PLATE XU. 



Two views taken from nearly the same position on a small stream near Hilo, 

 during the eruption of iS8o-8i . In the first the lava flow has just reached the brink 

 of what was a small waterfall : this has been boiled up and the molten rock is 

 taking its place for a fall of some twenty-five feet. By daylight the falling lava 

 looked dull red or black, but at night resembled more a flow of blood. During the 

 night the pool was dissipated in steam, and the second view shows the pool utterly 

 obliterated by the lava. This is by no means an uncommon occurrence in the Hilo 

 region where the water courses are often in the path of the descending lava stream. 



