The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-01-19
Little Jumps of lava,
Little spouts Of flame,
Make the merry tourist,
Happy that he came.

Make the merry tourist,
Happy that he came.
S6SS
didn't go on the excursion to the
lava flow. l should have liked to, well
enough, but 1 couldn't get away.
think the sight is we'll worth any in
conveniences and hardships, and
whole lot more that anybody who
goes, will suffer. But if it weren't
wicked to bet, 1 would be willing to
wager that more than half of those
who go will come back declaring that
the sight wasn't worth the trip; that
the trip was rotten; that everything
was rotten; and that they would
never be caught going on "a fake ex-
cursion" like that again. That's the
way it always is. There are lot of
people who remember nothing but the
discomforts of things. A woman friend
of mine Travelled all over Japan. She
didn't see anything, though I asked
her what she thought of the temple at
Nikko. "Well," she sa1d, Eve went
there, but I was in 'rickshaw and
There are a lot of people whose feet
hurt them just at the wrong time
They learn no lessons from experience
either their own or anybody's else
and they have no imagination by
which to project themselves into anti
cipated conditions and prepare them
selves, and they have neither patience
nor fortitude to bear hardships and
| inconvenience.
Both the kinau and the Mauna Loa
went away from here crowded. Instead
of accommodating themselves to this
fact, which they knew before the YES
sci sailed, many will add to the neces-
sary inconvenience of such a state,
by talking about it and worrying about
it. A good many instead of getting
as much rest and sleep during the
night as possible, will keep up a
wearying and useless activity, combin-
ed with indiscriminate eating and
drinking all night and arrive in sight
of the Great Spectacle utterly tagged
out, and incapable of enjoying or APP
preciating it.
If the expected opportunity to land
! is realized, this will only mean more
woe for most of those who go. The
region of the flow is rough and broken
country, and very arid. To see very
much, considerable distances will have
to DO travelled This will take time,
and that means hunger and thirst, UNI
less forethought has been exercised tc
provide against it. A canteen of water
and a pocketful of chocolate will make
one independent of a base of supplies
for hours, and enable the eXcursiontst
to see all that is to be seen within the
time at his disposal, and very likely
enable him to see a Agreat deal But
neglect of such provision and above
all the substitution of beer or other al
coholic beverage for the canteen o,
water will make whatever opportuni-
ties on shore there are, disappointing
or torture.
On such an occasion one should pro
vide himself with abundent good ma
ture a determination to be above in
conveniences and even hardships, care
to reserve ones physical forces for the
real purposes of the outing, and
rational recognition of the fact thai
exploring lava flows is thirst produc'
ing, hunger. exciting business, and that
hunger and thirst soon become torture
but that a small provision of food anc
water will render one Independent of
base of supplies for a good many hours
RHHN