LETTERS FROM HAWAII 



The ride down and to our place of encampment the only 

 spot where water can be had took us about two hours 

 and made the day's journey one of about eight hours. 

 . . . As my last horseback ride was in 1860, I felt the 

 constrained position, and was ready for rest. The tent 

 gave us good shelter, and Professor Alexander's kindness 

 supplied me with the luxury of a cot. Sleep came to the 

 crowd inside, which included three ladies besides the five 

 men, and by morning all were in trim for breakfast by 

 7.30, and for a start back by eight. 



" Besides the great northward discharge down the 

 slopes to the sea, there was also a southward, equally 

 large ; and the fields of scoriaceous lavas over the floor, 

 coming out apparently from beneath the crater cones, as 

 well as covering large areas among them, appeared to 

 show that both places of discharge were used by the one 

 vast eruption. We were back at Olinda by two, had 

 there a lunch of blackberries and cream provided for us 

 by Mr. Forbes, and soon after five were at Mr. Gulick's. 



" We are now, Sunday P.M., at Wailuku, at Rev. Mr. 

 Bissell's.* We shall have a ride to-morrow morning into 

 Wailuku Valley, which is supposed to be the crater of 

 the western group of mountains on Maui. It is a ride of 

 only three or four hours, having no great difficulties. 

 At twelve to two the following midnight we shall be 

 waiting for the steamer Kinau, that is to take us to 

 Hilo. It is larger than the Like-Like, has staterooms on 

 deck as well as below, and is in every way more comfort- 

 able. After about eighteen hours, it will land us, accord- 

 ing to its time-table, at Hilo. Deck staterooms have 

 been engaged for us. ... A large oleander bush, 

 full of flowers, is waving in the wind just outside of the 

 window." 



MRS. JAMES D. DANA TO E. S. DANA 



"KILAUEA, SANDWICH ISLANDS, August 13, 1887. 



" Our last letter was written last Sunday at Wailuku. 

 I will leave it to those who made the trip to tell you of 

 the lovely sight they had of the Wailuku Valley. That 



* Rev. Arthur D. Bissell, a graduate of Amherst in 1879 an( i of Yale 

 Theological Seminary in 1882. 



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