The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-09-04
DIR. GUPPH DESCENDS FROM
MAUNA LOA'S SUMMIT.
Spent Twenty-three Days Alone in the
Clouds at the Brink of the Famous
Crater.
Napoopoo, September 2.

NapoOpOO, september =.
Patience, on volcanic monument.
is virtue possessed by II. b. Guppy,
for he has been on the summit cra-
ter, alone, for twenty-three DAYS, and
from his appearance, has not
gained in flesh by his residence at 49,
600 feet elevation.
lie returned to Napoopoo Wednesday
nighE at 7 o'clock, having started on
the down trip Tuesday at 10 a. m. The
party which made the ascent on the
goth of August comprised Professor
A. Kramer. a German naturalist of
wide experience; DR.. Thilenius, a
Strasburg anatomist: John Gasner.
and his son, with a native valet of the
strangers. These commenced tbe
climb at $3.50 p. m, Sunday, camping
for the night in the woods. and were
able to reach the lone observers tent
at p. m, Monday night. A welcome
sound of human voices was never
more appreciated and this jolly party
OF siN humans packed themselves "a
Ia sardine' in linen tent. SKI feet
me English scientist and his Teuton-
lc brother being old acquaintances.
through similar labors i'm the field of
research, the mountain sickness and
palpltatlon were forgotten-for a
time.
Sunrise was enjoyed and some hours
spent in cursory exploration. and at
I'D a. m. the homeward jount COM
menced. The journey being broken
only by frequent stoppages to enable
collections of botanic and other speci-
mems. it was nightfall ere the timber
was reached. where camp was made:
the horses needing rest, the last stage
took longer than estimated. The
shades of night did not render the
travelling more speedy. The fog came
to help retard speedy pace, not to
mention the rough lava surface.
/. DIR. Guppy found his soiourn much
more trying than he anticipated; the
temperature going down to Is degrees
(Fr) on one occasion, 20 degrees be-
ing an average at night. The warm
est day his thermometer registered
50 degrees and but half an inch of
rain fell during the whole soiourn.
Ihf caves were warm, 3S degrees, but
so rought as to preclude hibitation.
Accurate observation as to wind. hu-
midity, temperature. were taken. and
will be published in ondon scientific
magazine.
At sunrise and sunset for twenty
minutes the reflection of the entire
mountain mass was seen in the sky.
and this effect was weird in the ey-
treme. kailua and Kawaihae coast
line was visible on clear days. On
cloudy days the crater seemed filed
with steam, the vents still being ac-
tive. One day n landslide began at Q
a. IN. and continued for several hours.
the whole vicinity being a brown dust
cloud from the effects of thousands of
tons of friable material slipping 700
feet to the crater floor. An area of
400 yards by 100 yards of mountain
less was hardly noticed in the seven
mile outline of Mokuameoweo, a plan
of which was made.
Two kinds of butterflies. wasps. i
dragon fly and the ordinary house and
blue bottle" flies were out of their
usual hibitat. and were carried by the
south wind which is reported to be al
ways battling with rival winds from
other points of the compass. These
insects were in a comatose condition
owing to the dryness and rarefacton
of the air, and soon died.
y bullock's tongue and part of car.
cass were found. having been left by
the Monsarrat party of last year:
Howard Hitchcock having shot the an
imal and failed to eat the delicacy;
the meat was dry and hard. mummy
like" and most likely would keep il
that state for ever, the preserving ef
fects of the mountain air being wei
known.
The Observers provisions became
favored with lamp oil, and as a conse
quence he had to subsist mainly on
rice and hard bread with unsweetened
coffee. or ice water, as beverage. Nc
animal food was eaten. although the
doctor states he had longing for {
change of menu, but his base of sup
plies was forty miles off. The boiling
process of water was rapid, but ric,
took n great while to cook
| Cloud effects were very fine and tn,
vapory masses seemed to pour into
| the old crater: this, on one occasion
was inconvenient, as it kept the Eng
! lishman imprisoned in the vast basin
for many hours, and the canvas hom,
could not be reached, DR.. Guppy say
that during those hours he felt yer,
small and helpless.
! Pumice, lava and other specimen
were gathered for foreign museum
and weakened system prevented lon
I ger incursions to the crater for thi
purpose. Flags and other marks wer'
placed to guide any venturesom'
mountaineers who may wish to mak'
| the trip.
| One goose and eighteen small birds
honey-eaters, 90, specimens OF tn
partridge and quail family, Silviidal
were shot, dissected and preserved h.
Professor Kramer, who sends them It
| Berlin.
4 CURE FOR BILIOUS COLIC.
I Resource. Screven Co., Gal hav
been subject to attacks of bilious coli