The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1889-04-30
TIE GRehI VOlGANl.

III GhCRi S0LShHU,
The greatest attraction which the
Hawaiian group OF iolGnds has for
tourists and sight-srcrs from abrond,
is doubtless the great volcano of
Kjjau,u; AMI a pamphlet is now be-
lug printed at the BULLETIN office
for WiIders Steamship Company.
giving descriptive account OF
ifi, Ia Xii tea. together with a pen
picture of the crater and lakes Of
axe. Ihe pamphlet emhodies an
exhaustive repor made by Mir. j.
II. Macdonald, and detailing his
observations during recent visit.
The writer OF the report begins his
descriptions from the start AT Homo
lula nuiil bis return to that point;
AID The scenery en- route, inlpres-
sons 0f the town and harhor OF liiln
and the road to the Volcano, are all
| faithfully and truthfuily described
without he imaginative eNaggera-
| lious common to mOst writers.
What has been need, Il in descrip-
tions OF our famed volcano, WIS =
| statement Of facts, 81 lar rs they
we've presented To the eye, and III
plain and easily understood lang
uage without eXaggeration and
without imaginative fourishes that
the facts did not warrant. Mr.
! Macdonald l. somewhat horid ii
style; but his descriptions adhere
10 facts as he sees them, and his de
ductions, whether altogether correc
or not,ar reasoned out in straight
forward mapncr.
In The manuscript before Us ther'
are not many hypothesis treated
hut where these occur the logic EN-
ploycd seems fair and clear, and i
no case Lax eny alteration bee
pude to the report by Wilder
Steamship Company, which fac
SAYS Il great deal for the corrcrtnee
and value Of the work.
We extract from this lengthy re
port the following description OF til
volcano: "We now prepare TO &c
scend iuto the great crater OF Il
= lauea, and are furnished by OF
host OF the Volcano House with
, guide and horses, the latter 10 carr
Us down mile Of winding path b
f. fore we REACH the crater floor whe
n no horse can travel. The most AZ
r vantageous time 10 enter this crat
10, ,IlN. NtIf
!. under favorable conditions
4 weather we commenced our duscel
?. The path is about = feet wide on Il
{ ayerpgY; IL is well and careful
g constructed. passes through plea
: ing forest scenery, ald III no pla
- does the angle or nciiDe exceed t.
l. degrees. In straight line, fro
v brink 10 base, the distance is not
= quarter of mile; but the windin
= of the path are full mule in lcngt
,r The ,.ntlI elevation is said to be 4
n feet; hut, 10 the observer, it loo
= rs ii these Ggures understated
: llu1 height.
}. AT the bottom We seaye our hors
II | and follow our guide Oh foot ov
Il plackenf6 masses OF lava 70
i thrown together iike lhe conflict
n bllOws Of storm lashed ocea
i Yet there IS good and safe pa
uvcr these ups aud downs; and it
Il almost iuposshc TO slip upon 4
II brittle surface, cha,rvd and glos
|. as ii The weoic area had received
h uniiorm and SHINING coat Of coal /:
/. Iae .ouns into which these Ia
u rucfs, locally called paliOehoe, ha
st hecu thrown are also peculiar. He
le aud there are huge blocks OF sol
70 rock; bnt lying between these Il
ut hollow girders ur lava pipes Of lar
Jr size resting nn the uneven surfa
10 and through which The liquid 4
AZ poured It's fluid MASSES over The 5,
e rOinnlings, and nOlded the lava IN
Al fantastic shapes. We often ST
IN upon old edGies VIII, re the lava b
been twisted and oigcled like c
"A of hawscr, each rope, twist and c
% Gle being distinct and true in its
d semblapce while III juXtapositi
3 are sections of straight cable havi
10 all the appearance Ot wire Woy'
more or less thick, and not npii
t. sections Of the submarine telcgra
S- cable that connects America "
in Europe. In places, the large DIRT
Of pipe looking girders are broken il