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of nature to cloth a new land with 

 vegetation. The flow is quite a recent 

 one, and one or two species of lichens, 

 a fern and a flowering plant were the 

 sole occupants of the bleak looking 

 waste. The number of plants grew 

 more and more abundant as we left 

 the beach, but were still restricted to 

 these few species for about two miles. 

 By the next morning our courage 

 had come back, and at six o'clock we 

 were on our way to the Volcano 

 House with the same terrible road, 

 driver, team and carriage as before. 

 We had thought it impossible to take 

 that drive again, but it was our only 

 alternative unless we wished to remain 

 in Pahala forever. It was really not 

 quite so bad going up as it had been 

 coming down. We had dinner that 

 night at the Volcano House and at 2:30 

 A. M. were aroused to take the stage 



