The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-08-11
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST Il, 1897.

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have done with a dozen-we used tin
basins very musical when the sleeper
moved), kettles, sacks, everything, in
fact, for pillows, and then after little
vocal music CD we turned in.
''The corduroy floor was scarcely en-
| dowed with spring mattress comfort
| but we managed to sleep very fairly
we'll nevertheless. At 4:30 O'Clock the
next morning the guide told us we had
| better turn out if we wished TO see the
sun rise. 1t was not the first time that
| the sun has 'risen,' but as we had as
cended to that altitude with the inten-
| ton of seeing the Orb of Light shine
| forth in all its magnificence on August
| 9Th we felt bound to go to the dis
comfort of turning out at that unearth-
| ly hour. Turning out was no difficulty,
| for, of course, we did not disrobe the
previous night, so, wrapping our blan-
kets around us, we trooped out to cape
and shiver and see that confOunded
sun rise. No, was not annoyed, how
ever, with my energy, for as the sun
rose above the enormous cloud sea be-
low us, it lit up those red volcanic
cones, making the whole inside of the
| crater appear aglow.
ON THE MORAINE.
"It was decidedly sight not to be
| missed and, besides, the ascent is so
easily and comfortably accomplished.
After breakfast and after having sent
tons of stone down the 1000 feet, more
or less, to the bottom of the crater
every party does the same and still
there is plenty of loose rock-and after
l had changed the films in my camera,
went to the side of the abyss and saw
that two members of the party, Mr.. and
Mr.. c., had descended, so, thinking l
might procure some good photos, |
followed. 1t was easy work going
down, and there was no difficulty in
scaling a grass and fern-covered ridge,
but when l reached the other side / saw
Mr.. G. on the bank of a volcanic NOR
aine and shouted to him. BY vol
canic mOraine | mean a steep slope of
loose debris, stones and cinders, caused
by the falling of rocks from above. 1t
seems there is little danger attached
to crossing most of these, but some
should always be avoided This one
proved one of the latter. Mr.. G.. shout
ed back to me Mr.. M. was stuck and
for me to cross further up, by which
remark ] understood that Mr. M. was
taking a rest and l should be able to
cut off a corner by crossing further
up
Il walked a little higher up and
then jumped onto this moraine and
managed to get along swimmingly as
far as the center of it, walking on the
side of my boots, which sank deeply
into the loose debris. But suddenly I
trOd on lightly covered, welI-worn rock
and | lost my balance, just saving my
self by gripping a large imbedded
stone. Then, and not till then, did 1
realize the terrible danger I was in.
| was about 700 feet from the summit
and the crater is about 1000 feet deep,
so that if | slipped and happened to
roll, | saw / must fall to the bottom
1900 feet or so below, like one of those
stones that was always bounding
downwards. Quite an entertaining
thought. Foolishly I went forward,
thinking it would get better. I skirted
round this partially covered rock, but I
soon saw things were getting worse
But now I was approaching the oppo-
site bank
II persevered, but suddenly slipped
a few feet being thoughtfully stopped
by considerate and deepIy-planted
stone. I wriggeld on with my camera
awfully in my way, till l became pleas
antly aware that the loose debris was
getting thinner and that I was contin-
ually sliding downwards on the harder
subsoil / also saw that if I once start
ed on my downward career in earnest, |
there were no rocks to stop me for so
yards or more, and, of course, by that
time I should have gained such ter
rible impetus that-well-that those
rocks would stop only parts of me.
reached the further bank, only to dis
cover it was eight feet high and that
it crumbled at the least touch.
Something had to be done. I threw
my camera onto the bank and sat
down, sticking my hands and feet as
far as possible about three inches
into the fine debris. Then I heard
rattle and saw my camera fall off the
bank onto the moraine. I must have
thrown it onto a hillock or into little
water-gut
Il watched that camera. / saw the
front come out, the box open, the in
side jump out and then, when about
800 feet below, the films unrolled. It
bounded from rock to rock, till it went
out Of sight A most pleasant sight for
one on such unstable ground.
L smiled; one of those smiles pecu-
liar to pugilist after he has received
a nasty knock in a friendly bout. At
any moment I might slip onto long,
polished rock 1 had detected below
me. AS it was, I was gently gliding
downwards, toward it. When I should
reach that rock, thought, l shall gain
an impetus from it's beautifully polish
ed surface and toboggan gaily down to
the next series of prominent rocks;
when there, I shall, no doubt, leave
signs of my visit-in fact, there seems
every possibility of my person going
through similar antics to my lost cam
era All this happened in wink.
Directly my camera had been offer
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