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which we had seen in our South Sea passages. The staff was 

 most generous. They organized an expedition to Mount Tantalus 

 on which Graham and Paul were able to make a splendid col- 

 lection of the fast-disappearing native flora of Oahu Island. On 

 September 30 the Museum personnel invited our party to a 

 luncheon where we became better acquainted. 



The excursion to the Island of Hawaii took about three days. 

 Forbush, Graham, Gish, and Paul left by the Inter-Island steamer 



A "WiLiwiLi" Tree, Coral Plains, Oahu Island, Hawaii 



one evening and entered the harbor of Hilo at sunrise. Here 

 they made a morning's trip by rail along the magnificent coast, 

 later ascending Kilauea Volcano by automobile. For many days 

 earth-tremors had been felt in this region and it was predicted 

 that the great fire-pit was about to become active. In fact the 

 shocks were so frequent and so severe that while inspecting the 

 seismograph set up on the crater-rim the instrument was twice 

 dismantled before their very eyes. Such a coincidence is rare 



