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THE LAST CRUISE OF THE CARNEGIE 



indeed. But Queen Pele, the Hawaiian goddess of fire, was not 

 to oblige us furtfier, for on tfie next morning we walked safely 

 over the great lava-lake to see the famous pit of Halemaumau. 

 Lava-moulds, steam-cracks, and trees with clumps of lava en- 

 tangled in their branches from recent activity made the walk 

 down the crater unusual. 



In one of these steam-cracks we were astonished to find whole 

 nests of tiny crustaceans which resembled some of the marine 



The Pit of HL\lemaumau at Kilauea Volcano, Island of Hawaii 



This picture was taken at night and shows the lake of molten lava with islands of solid 

 material bobbing up and down with the rise and fall of the liquid fire. 



forms we catch in our silk-nets. Specimens were collected for 

 study. How these delicate organisms can exist in the intense 

 heat of these fissures is a mystery. 



Back in Honolulu, the Pan-Pacific Union gave a dinner in our 

 honor at which Captain Ault described the work of the Carnegie. 

 Following this event we made our preparations for departure. 



While in harbor we had had the company of two very interest- 

 ing sailing-ships. One, the Vigilant, Captain Mat Peasley, a five- 



