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it; hence its name of Iveah, or the White. There were in¬ 
dications of numerous extinguished craters in various parts 
of the mountain, the surface of which is entirely composed 
of lava and other volcanic productions : a few specimens 
were brought away, and these present nothing essentially 
different from the porous lavas of Vesuvius; but their colour 
is generally blacker, though, in many instances, that of 
Mouna Keali is of a deep red. A whole day was occupied 
in the ascent of the last peak; and when the parties met at 
night, those who had taken the wrong road had been thirty 
hours without food or water; but the “ remainder biscuit” 
brought down by their companions, and some snow-water, 
with which they had replenished their canteen, furnished 
forth their supper, and they slept again in the hut con¬ 
structed the night before. They left it, however, early 
enough on the following morning to arrive at the Armourer’s 
station to breakfast upon fresh beef-steaks, and, recruited by 
rest and food, they proceeded to the shore ; but instead of 
embarking at Lapoihoihoi, they resolved to proceed to 
Byron Bay over land, that they might see more of the 
country. The paths they followed led through some very 
magnificent scenery, but were in many places both diffi¬ 
cult and dangerous. They crossed not less than eighty 
deep ravines, through which streams, more or less impetuous, 
