CONTEXTS. 17 



Volcanic Cooes — The Canons of Kanai — Valleys and Waterfalls — Region of 

 Napali — Barking Sands — Spouting Horn — Caves. 



CHAPTER X. 



Island of Oahu. 

 Plates 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33. [22, 71, 73, 75, 87, 106]. 

 Oahu, the Metropolis of the Group — A Laboratory in Vulcanology — Dimen- 

 sions and Outline of the Island — Honolulu Harbor — Pearl Harbor — Koolau 

 Range — Waianae Range — The Pali — Work of Erosion — Smaller Basaltic 

 Craters and Tufa Cones — Diamond Head — Punchbowl — Elevated Coral Reefs — 

 The Age of Oahu — Black Volcanic Ash — History of Diamond Head — The 

 Geologic History of Oahu — Artesian Wells — Economic Products — Brick — Build- 

 ing Stone — Lime — Points of Geologic Interest About the Island. 



CHAPTER XI. 



Islands op iloLOKAi, Lanai, Maui and Kaiioolavve. 

 Plates 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, [22, 53, 57, 60, 75]. 

 The Position and Relation of Molokai, Maui. Lanai and Kahoolawe — Molokai 

 Described — Valley of Halawa — Mapulehu Valley — The Leper Settlement^ 

 Lanai — Kahoolawe — Maui, the Valley Isle — lao Valley — "The Needle" — Summit 

 of Puu Kukui — Outline of Maui — Haleakala — Plan of East Maui — Trip to the 

 Summit of Haleakala — The Great Crater Described — Sunset Seen from the 

 Summit — Kaupo Gap — Floor of the Crater — History of Haleakala — The Last 

 Eruption. 



CHAPTER XII. 



Island op Hawaii. 



Plates 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, [17, 22, 27, 50, 52, 55, 72, 74, 



75, 87, 89]. 

 Size and Position of Hawaii — The Youngest Island of tlie Group — The Ko- 

 hala Range — Waipio and Waimanu Valleys — Hamakua Coast — Summit of 

 Mauna Kea — The Ascent of i\launa Kea — Hualalai — Eruption of 1801 — Mauna 

 Loa — Eai-ly Exploration of the Mountain — History of the Imi^ortant Eruptioas 

 of Mauna Loa — Earthquake of 1868 — Amount of Lava Poured Out in the 1907 

 Flow — Work of Hawaii's Volcanoes. 



CHAPTER XIII. 



KiLAUEA, THE WoRLD'S GREATEST ACTIVE VOLCANO. 



Plates 45, 46, 47, [22, 39, 48, 49, 50, 52, 55, 57]. 



Geologic History of Kilauea — Kilauea an Independent Crater — Dimensions 



of the Crater — An Exploded ]\Iountain — Rise and Fall of the Liquid Lava — 



Explosive Eruption of 1789 — Condition at the Crater in 1823 — Kapiolani Breaks 



the Spell of Pele— Eruption and Flow of 1840— Eruption of 1892-94— Ac- 



