The sun., 1894-05-06

tnrOuRn the nOwB ana IuFrOWB was euCn n
crooked course as fly m light take when climb
@ WSsS YOU ssH;ids;T sSai IF i ,Snsysn iSof ,S :.
gases and fluids Of the restless lake OF frs be-
meath. in spite Of the many flows and cracks IN
flowing its trembling banks. you will
burner, sSs SONG The 'dsa S hs 9ss v.. 81 'Is a
1e: PeSs and x. % II.
PIT there @ mere many y aerss Of seething Liquid
long bank. Indeed. the entire door sank 600
feet On the night Of March Z lS9l. and the
| an hour after we had passed over q spot pro-
nounced unusually safe by the guide ilood
innumsrab BILE fountains OF molten rock poured
over the lava banks. which cGum6 6ied whom
The half-caste guide on being questioned.
| amused us by telling how he had often made
nst snd noT !hs sd5 U tss
they suddenly saw spot forty feet square fall
the nsS ps asr they had II
run and Jump for their lives burning the soles
shf shoes on Is they " % and hoy he had
siS have s asespsd % .Ssn rseslsd the % isds that
nendqus d eSpiosicn that Sest troysa Chief
shower Of rock and cinders fell over an
fumes and d sscapins i TTh Steam. III. y entire pit
often trembles. and is sometimes severely rent
Ssn, dnSp: c.sy ss yhsa the dSss :Sd
One day there were 700 distinct shocks. and
the record at the hotel shows that there were
300 violent earthquakes on the night OF March
q, 1885, At the same time the cones aboye
Halemaumau fell several hundred feet into the
walls were plunged into the abyss bel low.
That was when the lake Of flre was very low.
N No g one Knows whence come the drains that
sometimes empty the lake or the surplus
must mSn run to vast tnEM supply in suStsrraasSn %
depths. for billions OF tons are required to cause
hs Ihs q :s
amid dlsrupting and displscing forces which
no violence or prodiRAlity OF Kilauea can drain.
ruptsd by occasional arrests. as on March z.
eSished Tor a month. SO that Surveyor Joseph
Emerson OF Honolulu explored the orators bed
one on can can account Tor these capricesi
Many visitors describe trsmSrs and rum6ling
aess SSieS were GS ABSENT When T saw the lover pit;
but Khnsa never NtE seen t%ise sfs 6ssagss Ss
displays throughout the crater.
Finally reached the sum NIT Of the erumbllng
lava, cakes OF which lay In all directions in.
by fresh lows. Faith led me on and on. though
every time the sheet OF lava beneath me gave
sspsrsnss wsS asS % o ossrs that should not H SINK
into the bowels Of the earth instead OF few
sSstsm 0e or III sS of msohanies prevents the lava
floor from falling into the lake and becoming
billoys Of the plo9d-rsd sea a.,. nj.
was before me. kissing. seething lake OF frs
a few feet from where stood. Bursting areas
through risina waves Of hot air which ellstsned
and and se TspoGs escaped @ With vi thSadorous roar
from innumeraele vent hole holes; and tons Of
that st'Sn natSrs H can % iiit mountain as readily
as iioat a feather At Intervals the surface
rTss SSs rsd s sses 81 .Tsl
held By the heat and gases Of subterrAnean
hension-so great as 10 transform the solidest
things into yapors, not unlike the sun. itself .
A trip 70 the crumbiing edge OF this restless
region Of f1Te cannot be compared to anything
Sns who HSh bsSoGs Ps0R R ay
swiulnesG Like Niagara ana Yosemite. ike
on the Island OF Maui. Into which the city OF
New York could be dropped-like these Hale
g,SEs G1 Tns S n.S s
so empowering and aws-inspiEing as 70 be-
come forever the symbol Of the terrible In
by mortal eyes. Its sixteen acres OF restless
iiams can never he forgotten.
one nSaS Who sts4a Ss .aS: 81 So T.
ing abyss ard tries TO fsthom the mystery Of
It's origin. Does the terrific IRE extend 1000
miles below ones feet. according 70 ths popu,,
lar hypothesis that assumes the earth's crust
to be a mere egg shell. and the interior mol
ten massl Is the volcanic lake merely de-
feet or break In the eArth'A crust. like an air
hole In a frozen sea- IL 80, Niagara
might thunder into such a chasm for
a thousand centuries without filling
H. aud ten Thousand Pacific oceans emp
tied into the awful depths where HAlemsumaq
hSElns would not rise 20 the level Of its liquid
irss- On the edge Of this Hawaiian sphinx.
Therefore, one Is brought face H. face with the
Infnits; and eompared with the energy be-
held In its varied phenomena all other spseta-
clss ever bshsld on earth are dwArfsd into b.
solute insigniheAnce. Under such view its
ouiysrinRs become the pulse beats Of the
planet. and when its fiery seas ebb and how in
many miies below human, vision the noun
tains thTob and culver, Islands OF the sea are
rent By earthquakes. and the submSTine cav
erns Of Iels the 1Te goddess. roar like mon
ster thun0er storms In another world.
But the hest view, alter AL. was from the
Eombre bluI half = mile away. a SPOT Tree from
danger. There no vapors sui1ocated and 40
heat blinded me- and beneath my feet was
terra frna- From there the view ~ night was
a sublime spectacle OF Tremendous energy.
Gigantic sruptiOns uphsaVed lurid i9qntIln4
Whieh hissed and ToArsd forty aud nftJ fest
Above the level OF the lake. mingled with VATt-