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resumed his journey towards the summit. At mid¬ 
night he saw the snow about three miles distant, pro¬ 
ceeded towards the place, and reached it about one 
o’clock on the morning of the 26th. The snow was 
frozen over, and the thermometer stood at 27°. He 
now directed his steps towards a neighbouring peak, 
which appeared one of the highest; but when he had 
ascended it, he saw several others still higher. He 
proceeded towards one, which looked higher than the 
rest, and bore n. e. from the place where he was. On 
reaching the summit of this second peak, he discovered 
a heap of stones, probably erected by some former 
visitor. From this peak Mouna-Roa bore south by 
west, Mouna-Huararai west by south, and the island 
of Maui n. w. The several hills or peaks on the sum¬ 
mit of Mouna-Kea seemed composed entirely of vol¬ 
canic matter, principally cinders, pumice, and sand. 
Mr. Goodrich did not discover apertures or craters on 
either of the summits he visited; probably there is a 
large crater somewhere adjacent, from which the scoria, 
sand, and pumice, have been thrown out. The whole 
of the summit was not covered with snow, there were 
only frequent patches, apparently several miles in ex¬ 
tent, over which the snow was about eight inches or a 
foot in thickness. The ocean to the east and west was 
visible; but the high land on the north and south pre¬ 
vented its being seen in those directions. 
Mr. Goodrich commenced his descent about three 
o’clock, and after travelling over large beds of sand 
and cinders, into which he sunk more than ankle deep 
at every step, he reached about sun-rise the place 
where he had slept the preceding evening. The descent 
in several places, especially over the snow, was steep 
