CONTENTS. vii 



CHAPTER IV. 



THE VINCENNES LEAVES HONOLULU- DRUNKEN PILOT— MESSES. BRINSMADE AND 

 JUDD ACCOMPANY US— KANAKAS — PASSAGE TO HILO — BAY OF HILO — DISTANT 

 VIEW OF HAWAII— VIEW FROM HILO BAY-OBSERVATORY ESTABLISHED AT WAIA- 

 KEA — HILO — STRENGTH OF THE PARTY FOR THE ASCENT OF THE MOUNTAIN- 

 CONFUSION AMONG THE NATIVES — DEPARTURE FROM HILO — THE KING'S FISH- 

 PONDS—BYRON'S HILL — OLAA — PAHOIHOI LAVA — KAPUAUHI — IRON MORTAR — 

 TERRITORY OF PELE — FIRST VIEW OF MAUNA LO A— VOLCANO OF KILAUEA — 

 DEPARTURE FROM IT — SCARCITY OF WATER — CLINKERS - LOSS OF MR. BRINS- 

 MADE'S STOCK OF WATER — DESERTER — THE WOODED REGION LEFT — CAVES — 

 SUNDAY STATION— RAGSDALE JOINS THE PARTY— DR. JUDD GOES IN SEARCH OF 

 SNOW — RECRUITING STATION — DESERTION OF THE NATIVES — FLAG STATION — 

 UNPLEASANT NIGHT — LONGLEY IS MISSED — SUMMIT OF MAUNA LOA REACHED— 

 ARRIVAL THERE OF MESSRS. JUDD AND PICKERING — CRATER RECONNOITRED — 

 ORIGIN OF THE CLINKERS-CHRISTMAS DAY-LONGLEY IS FOUND — VISIT TO THE 

 RECRUITING STATION— RETURN TO THE SUMMIT— ARRIVAL OF PROVISIONS FROM 

 THE SHIP — PENDULUM-HOUSE ERECTED— NEW YEAR'S DAY-PHENOMENA OF THE 

 CLOUDS — SURVEY OF THE SUMMIT BEGUN — PENDULUM EXPERIMENTS BEGUN — 

 SEVERE STORM— SURVEY OF THE CRATER— EXPERIMENTS ON SOUND— PENDULUM 

 EXPERIMENTS FINISHED-MOKU-A-WEO-WEO-HEIGHT OF MAUNA KEA- SURVEY OF 

 THE SUMMIT FINISHED 109—164 



CHAPTER V. 



DEPARTURE FROM PENDULUM PEAK - SYMPTOMS OF THE MOUNTAIN - SICKNESS - 

 ELECTRICAL PHENOMENA— DESCENT OF THE MOUNTAIN— ARRIVAL AT KILAUEA— 

 DESCENT OF MESSRS. BUDD AND ELD— LOSS OF A KANAKA-SURVEY OF KILAUEA- 

 SULPHUR-BANK— CIRCUIT OF THE CRATER— THIRD CRATER-LUA PELE-DR. JUDD'S 

 DESCENT INTO THE CRATER — HIS PERILOUS ADVENTURES-VIEW OF THE ERUP- 

 TION—SURVEY OF THE FIERY LAKE — BLACK LEDGE — OUANTITY OF MATTER 

 DISCHARGED-NEW DISPOSITION OF PARTIES— RETURN TO THE COAST— LUA PELE— 

 DEEP CREVICE-KALANOKAMO— PIT AND CONE CRATERS— MAP OF THE SOUTHEAST 

 PORTION OF HAWAII— ALEALEAIKI— PANAU— RECENT ERUPTION— TIMBER FELLED 

 BY LAVA — TRUNCATED CONES ON THE LAVA— NAMES OK THE CONE-CRATERS — 

 KEKAHUNANUI— COURSE OF THE STREAM OF LAVA— CRATERS NEAR THE COAST- 

 WHITE OWL— PUNA— KANAKIKI — VOLCANIC SAND-HILLS — CHRYSOLITE — OLD AND 

 NEW LAVA — VIEW FROM THE SAND-HILLS — KEEAU — TRAITS OF NATIVE CHA- 

 RACTER—MODE OF RECKONING DISTANCES — RETURN TO HILO — PANDANUS TREE 

 AND ITS USES— DERANGED NATIVE— PENDULUM EXPERIMENTS BEGUN— DISCREPAN- 

 CIES IN THEM— APPARATUS REMOVED TO PANEO— STOPPAGE OF THE CLOCK— NEW 

 DISTURBANCES IN THE EXPERIMENTS— APPARATUS REMOVED TO MOUNT KANUHA 

 -THE EXPERIMENTS ARE SUCCESSFUL 105—195 



