CONTENTS. 



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INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER r 



LETTER I. 



Auckland— The Mail Steamer Nevada— A South Sea Hurricane — 



The South Pacific Doldrums— The Tropic of Cancer . . . $ 



LETTER II. 



First Impressions of Honolulu— Tropical Vegetation— The Nuuanu 

 Pali— Female Equestrianism— The Hawaiian Hotel— Paradise 

 in the Pacific — Mosquitos 1 5 



LETTER III. 



An Oahu Sabbath— A State Pageant— An Abrupt Departure— Inter- 

 Island Travelling— Maui — Contradictory Statements— Wind- 

 ward Hawaii — A Polynesian Paradise — Hilo Fascinations . . 26. 



LETTER IV. 



Beauties of Hilo — Palms and Bananas— My First Hawaiian Ride — 



Hilo Visiting— The Rev. Titus Coan 39' 



LETTER V. 



Our Equipment for the Volcano Riding "cavalier fashion" — 



Ufa— The Volcano Road— Light in the Darkness— The Crater 



of Kilauea— The House of Pele— The Crater House . . . 45 



LETTER VI. 



" Too much chief eat up people " — Lomi-Lomi — Volcanic Possi- 

 bilities 60 



