The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-04-08


with clean-kept dressing rooms and
seats. Most invigorating is it to
have splurge in this splendid nata-
torium at the end of journey by
sea or land, or at morning or even
ing as the guest may prefer. 1t is
the proprietor's intention to add
facilities for warm and salt water
bathing, for those of delicate con-
stitution who shrink from cold
plunge. There is a regular system
of waterworks on the premises,
operated by windmill, that pumps
water into buildings, cisterns, water
ing troughs, etc., from the copious
fresh springs. The reader may
judge, from the foregoing simple
statement of facts regarding this
hostelry, that, apart from its great
attractions for the travel-worn pas
senger by sea or land, no pleasanter
seaside retreat for weary city folk
can be found in all the Hawaiian
Islands. Mr.. Lee prepares us for
bed by programme of music on
sweet-toned orchestron, and at early
morn bids us arise by the same pro-
cess-truly novel and graceful
method of saying, go to bed,"
and "Get up"
OFF FOR THE VOLCANO.
In the morning, owing to cir
cumstances beyond the control of
portion of the party, it was voted
to proceed ON our journey to the
Volcano. Accordingly, the landlord,
who is also proprietor of the land
part of this route, almost imme-
diately after breakfast, announced
the train as ready for the first stage.
The motive power consisted of four
mules in tandem, the car trolly
fitted up with a carriage seat and
goods box. the track the iron tram
way winding high up among the lava
beds to The Pahala plantation, the
conductor and engineer strong Por-
tuguese laborer, who ran all the way
up, urging on the caravan. regard
less of his bare feet on the fearfully
rugged trackside. The ground
traversed in this four miles of the
route presents, close on both hands,
and far into the distance on the sea
side, q scene full of evidence Of
prodigious volcanic action, some of
it apparently very recent, the more
ancient work being toward the noun
tain slopes. For the major part of
the distance the ground is covered
with immense beds Of aa, which is
the term for the loose boulders,
stones, gravel, etc., cast up by vol
canic disturbances and distributed
by the flowing lava. A vast field of
pahoehoe, the congealed pure lava,
extends down to the sea and away
up the coast out of sight toward
Puma, its black, shiny crust, from
which it is named (pahoehoe being
the native word for "glistening"),
showing it to be modern product.
Mr.. Carter leaves us at Pahala,
where a mule four-in-hand attached
to comfortable covered coach is
waiting to carry us ten miles further,
to the Halfway House, leased by Mr..
Lee and managed by his younger
brother, Mr.. Jens M. Lee, with his
newly-married wife of aweek. The
junior Lee is recent arrival in the
country, and a well-educated and
handsome looking young man. He
was once shorthand reporter in the
Norwegian Legislature, and later
corresponding clerk in a bank, the
failure of which induced him to go
to America, coming thence to visit
his brother and try his fortune here.
At this rest our party had a sub
stantial lunch, departing more than
satisfied with the fare at such an
isolated wayside inn. Mr.. Lee cul-
tivates vegetables about the house,
besides raising poultry and indul-
ging in an occasional hunt after
plover and wild turkey, and his wife
being an adept at cookery, very
wholesome and palatable refreshment
is assured the tourist on reaching
this mountain hotel. The remain
der of the journey, eleven or twelve
miles, Is done on muleback, active,
sure-footed and well-broken animals
giving safe transport over pretty
rugged sea of lava hummocks.
THE VOLCANO.
1t began raining soon after our
leaving the Halfway House, and was
pouring the greater part of the way
to the Volcano. The heavy weather
made it impossible to see anything
beyond the immediate vicinity of
the trail. Coming abruptly TO the
edge of the great crater of Kilauea,
a very misty view was had of the
interior. A little smoke could be
seen at point that looked more
rugged than the rest of the black
bed of lava, while clouds of steam
were rolling up everywhere over the
surface. Jogging along mile OF
so, on the margin of the towering