The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-10-29
Of great beauty, although falling far
short of the matchless. charms OF the

Struct good track through the valley,
the whole of which ought certainly to
be procured for the use of the public.
When properly opened out the region
| will beyond question become the chief
| attraction of the lake district. At
present, however. the volcanoes are the
great sight, and will long continue to
be so to the scientist and the mere sight
! seer. They are objects which are
unique in the world.
have traversed the whole of the
| northeast side of the enormous fssure
from near Lake Okaro right to the top
| of Mount Tarawera, and can therefore
| speak with some amount of authority Of
the extraordinary character Of the coun-
| try. The j0urneyoccupied two days, but
it is possible to do it in less time. Fol-
| lowing the edge of the fissure. after
crossing the Echo lake, we reached a
high hill overlooking the Rotomahana
craters. Standing upon this lofty en-
inence, which / may name here as
Mount Herald, one had a splendid view
right down into the craters, many
hundred of feet below. The dense
volumes of snow-like stream rising
slowly from hundreds of different
points, and merging into one enormous
cloud, formed Kaleidoscope picture
of inaescribable beauty. Continuing
our journey northward we got into a
deep water-course, the banks of which
rise on either side to between fifty and
sixty feet. Getting down the narrow
channel, which in places made sheer
descent of from twelve to twenty feet
was not very agreeable experience.
as thee oyerhanging masses of mud
threatened to come tumbling on the
top of us any moment However, slid
ing, dropping. leaping, and scramb]ing,
we succeeded in getting out of it in
safety. 1t led us iuto an enormous am
phitheater which has been blown out of
the sloping ridges formerly ran down
to the margin OF Rotomahna lake. The
wall-like back of this amphitheater
is formed with marvellous regu-
larity. This great arena is filled
with huge powders and tremendous
masses Of, rock. In the center, hiss
ing out from a pile of broken
rock, is stream of boiling water, which
rushes with great velocity over the
fragments of trachyte which lie in its
course, tinting them rich brilliant red,
and winds along the arena and pours
into one of the craters, where it is
evaporated. Crossing the veritable
Waiwera river which is about twelve
feet wide, required great caution to
avoid getting scalded. We next cross
ed the Red river. stream of cold wa
ter highly impregnated with iron and
tinged the color of blood, and pitched
our tent on mud ledge on the banks
of what we named the Acid river. The
water was tepid and had an alum taste,
suffocating gases. We were able to
difficulty succeeded in finding cold
water the color of the mud around us.
We had tea, and when it grew dark, we
turned in for the night None of us
slept very soundly. The tent got filled
with the fumes from the river, which
caused sitting sensation. The
craters close to us Kept warning inces-
sanity, and the spring which fed our
Acid river worked itself up now and
then into an alarming state of activity.
threatening to send the stones which
blocked its vent flying around.s To in
crease our uneasiness we coAla4 hear
the mud banks on the sides falling with
q loudisplash into the river at i6t(fvals.
Durihg the night it was cold anA our
bed d mud was painfully hard.
Soon after daylight we were u& and
Awe had slept in our clothes ome
ofs ~ in our hats and mittens- -qhr Tess
ink.did not occupy much tim After
fkaakfast MIR. Smith and myse hectm-
[spahicd BY Harry Lundiusa 1eG to
I ascend Tarawera. Tho iii 81 Che
asuntain were covssed with Ecofia
Ssh. as hard as rock, EendsA diff
fsdlt to get a footing. VIII the
ttop of the mountain weaean9 e a
frozen lake, and in the ere cessthete
were snow and ice. The top Of the
IMountain is beautifully colored by HE
tlQes from the steaming holes which
hnS the edge of the fssure. Tie de.
pdsit;is quite 500 feet in places. Stand.
ing on the edge of the fssure, we could
look down into the craters, which are
now quiescent. They are divided from
one another by narrow ridges. Great
cracks run along the edge in some
places, threatening tremendous land
slip. Gigantic powders lie on top in
all directions, having been thrown out
of the craters, and, looking at these
SaOhihouo uAhooCS, SOluS llCo Cdl Ut
formed of the tremendous force which
must have been at work to throw then
up from depth of 700 feet.
/ The descent was accomplished in
safety. On the way down we witness
ed fresh eruption between TIE Hape
0 Toroa and Komiti. This new volcano
was ejecting stones and mud to grea
height and emitting a large cloud o
steam. Previously there was small
tepid lake here, which looked nnocen
enough, and no one would have sup
posed it likely to be the seat of frest
outbreak. At the foot of Tarawera. in
the line of the chasm, beautiful greer
lake has been found. But l must re
serve a detailed account of all we saw
until another time. We reached oul
tent on the Acid rive., and as til,
weather looked threatening we decidet
to push on to camp. We therefor,
packed up, and each with huge swas
on his back started for Pareheru. which
we reached at dark, and just as the rain
began to come down in torrents
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