114 Eruption of Mauna Loa and Kilauea, 
The eruption lasted five days, it ceasing entirely in themi 
between the 11th and 12th, a 
Finding it impossible to get over to Waiohinu, either Ij) 
going up the mountain or by sea, we returned to this placed) 
Saturday, and hope to go on soon by steamer. aa 
e number of shocks which occurred at Waiohinu fr 
March 29th to April 10th, is estimated by Mr, Silloway tolat 
been upward of two thousand, there having been some ti} 
between three and four hundred. The heaviest shock occur 
him so suddenly, that he found himself and horse lying A ] 
the round before the thought of an earthquake entere™ — 
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The earth opened all through the district, and in some ae 
left dangerous fissures, while in others it closed up agai. Thee 
one place it closed twenty feet from where it opened. al 
fissures make it dangerous to travel in the dark. Ev 
the roads are broken up, and it will take much money a0 
and, about three miles from 
: et in, The or animal of the 
ger, but Saw no way to seme = The os ag ate nearel ef 
The oa heat made them restless, but they would yi 
bi te vely looked the foe in the face, stood frm ot 
reac em, then fell in the stream—a sudden cloud of §° 
