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tains guests for a reasonable compensation. This vicin- 

 ity is noticeable for the ancient heiau upon a palm crown- 

 ed cone ; for a fresh water reservoir in an extinct cra- 

 ter ; for a hot water cave ; and for an open stone basin, 

 below a lofty cliff which contains a pool of warm, blue 

 water that sparkles when stirred. The temperature is 

 so delightful that a half hour's bath is delicious. The 

 greatest depth is not less tha.n 18 feet, and the water is 

 so buoyant as to make diving difficult. This section of 

 Puna is quite fertile, whenever soil for cultivation can 

 be found. Bread-fruit and cocoanuts are abundant. 

 After a good rest at Eldart's the route continues over a 

 vast tract of rough lava, on which the ohia woods are 

 beginning to secure firm and permanent hold ; the sea 

 is skirted by successive rows of cocoanut trees, some so 

 thickly planted as to hide the ground from the rays of 

 the sun. Eighteen miles of road rough and smooth, 

 volcanic scenery variegated by bread-fruit, guava, ohia, 

 pandanus and cocoanut trees, and interspersed with 

 miniature churches and grass houses, ends the journey 

 at Kaimu, near the sea, where comfortable quarters 

 for the night may be obtained at a native house. The 

 next day, after a warm and tedious ride of six or more 

 hours over lava flows ancient and recent, lava waves, 

 lava billows, lava sand, lava ashes, lava cinders, lava 

 smooth and lava rough, lava marked, barren and deso- 

 late, and lava grass-clad in spots, fern-hid, tree-covered, 

 and in places densely tangled with impenetrable parasitic 

 vegetation, the Crater of Kilauea and the Volcano 

 House are reached by the Puna route in three days from 

 Hilo. 



The short route to Kilauea Crater, leads out of Hilo 



