Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-09-24

started on foot, WIN Eu'ue' w. - :.
M u,lemaumau, name given 10
w., nsrt Of Kilanea where the mo''en
US "a 10 be. Descending steep
i'g y. each the black lava bed on the
,l'' ~, ~ a, the crater, about 500 feet be-
pO'' ,se hotel grounds. Thence we
' ',,ksd over the rugged, broken and
er,sgy lava beds for about three miles
80 ve fnd ourselves standing upon
's.h,ink OF the terrible abyss, from
MA ,,'' sulphur vapor constantly arises
s,,,,h.re no molten lava has been seen
w.. syeral months. In July, 1894, the
" ~ lake which has been described
49, 90 many tourists suddenly sank a7o
~, and in December following II sank
.iss, out of sight; but the indications
~ a, present that It may re'appear at
~. lime either In the former pit, or
49, OH, at some other poin, In the inn
m.nse crater which Is about nine miles
- circumference. The pit is now about
..,,.,t in diameter. and estimated tn
T.. ,oo feet deep. From the numerous
e,,S, adjacent to the pit hot sulphur
.moke and gsses issue forth. In some
,I,ees this was so no, that pieces OF
wood which our guide had brought with
him for the purpose Immediately caught
Ere on being stuck into the cracks. The
.i,b,. were awe-inspiring indeed, and
,bouyh We regretted very much that we
lad no, the opportunity OF witnessing
,be volcano In It's former terrible state oil
seiiyity. we we're well satisfied with our
,isit Orr guide informed us that though
,ysny visitors had experienced hair
hresd,h escapes, none had ever lost
,hsir lives in or around the volcano. In
iooking around lor hair.hreadth escapes.
IN ofdef to have something TO boast OF
,gbrn getting old, we conceived OF the
uea of walking out to the closest, posi-
M pr9ximity OF the brink OF the terrible
IN and look down into the sulphur Va
nor Ne did so, and In less than two
minutes afterwards the rock ON which
We stood crashed down with fearful
ranidity into the very bowels Of the earth.
This Is no i,agggfation, for ] threw
me fock doIn myself However, the
visit 10 the vicano is not made without
danger. even TO those WHO are most
careful. The pefptndicular and IN
some instances Uyerhanging volcanic
walls keep cracking Oh and ut'bling
dogn all the time, and on this account
the danger ia approaching the pit now
Is perhaps greater than al the time when
h vas filled with lava. In order 10 con.
yey correct idea to the reader, will
simply tenaik tina, the crater OF Kilauea
Is sunk,n pit, about three miles In
length and breadth, and looks ~ the
day time like vast deposit OF black
pitch In the process OF cooling with
smoke or steam rising here and there.
The pit is surrounded BY almost pepcn'
dicular walls varying in height from two
to i've hundred feet. In the southern
part OF this large crater Is what was, UNI
III quite recently, The active lake OF lila.
lenau.mAu, enclosed by broken wall,
someWhat similar to tile larger pit.
Though tie floor OF the large crater at
the north end Is about 500 feet below the
hotel. the top VI the walls inclosing the
pit or former lake are only about $50
itsl below the hotel grounds. The hotel
stands near the edge OF the northern
ella, about three and one'hali miles from
the pit
Though the distance from Hilo to the
volcano house Is thirty.one miles, the
Crater Is only twelve miles inland from
tie south coast OF Hawaii, but II cannot
be approached rs easy from that side as
from Hlo, the roads not being so good.
Having finished a hurried sightseeing
At and aiound the volcano, and learned
some additional facts from the hotel pro.
pfetor, Mr.. Lee we started on our return
lrp, at I2:7o p. M, and arrived at Mr..
Vests house in Hilo at 7;iS p. M. II
tainSd again today which IN fact is an
almost every day occurrence on the
lilo side OF the island.
Wednesday, June 10Th. brother Noall
aud myself took another walk through
the town OF Hilo looking for a suitable
meeting house site; we also visited the
beautiful Rainbow Falls one and one
half miles above the town, and the lava
masses which came down from Mauna
Loa In 1881. a short distance back OF Mr..
Vests house. In order to reach them
We had to pass through strip OF woods.
We finished the days work by getting
historical data and writing letters.
Thursday, June 7o,h.-Elder Noall
bought quarter OF an acre Of land for
a meeting house Tor $3.50, paying SIo
down to bind the bargain. The land has
q hne central location. At $50 p. M.
we boarded the steamer Kinau, after
taking an aiiectionate leave OF MIR. West
and several other native friends who
came down to the wharf to see us OIL.
The evening was again windy, in Conse-
quence Of which sea sickness among
some Of the passengers once more as
serted itself. We sailed from the Hilo
bay at 6:5o and spent the night sailing
along the coast OF Hawaii, the darkness
again preventing us from seeing the
beautiful coast scenery.
Friday, June 2Ist.-Daylight found us
At Makukona, where the ship stopped
to take in freight the next stopping
place was Kawaihae, there the course
was changed in norhweslerly direction
towards Maui, and across the stormy
channel. In rounding the southern
most point OF Maui, where the ugly
masses of black lava rock from a pre-.
historic eruption OF Mount Haleakala
kievts the eye, six Islands are In sight at
ne same time, namely, Hawaii, Maui,
Mookal, Lanai Kahoolawe and Mulo.
Alni. We lay at anchor OF Makena from
u a. m. TO 1880 p. M, taking on board a
large quantity OF potatoes, number OF
PIGS aud horse; the latter was tied
alter a boat and swan out to the ship,
distance OF several hundred yards. The
ihlpping OF the pigs afforded great deal
" amusement TO the passeng'H; but the
lahve sailors were clever and handy
wen IN handling pigs. had watched
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