more,-n thing which somewhat startles me,
sf az
we get AWAY from those tail cliffs behind usi
ieep pieee of na, % dat and sharp % as a knife. goes
! through my shoe as though it were paper, and
| lodges fnst In my foot It is the work OF more
! after it.
The lake, or. nenrer approach,-at least the
| spot where the smoke is rising,-scens to be on
| nn elevation; md. ms we go up, we wonder what
! our sensations will be when ut last we reach
point from which we can view the whole thing.
mcnt BY running like a madnnn to hillocIs
that was unusually black and glistenlng: and 'tl
| which,, on inspection, proved to be decidedly
| warmer than anything else we had seen.
"TH1s WAS LAST NIGHT.
he snid, with face benn1ing. Now he leads across
! assures that are multiplying about us, and from
| which steam and hot air pour forth This place
moment. Hero we teetcr on a broad cake, thnt
so far us VIC know, may in a seconds time sink
with us into IN abyss whose tossings and splash
sounds like the sea madly booming in n deep
| cavern: I hear Sizing noise prolonged and
! multiplied. The s'gash Of breakers, and the
| and cracking Of river breaking up In spring,
are sounds which become more DISTINCT at: each
step The heat becomes intense. Al Al TIE t. way
oor hooe been Into sent our 1aek foea nu
1he %oh almost burns ' ones Bones
ter and still huttcr 1t comes in great waves.
Louder md louder are the sounds so strangely
By the rattle Of muaketry. Just then we jump,
run a few steps to the left, and
LAKE uALEMAUMAN,
IS the house everlasting" comes into full view.
The sounds continue in all their variety; ut the
farther end Is u red-hot cave, into which the
lava booms end splashes, and from whose 1901 reot
in process Of formntion,-the ends Of the larger
ones anon bathed in the ebbIng and flowing Lawn,
and dpng 5dpd Wills like NIT s1ss 10 the
line at the point Of contact with the surface Of
the lake behind this island there seems to be
heaves like pillows, and, dashing against the
walls which fnclose the lake, spatters them with
drops. The surface of the lake is as imtnobfle
as a rocky plain. The clouds Of smoke and gas
drive ceasclesly toward the south. But where
is the turbulent seq Of fire that promised my
self should see: ! am about commiserating
ttta m hD 1n0iJGntrnn2
for visit to the crater, when
CRACK!
and seam opens clear across the lake, out of
which oozes yellowtsh-rod LIQUID that 1nis aas
which Sd it IN a few moments becomes black. This
col1stant, etf surprise. Only u few moments after
aSs fnfs rssea p en gwen thd p0e II
fSe oSy dfxbae dSM 1sM afe'i fhe hes WITCH
: not so great, however; as one would expect.
Our guide assures us that the lake never re-
prised to SEQ the activity increase. Over toward
tho cave, Into which the lava is icrcely throwing
FOUNTAINS BEGIN PLAYING,
bobbing around like seals in water. Tho whole
surface begins to move, the cracks multiply,
and. like nn iron tide, the current sets in be-
hind the and,-fountains playing now ut many
points over the rapidly changing surface. This
motion sends the Lawn OF South Lake in through
mauman n begins M % to rise The current @ sets with
great volume and force toward the Island,
crowds the narrow channel. halts a moment,
and tips one-third Of the island into the lake;
It is like tho launching Of an iron-clnd- Liquid
tongues Of lava leaps over it US 1t goes under,
and the mighty current moves on
At these times of special commotton we notice
thousands Of thread-like objects gllstentng ltke
fila1nents Of glass as they float in tho air. Our
guide stolldly remarks,
"PELEs HAIR"
vn eoc,,ro ef,7,,o in, 1anr do mt
wonder that the natives gave It the name It
bears, deening it, rs they once did, the hair OF
their fabed goddess; It has been T torn % ous a}y ~
there is a small Jet bulb. This product OF the
fires Is sometimes carried score or more Of
have to handle it very carefully, as 1t penetrates
the skin like needle, and breaks of In the
flesh like small splinter Of wood
getting new view with every change Of posi-
ton, until get tolerably familiar with the 10
cation, shape. and size Of the objects around US.
The fires, we judge, are hundred feet below.
FROM 1000 TO 1,5oo FEET IN DIAMETER,
being oblong in shape, though not perfectly SO.
beetling. @ Ing Below, w. and Thinning all around tie
lake, is ledge perhnps fifty feet vide In places,
se to onn as pit to %hsR tSs ese se ss
geals, It books like great clnts Of tar.
One sight was peculiarly fine When the seams
in much the same way that sheets Of ice do when
something ohstr,1cts their progress In a time of
freshct. r didn't see any "clots Of blood as
travellers nre fond Of relating. was continual
ly reminded Of sn1eltin9- n9-furnaces and sugar.
houses ! saw molten iron, and boiling motasses,
and cold tar. heard old Ocean IN all her con-
tor1ion5; I saw the moving ice Mt Oldtown, on
the Pcnobscot; remembered the kettle Of mo-
lasses that boiled over when we children were
making candy.
Having watched tho varying changes for sew
eral hours, and having In the meanwhile eaten
our lunch and increased our stock Of specimens,
we
TAKE UP THE LTSE or MARCH HoMEwARn.
giving a last look at all the points Of interest,
including the 1nnrtyred sardine-box, that,
though not yet destroyed. Is sure to be before
morning. BY some sort Of sar1ine- box luck 1t
has escaped every seam thus far, but its evil day
will come. An uneventfu1 walk brings us to the
foot Of the hill up which we toll, arriving at the
house full ten, minutes before our guide, who
makes several stops to get his wind.
:. We steer for the extensive sulphur~beds west
Of the house, poke around after tine specimens,
get our fingers burned, take a warm sulphur
bath, repair to the house, ont hearty supper,
and in the morning start for Hilo BREWsoN.
Dedication Of n Joss House..
: Sun Francisco Alta, De. 2l
The new Chinese Joss House, Mt No. 5l2 Pine
Street, was dedicated last evening. The building,
which is scarcely finished, Is seventeen feet wide,
forty feet deep and forty feet high, containing