Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-09-07

klla'en Volcano House. Hawaii, July "A
We got off at $50 yesterday morning
for our horse back ride across country
from the ranch. ] was allie very soon To
get my seat firmly, and it was We'll that
IT was So. for We rode often over rough
places. the hCrscs going down vertical
rocks for 4 few feet and then up, or
jumping from one lava mass t. another
It was a wonderful ride. taking us across
/ nnmhcr of lava flaws, some of them
miles wide and many miles long. black
jagged "a-o" looking like the petrined
wave of an angry sea. We could not
have passed over this had there not been
4 trail. end even then it was lad enough.
fd-hoo-hoc is n smoother form Of lava
looking more like some thick ~viscous
liquid as it flows down a model ate slope.
Although the rid, was hard. it was worth
FAR more than it cost. for never otherwise
could I have gained such IN idea OF what
is meant by a lava flow 1t is terribly m
tcr"Sting.
For two or three hours the trail. 1t
WAS nothing more, wound about among
the sparscly scattered trees. al.l then We
anne out into n literal forest of great
Nv 'IhSs Nv iAUH - VII lWo
feet in diameter. the fronGs fifteen to
twenty feet long. arching like great
plumes. I noticed as We rode under them
that our heads did not reach nearly half
way to tho higher fronds. There are
many species Of ferns, some of them very
beautiful.
At last, and it did seem as if the timc
would rover come. We came out of the
forest, and arrived at a ranch. We got
of our horses. with difficulty. for our
knees We're so tired and we were SO stiff
that we could hardy move. We were con-
sumcd with thirst. for we had drunk
very little water all lay. The Volcano
House was only "A mile away. and so at
ter Il brief rest we r,mountcd aud rode
III to this hotel which We reached at
about six. This was the end of our very
hard 81 miles ride. We found here ever
al Of or acquaintance of the Manchuril
and the Kinau. and have made a number
more since coming here.
This morning we set o'it after breakfast
for the volcano. the crater of which is
three miles distant. The way was at
first through ferns and bushes. all down
hill until we reached the floor of the
'old crater" This is an immense Inphi-
theatre. filled with the black tarrv look
ing pa-hoc hoe lava, in knottcd rory or
/ lied MP masses. and surrounded by walls
three or four hundred feet high. steam
and PHOSPHORUS gasses poured out here
and there, but for tho most part al was
cold and still. although bearing abundl
evidence OF gigantic activity il net very
remotely past times.
After Il couple OF milo or more We came
out on the now active crater, a horrld
hole IO to sN feet dccp. and a milo or so
across. Steam vas pouring M oonl tn,
surface. Getting near tho Crulnhling edSe
We o down to 500 lttlc CLEANS of
fire and now and then lava squirting NJ.
Although the activity was not great t
WAS enough to he impressive. At Sin
we made our way back to tho hotel.
Professor Perkins is now on his way
home from the Hawaiian islands. hav-
ing lardcd in San Francisco on Friday
al last week. Vc will stop for q day
at tho Grand Canyon. and is expected in
Burlington in about a week.