‘trend of the fissures, from Kilauea to Kapapa ala, 
to Kahuka, in western Kau, is southwest, running under the | 
foot-hills and spurs of the mountain, as they rise, in al 7 
advancing and retreating line of verdant beauty and lo fty | 
grandeur, on the right of the traveler passing on the mail | 
road from eastern to western Kau. ° tt 
Along this whole line we find the greatest disturbances. 
From the fiery jets which were thrown up along this line, on 
the pahoehoe, called Nuku pili, and from the awful shakings 
and rendings all along these hills, as also, from the testimony — 
of multitudes, that they heard hissings "under ground, and | 
thumpings as ‘of the striking of waves under a ship, we may 
conclude, that Kilauea sent off her arcing messengers in this | 
direction ; and that her fires united with those of Mauna Loa 
and burst forth in fury at Kahuka. The testimony of many, 
that steam issued from several points of the —_— along this 
line, gives still greater probability to this vi 4 
And this is the only probable theory to Pee? for the exit 3 
of the vast molten floods which commenced to leave Kilauea, | 
subterraneously, on the evening of the 2d of April, immedi: | 
ately after the great shock, oe a subsidence in the crate! 
Ma oes he until the 7th of April, when the vent opened 
¢ Kahuku, some forty miles to the southwest. As there is m0 7 
ae that the fires of Kilauea went into the sea at any other 
point, and as there is positive evidence that they went fifteeR 
miles, subterraneously, in this direction ; and as the mountail | 
and Kilauea were relieved, and their camp-fires extinguished tr 
at the same time, it is reasonable to infer, that they were i | 
= rh acted in concert, and found final vent together at 
— at Keaiwa I made a careful examination of what 
ed Mu ion” and ee The 
a took <img one mile. The depth is various, ene 
wh 
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