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ter with a theodolite. The greatest length of the crater 

 was from east to west, seven and one-half miles; the 

 narrowest point, two and a-quarter miles ; circumfer- 

 ence, eighteen to twenty miles, and general form oval. 

 Kolekole, the highest point on the west side, is 10,030 

 feet above the sea, and is 2,720 feet above the base level 

 at the bottom of the crater. The area of the crater is 

 about sixteen and one-third square miles. The point 

 where the Makawao road strikes the summit is 2,000 

 feet above the bottom of the crater. On the night of 

 August 5th, a heavy frost fell around the camp and the 

 thermometer indicated 38 ° to 42 ° at sunrise, and at 

 noon 72 ° in the shade. The average variation of 

 the needle was 9| ° E. Where magnetic lava abounds, 

 the variation was greater. 



TEE TRIP TO EANA. 



Mount Haleakala has a circumference of ninety miles, 

 and is divided into eight districts. Commencing at 

 Kula near to Makawao, then come Honuaula, °Kahi- 

 kinui, Kaupo, Kipahulu, Hana, Koolau and Hama- 

 kua. Each extends from eight to fifteen miles along 

 the shore, narrowing as it approaches the summit. 

 Honuaula has a soft, rich soil, and will be described as 

 TJlupalakua plantation. Kahikinui is dry and rocky, 

 and fit only for grazing. Kaupo and Kipahulu are too 

 stony for plough and harrow cultivation. Koolau con- 

 sists of dense forests, while Hamakua has forests and 

 well watered pasture lands. Hana has good soil, 

 a small sugar plantation, and, with Maliko, the only 

 good hai'bor from Wailuku to Makena. The traveler 

 from Makawao passes eastward over a rolling country 



