‘walea are not so oF, gir? as, at first view, might be sup- 
Visitors who look 
posed. 
ter for a few years after its formation in 1822, saw pools of liquid 
and incandescent lava at its bottom, and small cones of scoria 
fro arises, no doubt, as or Dana y 
om the difference in the relative liquidity of the lavas,—those 
of Kilauea being very liquid, those of Vesuvius much more 
viseid and unyielding.* So also during the Vesuvian eruption 
>, Dana, “ American Journal,” 1850, vol. ix, p. 483 
> > id Pp: “hy di 
. Nore by J. D. Dana.—I do no regard the origin of the crater of Kilauea essen- 
per different from that of other craters, But there is this peculiarity, that the 
Yas have not in modern times, at least, overflowed the pit; and moreoy 
sountry around, neither in its height or slopes or scoria bears evidence of 
ov i about the 
tinued erflows. There is no cone 
mowed at first, but for a 1 : ral fissures. 
There are several other large pit craters in the vicinity of Kilauea which are with 
theta ren er tral tet orca es 
4 ir top li ; active pools in th om 0 anea, but as 
‘erranean natiace me epee 2 left a deep pit with vertical w like 
ets r . i r : Pee pes Kear 
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