SUMMIT OF MOUNA-KEA. 401 
ftiiles distant, proceeded towards the place, and 
reached it about one o’clock on the morning of the 
26th. The snow was frozen over, and the ther¬ 
mometer stood at 27°. He now directed his steps 
towards a neighbouring peak, which appeared to 
be 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 north-east 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 north-west. The several 
hills or peaks on the summit of Mouna-Kea seemed 
composed entirely of volcanic matter, principally 
cinders, pumice, and sand. Mr. Goodrich did not 
discover apertures or craters on either of the sum¬ 
mits 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 
extent, 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 prevented its being seen in those di¬ 
rections. 
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 and difficult, and ren¬ 
dered the utmost caution necessary. Continuing 
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