412 Eruption of Mauna Loa, Hawaii. 
ing its progress for a year pcre a ent it stopped within five 
miles of Hilo. (This J ournal, , 100, 139, 237, 241, xxii, 
240, xxiii, 485). ee 
Finally, on the 23d of || 156 
last January, according to | KK A Ip 
Mr. Coan, a fourth great \ AG 
outflow commenced : ma- = \ A 
king three eruptions at | S au 
intervals of 3$ years, and } 
four from January, 1843. | 
Mauna Loa is hence quite | 
taking the lead in activity | 
among the earth’s larger 
voleanoes. Andas Kilauea 
has remained quiet since 
the older crater began its 
eta it would seem 
e mountain had 
tbiistorred to the latter its |} 
principal activity. Yet 
according to all reports, 
hitherto, Kilauea,although 
the larger crater and an {| 
open vent at a level 10,000 ISLAND OF noms 
feet lower, has shown no hinncer Lue Pele} Manne Hoe ibd 1843 5 2 oR wise 4 
signs of sympathy i IN itS 1855; 4, of 1859; a, Waimea; b, Kawe 
lavas with the violent ac- Kailikiy Kailua 3 re lakekua J, Kapoho; Rit 
tion at the summit. wate; Wain Thee pariinn a oe 
From the letter of Mr. rted 
Coan and the notices in the public paper of Honolulu refer 
to, we derive the following accounts of the recent eruption. 
It has yet been but imperfectly explored. 4 a 
- The editorial writer in the “Commercial Advertiser” of sre 
lulu, in his visit to the region, reached the central plain © Saint 
island — Mauna Loa, M. ary . and Hualalai, elevated a 
feet above the sea. He sa duck 
“This new crater, for which we can find no native name oa P 
‘Pele hou,’ (the new eruption,) is located on the northe Sai ope 
of Mauna Loa, at an elevation of, say 6,500 feet, above ° a 
and at an equal distance below ‘the level of the summit 0 Ps 
mountain. It is some ten miles or so more to the err: : 
about 4000 feet lower down, than the last eruptionof 180¢ : 
course of the stream, from its moun to the sea, we ae Kailua by f 
nearly N. W. by N. The crater bears due east straight 
the compass, and is about 24 ies from that barr in ina ek 
- dine, Its latitude, as near as we are able to determine W™™ 
instruments, is 19° 37’, and the ee / 155° 5 40. ahi” Chia 
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