The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1920-08-26
VACATION o. 4 VOLCANO
Cia~s up Description Of Life on a Lave
koiczno on the HAsAii2n Islands

- kilauFa. end the Jurnai printed aE
srtaeis that wrote about our trip
Perhspa yogf readers WiIl b. glad q
rad IN account n my second visit g
this active volcano
We Ten Honolulu a. tive p. IN. June
i0th On 3 large steamer which makes
regular voyages bstWeen san Fran
cisco and these Islands A very
strong wind had been blowing FOR two
a. three days. and the sea vas very
rough. bat Ne scarcely felt the motion
of the boat ard had good nights
Journey. Early the next morning we
steamed along the northeastern coast
q Hawaii. and soon entered the har-
b8r of Hilo This harbor has been
made safe FOR large ocean steamers
b. the building Of q breakwater b. the
L S. Govt costing upwards Of three
million dollars Breakfast was serv-
81 before the boa, made fast to the
per
In 1907 Mrs Homenway and ! went
b. railroad about twenty miles, and
then by stage nine OF ten miles over
q rough road. Now tourists take au-
tomobles al the pier, and over smooth
roads are driven To Hilo From Hilo
the roads are very good part Of the
way. and for the entire trip Of thirty
miles are much better than in 1907
The road aseends gradually, and runs
through dairy farms, and cattle
.anchos for several miles-then we
drive through a very large sugar
plantation. Soon We note changes in
the vegciation-we leave the towering
shrubs and yines-and begin - see
ferns cf many kinds. We noted espee-
ialIy the tree ferns which grew luxur-
iantly on either side Of the road. In
some places tn immense fronds Of
the tree ferns almost arehed over the
drive way. We saw small pink roses
and clumps OF baby fuchsias, and wild
strawberry blossoms along the road
side Thee wild strawberries, when.
rips. are creamy white and quite
well favored. Al ton-thirty we reach
ed .he Crater Hetel whore we had en-
Rared rooms and board. After a.
Ica.ty lunch we were ready for sight
seeing. A small party, who we're
making short stay, were anxious TO
see an that they could. and the ohhg
ing host had his automobile ready To-
drive them around We filled up two
vacant seats. and were OF 70 the tree
molds. and the sulphur banks. The
tree moldc are holes in the ground
where trees once stood During some
big eruption Of lava these trees were
surrourded by hot lava which cooled
around tie tree trunks, while the tree
i,self was completely burned Some
of these holes were from six to twelve
feet dcep. Some were from two TO
tree feet in diameter, and these large
ones were covered by wire netting to
keep cattle from getting into them
No one knows when these molds were
made: but the fac. that they arc N q
cattle ranch where the grazing Is
good would indicate that the eruption
which burned the forest occurred ages
ago. / will tell more of these tree
molds and forms later.
Then We drove to the path leading
TO the sulphur banks, which are large
heaps ~ earth. with plenty q sui
phur mixed IN. With stick one can
dig into the earth and find beautiful
yellow sulphur crystals and plenty OF
fne sulphur. The banks are warmi
there are many places where the
ground Is 50 hot, that the heat Is felt
through the thick soies Of shoes ana
II one sits down TO rest, or 70 have
kodak taken. II becomes too unrom
Portable % remain sitting baeN o.
,hesa bsnks and near a crater cliff Is
5eep assure All over tins ground
,rere holes and cracks that poured out
vcry hot air strongly impregnatea
with brims tone fumes shrubs and
trees near these cracks we're covered
uith powdered sulphur and looked
somew has like a frosty morning IN
Manchester
We returned 10 the hotel ard rested .
-while About four o'elock we started
,v car for Kilauea crater The dis-
.ence b road IS between FIVE ana sx
miles ard is very wir8irg seFe ,
small eraters long since inactive. !
err "a We stopped tNiee to .o
.rto tt5 81 tht b walking twenty /.
,r so frem TIE racd We stood .
n the brng e hiausa la lor h,t.e
,aaae This crater circular {
.ith steep es. rather funnel shaped
IA e are covered for - re {
-e-t - Shrubs It s. nearly eieat
.gBa-ea fset deep. The seeond Sop
49, Al enc - the Twin Cratersi tfe i
u4t pa between these er4iefs
We walked down 8 zig-ag trail and /
re 10 ~ entrance ~ large lava
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