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WONDERFUL HAWAIIAN CRA.
TER.
DcsCriptiont Of II Trip to the summit OF
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Correspondence san Francisco Bulletin.l


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With the exception of Hawaii, nc
island of the Hawaiian group possesse.
the traces OF as many awe-inspiring phe
nomena and scenes of bewildering beauty
as Maui. The island is divided into fouI
equal parts, each having II volcanic hea.
ven-inynding mountain pile, whose lava
rivers met i'll remote ages, uniting the
two by Il narrow isthiuus Through the
heart OF the smaller or West Maui, 9
rent was made which opens toward Wal
luku on one side and Lahaiua on the 9th.
cr. SO wild is the country there that
those who have passed through might be
counted on the fingers. as might also
those who have ventured and persisted in
the attempt The Waikiki side is called
lao Valley, and is by many said to rival
the Yosemite i'll grandeur, its distinctive
characteristic being II heavy mantle OF
verdurc, festooned, druped and wreathed
Ill exquisite disarray 10y master hand.
The losemite's heights show the bold
chiselling OF II thousand years, seen to
best advantage by twilight or the moon 4
artistic pencillng, but there is poetry
about lao i'll broad daylight. Fast Maui
the mountains summit ynwus a onlf that
would swallow fine ,ity ,nl r,uutv of Sn,
Francisco. and have room enou0L left fn,
Oakland, Alameda and Berkeley. Hale
a-ka.la-"House of the Sun"-is the ad-
miration Of all travellers who see it at its
best Often clouds gather about its lofty
dome. obscuring the tourists view.
Then he goes away angry. oud makes in.
vidious comparisons. and talks about A
long ride and n big hole in the ground.
The time to see the crater in perfection is
upon clear day by the rising or setting
sun. From Spreckelsyille or the planta-
ton ut *. " there is good road most of
the way up the mountains gradual incli-
nation During a recent trip around the
island we passed the night in large cave
near the summit and before dawn started
for the crater's edge. Though IN July,
the temperature was so low that no
amount Of wraps could prevent sensa,
ton of bitter GOODNESS. which seemed to
penetrate to the marrow that frosty morn
ing. With the first blush of dawn we
stood upon the crater's brow. The mag
nitude, .olemnity and beantv of the
scene within AS disclosed 10 view Mt such
a moment is impressive to the last degree.
A ROSY tinge. deepening TO purple in the
further recesses. peryades the mvster;ous
depths and there reipns silence bol-
lowed and profound With the rising SIM
interior Outlines are gradually dcfineJ
vet fancy enioys n season unrestrained
for the eve is vet unschoolod TO its object
and in the dim uncertain light the spirits
OF the place defy attempts at scrutiny.
At length the sun bursts in. The spell
is broken. and one reluctantly awakes as
from n dream of iov inetlnble and full Of
glory. But idcaIity hns still n feost be.
fore 'it-a feast phenomenal in that tbe
more Won eat The more tLe food ;ncre,ses
Behold an horizon lifted halfway to
heaven. and seven bundreJ or e;oht bun,
dred miles in circumference TLe ocaon
with the sky. has formed IA hollow snbere
Rising from such n lofty couch il seems
strange that the sun was 40 long in enter.
ing here especiollv ms the EASTERN ooto
alWovs stands oior Away Jnwn iwo
Thousand feet or more on the crater's
iloor are fifteen ar twenty volcanic cones
with their tons scoopeI ont These ore
from two hundred TO seven Lunlrcd fee,
Ligh bnt frnm nm here ,Lev o,,naor no
hiSher thon san Fr,nc;scn sapdb;lis
which thev resemble Tho nIace sun'
pests n Titan workshon inng deserted
and everything covered with lust eycent
the two black IL Va rivers which were sud.
denly conpealed for every rinnle and
wayc is clearly defined md Won Look
twice before feeling ossnreJ thoy ore no,
flowing, They look as fresh as iast Sum.
mer's flow Mt iilo, vet So long have tbey
lnin fms tlot thc natives have not oven y
legend nointinp to tbeir activity dnr;no
the memory Of man On closer exom;.
waves cataraets I % whose % irres;stibe % u nowe, we,
and impetuosity cut nassnprs nearly five
miles wide through the crnier's walls and
mountain sides. plunpinp onward on,
eastward and the other northerIv to ths
sea. where ensued war Of elements
whose terrible grandeur Imagination car
not picture. We had only an imitation Of
it last Summer in the pyrotechnic displa,