HOLIDAYS IN HAWAII 



lava-beds we traveled over testify, and it will 

 probably boil over again. It has been unusually 

 active these last few years. 



About nine o'clock we rode back, facing a cold, 

 driving mist, the back of each rider, protected by 

 the shining yellow *' slickers," glowing to the one 

 behind him, in the volcano's light, till we were a 

 mile or more away. 



The next morning came clear, and the sight of the 

 mighty slope of Mauna Loa, lit up by the rising sun, 

 was a grand spectacle. It looked gentle and easy of 

 ascent, wooded here and there, and here and there 

 showing broad, black streaks from the lava over- 

 flows at the summit in recent years ; but remember- 

 ing that it was nearly four thousand feet higher than 

 Haleakala, I had no desire to cHmb it. This moun- 

 tain and its companion, Mauna Kea, are the high- 

 est island mountains in the world. 



The stage rolled us back through the fern forest 

 to the railway station and thence on to Hilo again, 

 where in good time, in the afternoon, we went 

 aboard the steamer; and the next morning we were 

 again in the harbor of Honolulu, glad we had made 

 the inter-island trip, and above all glad that we had 

 seen Haleakala. 



