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KilaJtca and Manila Loa. 



I shall interrupt the Volcano House record to give more fully my observations 

 at this visit, although the}^ have been published,'"-'^ as there are some omissions and 

 additions to be made to avoid repetition and supply lacunae. 



On May i, 1880, an outbreak from the summit crater of Mauna Loa was 

 1880 reported. Some persons made the ascent and found a fire-fountain from the 



floor of the small crater adjoining Mokiiaweoweo, but this soon ceased and no 

 lava escaped from the crater or from any visible rent on the mountain side. This was 

 unusual, and thinking the slight summit eruption was probabl}' a prelude to a more 



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AN IMPROVED VOI^'ANO HOUSE. 



extensive outbreak, I started in June from Boston for the Hawaiian Islands, taking 

 with me Mr. Charles Furneaux, a well-known artist, that I might be able to preserve 

 for scientific study, should we be so fortunate as to see an eruption, those appearances 

 that the camera does not retain and which are so difficult to describe. 



As soon as possible after our arrival in Honolulu we sailed for Hilo and made 

 the ascent to Kilauea. The road had certainly not improved during the fifteen 3'ears 

 since I had last traveled over it, but on the evening of July 24, 1880, with Mr. R. 

 Forbes Carpenter and Mr. Furneaux, I arrived at the northeast bank of the crater 

 where we found a very comfortable hotel replacing the grass shanty I had occupied 



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