68 Scientifie Intelligence. 
Il. GroLoagy AND MINERALOGY. 
ts Begone Eruptions on Hawaii; by Rev. Tirus Coan.— 
On the 6th and 7th of January, 1873, the e great t terminal pit of 
a Loa, Mokua-weo-weo, was intensely active, exciting the 
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witnessed in that lofty crater. But it was as transient as it 
was t. e were favored with only two nocturnal exhibi- 
tions, woe the curtain dropped and the lights were extinguished, 
On the 20th of April, 1 — this crater fired up again, and for 
months the illumination was grand by night, and the column of 
smoke and gases rose in a magnificent pillar by day. 
Mokua-weo-weo, and onntibted for fifteen months. During all 
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startling detonations of the fiery abyss, and oan set jets as 
they spouted upward hundreds of feet, and the glowing waves 
t,.and awakening the ‘aablinalaatio sdmiredon of beholders. 
This continued but one week. 
On the 13th of February, 1876, we were entertained 8 another 
grand display of Pele’s fire-works, keeping thousands of people 
on the watch at midnight, but this also was of short duration. 
All these d pga ra were confined to the great mountain 
crater. There were no overflowings and no lateral outbursts. 
the fing In the morning the mountain had on a veil of thick 
can’s trip hammer, and a smoky atmos pce So sudden and — 
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Hilo, enquiring if we were having the eruption all to ourselves ; 
and we sent back the inquiry to them, “ What has become of the 
