The sun., 1894-05-06
CRATER AND LAVA LAKE or xrIAurA.

CRATER AND LAVA
hshsd reached the pit itself. II the average
q II from q balloon he differs from me, for
mst.s Rt :, and I bounds % ef the HsSaiian hades be-.
i you 9sas 5 snSSr 81 hG III I. e: .Ss point
Hilo 1, near 2o' North on the eastern shore Of
tn; Island 2, Ssee St .no, STs5s
the w.st.rn hsmisphsre can equal il. rainfall
record Of nearly 200 inches a year. To main
ofd. d x. aisitol re .Rows aH inch
Or two every other day. The sunshine Of the
sm %sd HS d.nbsss Sssss nGe' n3c or h.s
Ssnn SSaso.a scssn. dIaTn lawn By u ,sss , ,$sr.ss; :
hS he sSutSWss. hS4 fp fsr tSir,yeons ' miles. ter. ~
ninsst!ng az the Volcano H@Ssei %S which is
i've @ niles les are e through % dense and pctuTesa1e
tropical forest. which abounds in ferns, native
and spss SsSEsn by SS esss Gsss
many Of them are laden with berries which
Sssl OSenlns. IN int the Gids
mss SsRnd US and T ieet bsoW the
coach The air became cooler and perceptibly
% snadeniI G'a two 20 .nSv.csd @ % Mountains % became
::1o hSr:s NL L0s toward X. the x.:,
III, shadow Of : great rock 10 weary land
. striking contrast to the IuIuriant tropical
ysgstation Ground US. From the Volcano
Beautiful Si vins.slsd yard. we Ssh.id forests
and hills In all directions except that vast ex-
IL @Fa tSps 81 e the
Before Saa the party with which ! travelled OK
western Wonderland we were shown some Of
the mischief made few years ago py the
asans % Eos and riOpsd the roct. .ri65ed biufs
and earth IN every direction from the Volcano
House. The strange spectacles abounding on
3 6ne InterIude to kilaues ITSELF
There Is. for example. one rsggsd rayine
two miles from the hotel 1t ls probably twsp-
and sai ever sSS S md
the neighborhood. The pal m Of ones hand
q not more thiekly iprrowed with lines than
made aware OF the existence OF many Of these
Neam-bat where one puts and blows forth
rs hot gasses q dozen slumeer without the
The % most dangerous % esvitiss are Often DcSS COW:
.:Il;troplssl @Ountsin shrSSSsry which sax.
ali. DOG. ssS which o waadsrsd @ from the the beaten
sho.. O the thad f %ers % heard for minute Or
Two As his body struck the sides OF projecting
oas. s escaped Il from % t.s swa
region. y sssrnsi hr.; As their bodies poupd.
echoes were not unlike what Homer describes
as the rebelloMings Of the awful ocean storm.
marked paths to gather the delicious ohslo
berries which ripen temptinRly q few feet
ffOK DrObAhlV cling the adRaa Of VaWninU
snasms which are covered by foliage; but II
Dslwins theory OF the thickness OF the sarths
small bunch OF berries might cost you a trip Of
Ms9t! a..,lt mile. through An opening In the the
The Ksnakas are wiser than all the scientists
Eo EEho nave been coming 70 the House q Eternal
s.us. Hes nnH rToi ~ Dana, @ nLst 'is,t In isth ne.
aver that the goddess Psle alone understands
pLok Dana once explained to q Wise old Ran:
"a TIA! the centre Of the earth was al LIQUID
'QS Know Have you been thsrsT
NO. OF course not" replied the august
Then | do not believe you" was the laconic
ansHer. since no two men OF learning seem
2azree about this volcano the kanaka wis:
hemost distlng shed professors. Here elassi-
led knowledge falls. and the element Of mys-
than Der the untutored mind. The man has
sss5s! s SH been born Who can say whsther vol
stuoes are caused " the earth's motion, Dy
saemleal com mbustion within the earth. or By
~ one OF half dozen supposed causes.
eelentists can only outline the hsaving forces
Hohai pressure. after which their services are
S,sr however much their beautiful theories
uAJ serve to Amuse themselves on rainy days.
,.NoH ior descent to witness the great spec
@ asis Itself, OF which all preliminariss are the
IStsst side shows.
ne Volcano House is at the northeast edge
lhs cavity In the mountain side known as
Se great crater. whose circumference Is about
flns miles. The descent into this weird TegiOn
sssins about 200 feet southwest OF the hotel.
~ lhonGh quite abrupt the path is wide
saoqEh Tor horse and 1t winds down, down
naiuAiY Tor mile. Along the road there Is
seh Iseh Deautiiul foliage. and not the slightest
sccsssssuon Of violent forces numbering or in
sul ArlmAl life. and before you stretches
0ieak expanss OF lava, formed into
OqnIalns and biloWs OF CONCEALED rock.
shleh have cooled and stopped in myriad
Ho"s doubtless the accumulation OF centuries
t,soue aeeom posed, worn, and ancient others
zen as the morning. londsE IL q patch OF
ssaeAen, blush lava. upheaYsd like an ice hoW
Sda river, lts cakes and erusts formed into
80 holl9Ws, cones, arches. and Triangular
sspsl blocks; Look back toward the trail
~ tAggel ellis and perpendicular walls from
SS oi sour descent. Everything on this
~ Eoor Is more silent than the Dead sea-
- q apparently solid as Gibraltar for you eau
ne through ehasms that the lava bs-
ts"'n Sour test i anywhere from thir-
~ 70 one hundTsd feet thlek. Some
a. thess rents are bFidged aud bF peSp-
- u'hn where the sunbeams shine you will