The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-08-02

comparatively recent period, when a
large number of tuff-cones were thrown
ND. chiefly around the coasts of the ISL
and That they are thus recent as COM
pared with the immensely eroded hard
Ii Mountains is proved by the comparative
~ slight erosion OF these cones. althouS
composed of the very soft tuff rock
which is a cement of hot mud, rai19d
down from aloft, and entirely diff rent
from the very hard lava, which "'litd
up from below and streamed in burning.
viscid rivers over the ground
CAUSE OF LATER oUTBURsT.
Now. what was the cause of that later
outburst of volcanic activity which pro-
duced Punchbowl. Diamond Head and q
dozen sister cones in this region? There
seems to be the strongest reason I" con-
meet it with a widespread disturbance OF
the earth's crust. due to sudden break
ing up of the continental ice CABS at the
close of the glacial period To similar
commissions from the same cause rave
been attributed those enormous lava
foods which invaded Oregon and Caller
mia at recent period. 1t IS proDapie
that the great cataclysm known as me
deluge was due to the same widespread
convulsive disturbance.
ANY similar CONFUSION Of the ea"th's
crust is wholly unlikely to occur. unless
another ice age should supervene, nSc''-
pying myr;ads of years in its prcEItSs''
Hence We may count Ourselves thuFtlS
safe on Oahu from any c1o > volcanic eN-
blossoms. On gage 10 . my Ie"tCSF :
Oahu | have made con iect.;ra |stl-
mate of the age of PGnchbowl at 5000
wears and the Diamond f-sad a. DIV"
wears This is but somewhat crudt guess
lwork But we seem - have GOOD reason
! TO feel safe from any recurrence OF the
commissions which 80 long ago thrtF Up
these brown and pictu IS Tue monsters u
.afxr eli f. he
| bowl constitutes SORT OF ElItet tower
500 feet high. to whose summit yon Can
drive to survey the city. mite arr =
| half inland on reaches on altitude "i Sfo
feet on Pacific Heights OT electric an
way whence you can look Town HAto tne
| symmetrical bowl, whica IS 1AiI . mrs
| in diameter
Rut how about danger from the active
volcanoes of the Island OF Hawai- ever
300 miles distant rom Honolulu inc
bird hies? Is theTa no danger IN N1stlns
them? one of them, I%jlauca, Ne count
upou as our chief attraction t. 'nIice
tourists hither. as being the most Siupen-
| dous exhibition of fiery forces OF ire
globe as far exceeding NssuNl1s or EtEs
as Niagara outfoes \ common. eas-s A'i'
| Is il safe to 90 near to such terrific
monster? After hearing of the horrible
franks of Mount Pelee un Martinique u
lis not strange that many persons should
decide that all volcanoes are to be passed
by at the greatest possible distance.
NO DANGER FROM ACTIVE VOL
CANOES.
We here do not feel so. haze visited
and explored the great crater or ealdera
lseyeral times from 1886 to 1894, AMI never
with a thought of personal danger o. q
suggestion of possible injury. 1 nave
passed a dozen nights in the beautliul
ihostelry which stands upon the brink OF
the deep outer pit of the volcano, WIFE
absolute serenity, which was shared by
EIarge mum bers of fellow inmates or i ne
f, VOlcano House" Two miles away and
Ibelow in the great inner pit OF Hale-a-
lnau-mau were foaning and crashing the
lwhite-hot rock fountains. We had spent
Emany afternoon and evening hours IT
iwa+chirg their fiery spray breaking
through the red-hot crust of the great
fire lake which was a thousand feet II
diameter. We had stood on the very
brink Of the pit without fear. not thou
sand feet from the fiery pillows. Al
' night long as We slept at the hotel, tw'