The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-01-08

god by the sacrifice therein of the corpse
oI his II. al heoua- John Dung mad
leen captured IN 1850. Vancouver fl st
came two ears later, forty years before
my nrSt s-gnI of those arid hiiIs ana the
mighty biaunakea behuId them
his Sec no Visit was made en- route to
lilo ana the volcano. via The mountain
road to Laupahoenoe. The lady and
children We're provided with maneles or
filters. borne by natives, who Were paid
in trade and food. We had gone a few
miles, when by an accident, the writer S
arm sustained compound fracture, which
caused a return to Mr.. Lyons house.
and further burden of four weeks upon
their extremely cordial hospitality. There
were hardly any childrens books, but /
devoured considerable part of Rollin' 8
Ancient History while the bone was knit
ting, and formed a strong attachment to
both Mr.. and Mrs. Lyons, who were
most amiable well as devoted and ca
pable missionaries. Mrs. Lyons died at
Honolulu in the summer of 1887, amid the
profound grief of the assembled mission
aries.
Starting again, We camped for the
night on a splendid slope of Maunakea,
amid lovely koa glades, and groups of
wild cattle. A long open hut was con-
structed for our large party, in front of
which an immense fire was built for
warmth. Fresh beef had been procured
from the Paniolos, and abundant steaks
were broiled on the Goals 1t was de-
ightful experience. From Laupahoehoe.
then a populous village we proceeded by
water in double canoe, in which we
were caught in a slight squaIl midway
under the high pals, and the sail carried
away, to the terror of sthe lady passen-
ger and the children. At beautiful Hilo
we were entertained for week by Mr.
and Mrs. Coan, the Lymans contributing
thereto Another week was spent in go
ing to Kilauea, where we passed two
nights in rainstorm in a leaky shanty,
which our natives had imperfectly patch
ed up. Before light on the third day, we
were awaked, and from the brink of
the descent, watched the brilliant fires
below. At daylight. we descended to the
BLACK LEDGE" on which we went out
half milesaand looked down into an
immense elongated chasm where seemed
to be great activity. The features of the
volcano I at once recognized as those IA
miliar in Ellis picture made twelve years
earlier. Those features had mostly be-
come obliterated at my next visit in 1857.
The crater had then much filled up, and
the fires had been transferred over a
mile south to Halemaumau.
We were off for Hilo before noon. Most
of the road between Kilauea and Olaa
had been handsomely corduroyed over
the pahoehoe with the trunks of tree
ferns, which made progress rapid down
hill. The then large population caused
much travel between Hilo and Kau. We
set our faces homeward, taking the Ha-
makua coast and Waipio valley on our
route. The strongest impression on the
juvenile mind was that of the ocean
viewed from the lofty pail, and the nigh
ty walls of the great valley with its
immense waterfall.
! Some mention should be interesting OF
memories of visits at Kailua from va
rious missionaries. Such visits We're al
ways delightful to us. Yet the ladies and
sometimes the children were apt to be
landed from their schooners in sad plight
after the hardships of the voyage. re-
member two fair young women being
brought in in fainting condition in the
litters which they had occupied on the
Chaplin and Mrs. Ephram Spaulding
The Spauldngs made us long visit
during which l formed an intense child
sweet and devout man. An earlier visit
is recalled, made by the Bingham family
about 1888. Most of their time was spent
on the upland above us. Mrs. B. was
much of an invalid. Father Bingham
was somewhat stately, courteous gen.
tleman, for whom had much liking and
a little fear. The Baldwins repeatedly
visited US from Waimea. DR.. B. we all
liked He was personally active, even
breaking into q run, something rarely
seen In grown men In Kailua. Ny child
ish Impressions of all these friends was
wholly favorable. accompanied by the ut
most reverence for their spirituality and
devoutneSs.