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eascade, or the mighty rush and the deep thunder tones Of the 
mountain torrent, and, I should add, by the enchanting strains of 
the ten thousand songsters whose notes seemed to fill every leaf and 
shrub and tree with animated joy—we pursued our quiet way till 
the outstretching shades of evening admonished us to prepare for 
pose, 
[The night was passed in a booth of boughs and ferns, erected 
for the emergency on the bank of the river. 
Early the next morning, we pursued our way up the stream, 
and at noon found ourselves fairly out of the forest with the lofty 
summit of Mauna Kea rising in hoary grandeur before us. We 
were now at its base, and in the high, open country occupied . 
by herds of wild cattle. We bent our course south-south-west, 
ern side of the mountain to the plains below, some part of which — 
y burning at our feet, at the distance of four or five miles. ~ We.- 
Were now seven or eight thousand feet above the level of thé-sea ; 
and we could see the dark clouds gather, and the lightnings blaze 
low us, while the deep toned thunder rolled at our feet, Atthe + °°. 
Same time, a storm of hail spread along the shore and felluppn =, 
the station at Hilo. This was the first hail seen at our, Station ” 
since our arrival at the Islands. At twilight a smart shpgk of an 
earthquake, which lasted thirty seconds, added to thea limity 
€ scene; while a blazing comet hung over us in tI 
sky. As darkness 
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