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From Painting by IX Howard Hitchcock 
OUTRIGGER CANOE CLUB, WAIKIKI. 
contorted, with innumerable crevices giving forth 
vapors. 
Near the center of Kilauea’s sunken and twisted 
floor is the great volcano’s furnace, or fiery throat, 
called Halemaumau by the Hawaiians and, also, 
“the House of Everlasting Eire.” Here Pele, 
goddess of volcanoes, makes her home. 
According to the mythology of the Hawaiians, 
Pele has lived on all the islands in turn, moving 
her court from Kauai to Oahu, from Oahu to 
Maui, and lastly from Maui to Hawaii. Myth 
and scientific observation do not quarrel in this 
respect. This inner pit is a mile in circumfer¬ 
ence, where white-hot waves of molten lava are 
forever crashing at the walls and roaring their 
anger at restraint; where huge fountains, leaping 
in an eternal and awesome dance, fling their in¬ 
candescent spatter back upon the seething billows 
of the lake of fire. Rising and falling periodic¬ 
ally, sometimes the molten mass brims over, 
spreading out upon old layers of lava, on the main 
floor of the crater. 
At times there are “floating islands” in Pole’s 
lava lake, massive lumps sprung from the depths 
to be burst asunder in the sight of man, or to go 
back whence they came, enduring for a long time, 
perhaps, or but briefly playing the burning ship 
upon the burning sea. 
Halemaumau is better seen, better appreciated, 
at night, but the daylight view is another spec¬ 
tacle, and only in daylight can the main crater 
of Kilauea reveal its many wonders. A foot trail 
leads down the cliff from the Volcano House and 
out upon the lava floor. Throughout the region 
surrounding Kilauea are numerous well-marked 
trails and a wealth of marvels to interest and in¬ 
spire. Forests of very old koa (Hawaiian mahog¬ 
any) trees, jungles of tree-ferns, ancient volcanic 
tubes and tunnels, earthquake cracks, caves, 
fissures without bottom, and banks of live sulphur 
stir the imagination of the sightseer and delight 
the scientific investigator. 
Writing of Kilauea, IT. IT. Albright, assistant 
to the director of national parks, has this to say: 
“It is the most wonderful feature of the national 
park service. It is the most inspiring thing that 
I have ever observed, and I have no hesitation in 
predicting that, when once the people of the 
United States realize what a wonderful thing this 
volcano is, it will become the objective of thou¬ 
sands of visitors.” 
There are several sailings a week by both inter¬ 
island and oceanic vessels from Honolulu to Hilo. 
Several routes are available to travelers visiting 
the Island of Hawaii. The shortest trip, and the 
most popular with visitors who have but a short 
time to spend in the Islands, is a round trip occu¬ 
pying but three days, by way of Hilo, going and 
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