The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-07-04

! ways off, and could not be reached by
!, daylight. He either lied to us else
| had forgotten the distance, for weRwere
made quite indignant the next day by
the discovery that it was only a ten
minutes walk; however. the poor fell
low had worked hard all day opening
the path for as and was half dead with
fatigue, and that was perhaps suffi-
cient excuse for his prevarication.
We have been just two and half
hours from the cave. All the ground
! ehout the summit. being so frequently
drenched with rain, and so perpetually
| tn veloped IN heavy, damp clouds, is of
quite a boggy nature; except on the
| tops of the little knobs one can hardly
stop without sinking ankle-deep in the
+, yielding soil. Shoes proved to be a
worse than useless encumbrance for
they would soon become filed with
| mud and serve to retain the dampness.
Some of our number therefore discard
ed them altogether. All future travel
ers to this region who have any aatip-
athy to cold feet are hereby earnestly
advised to provide themselves with wa
tertight boots.
We selected as dry a spot as we could
find to the leeward of a protecting
bluff. and there. by collecting branches
of trees and huge fern leaves, made an
elevated floor for our tent. The thermom
eter this evening stood at 81 degrees,
which was the greatest degree of cold
we experienced during the whole expe-
ailioA About midnight we were awak-
ened from sleep by the sound of the
rain driving against the tent, which
I a., 49, he f,If
gusts of wind. as if it would fam tear
over the hills. Cur four men, who had
built little shanfy on the brink of
the stream, of Ape-ape leaves, were
compelled to abandon It, as they could
not induce it not to abandon them and
come and seek shelter with us. They
were completely soaked and were shiv
ering with cold.
Thursday morning dawned. and dark
and gloomy; the rain had cessed, but
thick clouds of mist were driving by.
About an hour after daylight the rest
of our men arrived from the cave; they
Immediately set to work. to build a fire
for the purpose of thawing out the poor
guide. who was SO benumbed with cold
that he could scarcely stir.
At ten clock, although everything
was still enveloped in dense fog, we
started off for the summit. Our route
led us east among the round hills with
which the top of the mountain is inter
spersed; these hills. which are generally
less than a hundred feet in height, ap-
pear somewhat like volcanic cones; they
seem to be composed of disintegrated
lava, and their sides are sparsely cover
ed with coarse yellow grass.
HAloha Waialeale,
Ke kuahiwi Kauai -
Such is the beginning of the ancient
| mele which pilgrims were formerly ac-
| eustemed to sing on reaching the high
est peak of the mountain, which is
Waialeale proper; at its foot lies the
fabulous lake from which it takes. its
name q Ripping waters the origin OF
MANY wild tale, lay before us; it
! very large humbug; we endeavored to
gaze upon it with the enthusiasm
which its celebrity demanded. but could
| only be enthusiastic in our disgust. 1t
is of regular eliptical shape, its two
| diametars being respectively forty
! seven and forty-two feet; its depth is
about two feet, in short. it appears
much like an ordinary ishpond. The
chief outlet is the Wainiha stream at
the northwest end; the ground is so
g. mel'- level along the course of this
stream that it flows for long distance
without any perceptible current. and
the water would apparently flow just
as well the other way. There is another
outlet at the southeast end of the pond;
it consists of ditch. said to have been
dug by the natives in some former gen
Grafton, and conducts the water east to
the. edge of the tremendous pail, from
which the nnnd Is distant but a few
rods. This little stream trickling down
among the ferns and grass is the Wal
tlni river in embryo. Thus the crystal