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upon its surface down the mountain side, until they became arrested in 

 their course by the accumulating weight, or stopped by the excessive 

 friction that the mass had to overcome. In this way the beds, or rather 

 streams, of them might have been formed, which would accumulate for 

 miles, and continue to increase as the crater discharged this description 

 of scoria. What strengthened my opinion in this respect was, that 

 there were, apparently, streams of pahoihoi coming out from underneath 

 the masses of clinkers wherever they had stopped. The crater may be 

 likened to an immense cauldron, boiling over the rim, and discharging 

 the molten mass and scorise which has floated on its top. 



This day we received news of the arrival of Lieutenant Alden at the 

 Recruiting Station, with the detachment from the ship ; but he had 

 brought no provisions, and none had yet reached the station. This 

 arrival, therefore, instead of supplying our wants rather increased them. 



The small transit was brought up this day, and, to add to my vexa- 

 tions, on opening it I found the level broken. I did not stop to inquire 

 by what accident this had happened, but within ten minutes despatched 

 an order to the ship for another, which was distant sixty miles. 



We received a supply of wood from below, and sent down water in 

 return. John Downhaul, a native, who was one of the party, desired 

 permission to return to the ship, as, according to his own account, he 

 was almost dead. Dr. Judd had met him with a number of natives in 

 a cave, as he came up, the morning after the storm. It appeared, from 

 John's account, that he had advised some of the natives to stop and 

 take care of him in their hasty retreat, but that he had only retained 

 them with him by threatening them with the evil spirits of the 

 mountain. When morning came, they left him. He had been very 

 sick, vomiting and bringing up blood, and felt unable to move any 

 further up the mountain ; but having my portfolio, he did not wish to 

 intrust it to the care of another. Dr. Judd prescribed for him, and 

 sent him down, with directions to proceed to Hilo. On his way down, 

 Downhaul met one of the carriers of the provisions for the consul's 

 party, whom he stopped and began to question; finding that he w T as 

 loaded with provisions, and being quite hungry, he told him to put down 

 the load, for he was the " tommodore's man," and must be obeyed, and 

 accordingly helped himself without stint, inducing the native to partake 

 also. When the man reached Mr. Brinsmade, the articles were found 

 to be very much diminished in bulk, and on inquiry, the native at once 

 told the whole truth, and how he had been deceived. 



In the evening, at 6 p. m., the thermometer stood at 29°, and during 

 the night it fell to 22°. 



