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time, and notwithstanding all my fatigues, I passed a sleepless night 

 in great pain. The night was stormy : the thermometer fell to 17°. 

 I, however, determined to leave the station in the morning, if I had to 

 be led down the mountain, which I thought very probable. One 

 consolation, however, remained : my physical energies had not given 

 way untn every part of the objects of my ascent of Mauna Loa had 

 been fully accomplished. 



BLO^V]^■G CONE OF TIIK CRATER. 



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