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From the western shore of Hawaii, at Kawaihae, the view of this eruption was 

 ver}' grand. Even in the quietest geological times the early morning approach to 

 Kawaihae on the steamer is very fine with the three mountains of Hawaii lighted by 

 the rising sun. If it be in winter and the snow caps are on Kea and Loa, the rosy 

 glow is worth the journey to see. On the beach the little village is still in shadow 

 of the departing night, and the great temple of Puukohola stands gloomily just be- 

 yond the town, but from Kea to Hualalai the glow of the coming day is fast spreading, 

 and the light canoes of the fishermen are nearing the shore. Mr. Furneaux caught 



Fig. y2. ?;ruption op mauna loa seen From kawaihap: bay. furneaux. 



all this, and to the grand dome of Loa was added the two fire fountains and the canopy 

 of lurid cloud of this eruption. The photograph cannot give the colors of the original 

 painting which is in the gallery of the Bishop Museum. 



January jj, 1881 . Charles Burnhani. — After an absence of forty-five years I find the crater 

 [of Kilauea] much changed since 1835. It was then estimated to be eight hundred feet deep over 

 the whole surface. One hundred and ten cones over fifty to seventy-five feet high. There was then 

 a very large lake plainlj' visible night and day from the volcano shanty. 



October §, i88r . Theo. H. Davies. — The new lake was very active ; the bottom edges of the 

 surrounding rock were red-hot and the surface of the lake was always in commotion in some places. 

 I counted nine cauldrons at once where the lava was boiling and splashing, a perfect blood-red, throw- 

 ing great flakes perhaps twenty feet high. We then went to Halemauniau, but that was not accessi- 

 ble ; it seemed to have more jets than the new lake. We went farther to the right and came to a pit 

 of fire ; this was hard on the surface but red at the edges. 



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