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a more viscous lava than the preceding, and is now in the 

 Bishop Museum at Honolulu. 



Of greater interest from the standpoint of novelty are the 

 miniature bombs or lava drops represented in tig. 6. These 

 were discovered by the writer on the top, and surrounding the 

 base, of several small, dome-topped cones of very scoriaceous 

 lava situated on the northern rim of Kilauea near *' Kaniako- 

 lea," and therefore outside of the great pit crater, although 



Fig. 5. 



Fig. 5. Large turtle-back bomb. Kilanea. 



within one of the surrounding areas of subsidence and not very 

 far from the " Sulphur Banks," which are in the active solfatara 

 stage of volcanism. 



The tiny bombs were evidently blown through the open 

 channels in the scoriaceous lava of the cones, which acted as a 

 sieve in subdividing the liquid into drops, these taking various 

 stages during trajectory according to their manner of projec- 

 tion. The filamentary ejecta of fountain action being quite 

 generally known as " Pele's Hair," these curious little forma- 

 tions might be termed " Lacrimal Pele " — "Pele's Tears" — 

 many having the exact shape of a tear-drop. The form which 

 is most prevalent is that of a dumb-bell, which is especially 

 interesting as showing the effect of longitudinal rotation during 



