Notice of Hawaii, (Owyhee,) and its Volcanic Regions, Se. 229 
_ are thirty or forty feet high, presenting a mural front, and the super- 
incumbent masses do not appear to differ materially from the trap of 
East and West Rock, near New Haven.”* Beautiful cascades fall 
over some of these rocky ledges; some of them are one hundred 
feet and more in height.. | 
_ Among the Hawaiian specimens, the red lavas, by decomposition, 
afford a red clay, which is used by the natives as a paint. Sulphur, 
of a pure yellow, is also frequent. Capillary volcanic glass was men- 
tioned in a former notice of the igneous productions of this island ; 
_ itis sometimes so fine as to be blown away by the winds and to be 
_ tolled along and accumulated in winrows.. A tendency towards form- 
ing it is exhibited upon the lavas now before us. Frequently the ex- 
terior is covered with glassy fibres, cemented to and enveloping fused 
masses of vitreous lava. ‘Sy . 4 
2. Notices of Kirauea and of the contiguous region, in a second visit 
of the Rev. Cuaries Srewarr. 
Remark.—In Vol. XI, we gave an analysis of the tour of the mis- 
Sionaries around the island of Hawaii, and endeavored to condense 
into a connected view the principal facts relating to its volcanic char- 
‘acter and phenomena. We also republished a revised letter of the 
Rev. Charles Stewart, containing an account of his visit with Lord 
Byron to the great crater of Kirauea. 
_ From the interest: manifested in those notices, both at home and 
abroad, we are persuaded that the following will also prove accept- 
| able. They are taken, by permission, from the sheets of the (as yet) 
_._- Unpublished visit of the Rev. Mr. Stewart to the South Seas, with a 
Sight of a part of which he has been so kind as to favor us. In this, 
his second visit to the South Seas, he went as chaplain of the Vin- 
cennes, an American national ship of .war, commanded by Captain 
Pe Si Finch, and the public may expect soon to see Mr. Stewart's own ac- 
“ount.. ‘The part which we have been permitted to examine is, like 
Mr. Stewart’s former volume; replete with interest and instruction. 
The peculiar design of this Journal does not embrace that part of 
Mr. Stewart’s narrative which relates to the progress of civilization, 
jl. ey) 2 eee a 
“With which Mr. Goodrich was familiar while at College; these rocks are green- 
Stone trap, reposing on sandstone ; they greatly resemble, both in texture and posi- 
tion, Salisbury Craig at Edinburgh. 
! See Vol. XI, p. 362. 
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