The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1885-05-27

the walls Of Kilauea with those Of Makua-
weoweo, four hundred feet lower than IN,
/ Volcano House. kilAnea presents moreover
the appearance Of a small mountain BY itself
/ a. seen from the eastern side Of Mauna Loa
presenting the same appearance likewise whel
/ beheld from the divide which one crosses il
travelling from Honoapu TO Naalehu. A trae
| Of country too there Is, belonging 10 the gen.
I eral kilauea elevation, and margining the loaC
connecting Keauhoa with the Volcano House
which is much higher than the walls Of hi.
| laRea; and higher toe than the country imme-
| diately north Of il. From this elevated trae
ore can by no possibility proceed to the sum.
init Of Nauna Loa, without making a very
considerable descent on the way.
So that Kilauea can hardly be anything else
as it looks 10 me. than a miniature mountain
"A mountain perhaps, and aS it has has offer
occurred to me to think when on the ground
in process Of formation. Aud so, regarding
the K0hala mountain ss the Oldest on this ISL
sn1, as it doubtless is, Mauna kea as the
next oldest, and HuslAlai (which erupted in
lSSl) as the next, aud Mauna LoS as the next,
we have Kilanea as the youngest Of the series,
and not yet built up and complete. These
several mountains lie along IN a line running,
in general, from y. W. to 5. +. Volcanic Ae-
tivity indeed, so far as il has manifested itself
on the Hawaiian Islands section Of the earth Is
surface, seems to have held its way, and is
even now 50 doing, along this same general
line. Kauai, which Mechanically and geologic
ally, is the eldest Of the Hawaiian group, Ca
bu, Maui and Hawaii, are all located in y.
W. and 5. E. direction from each other; while
the latest and Only present volcanic activity OF
this region, is confined to the $. E. or Hawaii
end Of the group.
The uplifting at present taking place at the
floor Of kilaaeA, is phenomenon likewise and
As well, pointing if anything, in the same di-
rection, the uplifting referred to, being but the
beginning Of process (as il will occur to al
n0st any cue to suruiise) which, by the time
it IS complete, will have upreared consider
able mountain on the spot where the uplifting
force Is e1erted. For while the fact, TO
which Mr.. Jordan Of the Volcano House
recently called my attention is a significant
one, that the interval Of IL aud fraction
years, between ISIS, when there was a flow
from Kilaues, and 1910 when there was an
other flow, was followed by an interval Of
about the same length, at the close Of which,
il lS6S, another small flow weat forth from
the same source and that, 1856, is the time
therefore, according to the foregoing preced-
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forth on its course, while all this is indeed so
cannot help suspectins that what kilauea is
about to do, Is 10 build itself up rather than
to pour itself abroad
started April 18th, from the Volcano
House TO make the ascent of MAuna Loa, tax
INK with me, as attendant and guide, John
Ulunahiapua Pea, Punau. Puma, Leaving
cur horses adAinapo and proceeding thence
on foot, few hours climbing brought as into
a severe rainstoru, which lasted two days
and compelled rs TO remain housed for that
length Of time in bullock shooters camp,
which We very opportunely found on the way
ThereGpon, the storm having neasursbly
cleared up, we resumed the ascent; passing
cot Of the region Of cloud AZ the height ac-
cording to aneroid, OF 900 feet and entering
into, and thence forward until our return to
the same elevationl continuing in the region
of clear sunshine and cold 5. f. and 5. and S
". wind. The outlook, for some FIVE days
thereafter afforded Us, upon the upper surface
Of the clouds below, was grand beyond des-
criPton. In immense masses like colossal
banks Of snow, do the yspors Of the lower
heavens lie stretched along in almost endless
perspective; an occasional mass in the far dis
lance resting above the rest and seeming an
island IN an Arctic sea. And, excepting few
brief hours, the territory of clouds below was
absolutely without rift or rent revealing what
was concealed beneath il. Literally was my
vision shut of from earth beneath and shut up
to heaven above. And this same broad IN
broken dense and deep covering Of cloud.
while It was pouring down storm upon those
beneath It (for It raiued below most Of the time
was above) was pouring up glory and
sunlight 20 those that were above IT,
I, $50 feet according to aneroid brought US
to patches Of snow; while the upper plateau
Of the mountain Was COVERED with snow IN
large though not continuous masses. Walk
ing On It Was quite easy and safe on account Of
its being frozen and stiff. One night near the
summit passed in cave hung with icicles
overhead which broke of, put into the COT
fee pot and with spirit lamp transformed from
solid into liquid.
