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and shake them roughly.. When they at last reached the 
edge the action had greatly diminished, and in a few 
minutes more the dark crust covered the central portion, 
extending rapidly to the sides, and after watching the last 
crack close, we all went to sleep again. I was glad to 
see such distinct flames, as their existence has been denied 
in volcanoes. They were bluish-green, and shot up in 
tongues or wide sheets a foot long. 
In the morning we found it very misty, and the mist 
soon turned to rain. We went to the cone we had seen the 
night before, and climbing its spattered sides, looked into 
the hole in the top. We could see that it was white-hot 
within, but we were unable to excite it, although we threw 
in pieces of scoria, and poked it with our sticks. On the 
other side of the path was a cone, long and irregular, with 
many pinnacles from which much smoke issued. We got 
quite wet in climbing- up the bank, and at seven o’clock 
were eating our breakfast in the grass house on the upper 
ledge.: 
A year. afterwards I again went to Kilauea. Many 
changes had taken place. Aini Pélé was much larger, and 
two new pools had opened during the winter. The place 
where I slept last August had melted away, and I was 
obliged to camp in another place. The superstitions of the 
natives have always been greatly excited while in this cra- 
ter, and I saw many reasons for it. As we walked towards 
the bright lake about dusk, I thought I saw two or three 
men walking to and fro on the brink, and asked my guide 
what strangers had been down into the crater. “Aole 
haole aka akua paha”! (It is no stranger but perhaps a 
spirit) said the old man, so solemnly that I was startled. 
As the steam moved in the wind, it opened and brought 
te view the black cliffs beyond, and this we had taken for 
