238 OccasioJia! Puffers Bcniicc 1\ Bishop Miisciini 



Maui li> ciini])k'tc the >ui"\-c_\ wliicli is llic l)asi.s of tlie i)resenl 

 yv\K)y{. 



The Musruni is under s])ecial ohHi^ation lo niemhers of the 

 \'on Teni]-)skv fauiilw who liave lliorou_^hly ex])lore(l the crater on 

 their many hunting" and canipin*;- trips. Their i^uidance and assist- 

 ance are largely responsihle for the results ohtained. Acknowledg'- 

 ment is also made to Air. II. .\. Baldwin, who generously suj^plied 

 horses and pack mules, and to Mr. W. A. Clark, manager of Grove 

 Ranch, who assisted in many ways. Thanks are due also to Mr. 

 .\itken for the use of parts of his preliminary report which at 

 various points sup]ilement the observations of the writer. 



STONE STRUCTURES IX HALEAK.VLA 



PUU N.\UK CROUP 



Exactly in the center of the Crater a symmetrical gra}- cin- 

 der cone. Pun Xaue, rises to a height of 250 feet above the level 

 floor. Its crater dotted inside and out with the beautiful silver- 

 sword plant and stunted pilo bushes, is 198 feet in depth and 750 

 feet in diameter. At the bottom are three terraced platforms (PI. 

 XX, ./). The one on the north slope is in ruins as a large boul- 

 der, rolling down from above, has destroyed a good part of the back 

 and front retaining" walls. Its horizontal dimensions- are 26 feet on 

 the north. 24 feet on the sou h. 1 1 '/< feet on the eas\ and loU' feet 

 on the west. The back wall rests on the slope of the cinders. The 

 height of the front wall, though ^^4 inches at the southeast corner, 

 averages not more than 32 inches. The east wall is not mil}- higher 

 and more solidly built than the (Others but is twice as wide and 

 presents a table-like top. The structure has the appearance of a 

 stone inclosure, but the whole platform was probably once filled 

 with sand and gravel, so that its surface was level with the lower 

 part of the surrounding wall, as were the other two jilatforms, 

 which are in a good state of preservation. 



Although this structure is in ruins there is nothing to indi- 

 cate that it is older than the east and south platforms. Possibly 

 the reason for building it farther u]) on the slopes was that the 



"Measurement.'^ are estimated to the nearest half foot; to be more pre- 

 cise would ffivc a wrons;- impression, as the construction of the walls was 

 always rou.tih and irregular. 



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