On that April night upon upper MIunl Lod,
with snow and ice all around and the summit
II the eater utterly devoid Of molten lava TO
Ioften the asperity u the cold. the water in
ny canteens did MT freeze hard Git did not
'rseze At all;l although on June night il
hat same locality, with no snow and ice
IroQnd except IN deep cracks, and the summit
racks, and the summit crater boiling with
molten lava to sI0dify the rigur Of that upper
III, the water in the caltsels Of ! certain
2oetic prose author, 80 that author afirms,
iid freeze hard; statement regarding which
he conclusion Is Inevitable, that, either the
old OF that June night was exceptionally,
carcely less than miracalously. severe, or
Use, We have here one more instance, Of
which our times furnish too many already,
# an author having in view il writing read
Iility rather than reality; three hundred
ages Of printed matter rather than solid facts
1st as they are An elevation Of 1880 feet
hove the level Of the sea does not exempt
writer Of strong Imagination even from the
litigation % tell the truth; and that too des-
lite the fact, that side By side with truth,
4fzehood Is the more sensational and thrill
Hg; and thar, palmed of in place Of truth, not
ne reader IN thousand MAY De able to de-
sct the fraud To portray the Hawaiian realm
s more beautiful Arcadia than it really Is,
5 not the part Of either gOo,i-sense or genuine
dndliness. That downright hIsehood In
dvsrteutly and inHocenEly recorded in the |
Interest," Of evangelical piety in Fire Fountains
as done more hurt than all the multiplied |
ruths that book records viii ever DO good
The sight Of AauHl kea, which gained |
rom the summit Of Mama Los, revealing |
nov quite low down On the former MOUNTAIN, |
@-AAAsAA LiAGAG DC lAhlAE ca Il Wien L I
eft Hil0; along with the large amount Of the |
ame where l then was, showed ne at 4 |
lance that the storms which detained NE two /
.ys In camp, had brought I snowfall to both /
lama kes and Mama Loa.
| struck AozuaEeoEeu at point near its /
asteru rs-eutraHt angie; that crater being In /
be shape Of figure 6, the two loops Of which |
re unseparzted BY dividing lines Reaching |
bat spot on the eastern brink Of the crater, /
There It was located, all that saw Of Com
lodore Wilkes encampmsuf, not covered up /
nth snow, we're two sticks, half dozen nails
nd broken bottle. And calling cut to UIu-
as I deserted the spot and its rel
crs, Wilkes EHcampmenf,7 his Iacnnie reply
Tss, Ny gsandfatherJ7 as indeed, he il con-
loniy reported and believed. to be, By and
m0ug HIwsiians generally. Politically itting
most surely vas, that the grandson should |
Tiie 70 where the grandfather ehcamped: aad
raetlcally fitting az we'll, since faithfalness
nd efRcSsnCT IN this case went along with
eitigrse- Like a true Hawaiian did this Guide
{ mine repeatedly lead the way through the
licssat fog with HnerriHg ACCURACY. / have I
ad him with ne on some i've separate aseeuts,
atrial Or eumpiste, Of Mama Loa, and he has 1
r9ught ne cut al right every time making,
! doing i, scarcely 50 mHch as the smallest
under
To the \. 3. Of the Wilkes encampasnt- Ia
ie highest Portion Of the eastern wall Of no
nav e5Ee.r- mounting which tn. nsa,FIa "a n. !