CONTEXTS. 17 



Volcanic Cones — The Canons of Kauai — Valleys and Waterfalls — Region of 

 Napali — Barking Sands — Spouting Horn — Caves. 



CHAPTER X. 



Island of Oahu. 

 Plates 26. 27. 28, 20, 30, 31, 32. 33, [22, 71, 73, 75, 87, 106]. 

 Oahu, the ]\Ietroi)olis of the Group — A Laboratory in Vulcanology — Dimen- 

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

 Range — Waianae Range — The Pali — AVork 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 

 [logic History of Oahu — Artesian Wells — Economic Products — Brick — Build- 

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



, CHAPTER XL 



Islands of Molokai, Lanai, Maui and Kahoolawe. 

 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 — ]\Iapulehu 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 of Ha wail 



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 the Group — The Ko- 

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

 Mauna Kea — The Ascent of Mauna Kea — Hualalai — Eruption of 1801 — ]\Iauna 

 Loa — Early Exploration of the Mountain — History of the Important Eruptions 

 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 Indt'pendent Crater — Dimensions 

 of the Crater — An Exploded IMountain — Rise and Fall of the Liquid Lava — 

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

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



