. Boston journal of natural history. Natural history. 86 Couthouy on Coral Formations The gorge, which in this instance may possibly have been formed by the recession of the falls, extends almost three-fourlhs of a mile, and then gradu- ally widens into a common valley, terminating seaward in a broad plain. SECTIONS OF THE RAVINE AT THE FALL OF At Hilo, on the Island of Hawaii, there is a very beautiful miniature ravine of this class, at the cascade of Waianuenue, (" the water of the rainbow,") and there are grand examples of it in the falls of Wailua and Hanapepe in the is
. Boston journal of natural history. Natural history. 86 Couthouy on Coral Formations The gorge, which in this instance may possibly have been formed by the recession of the falls, extends almost three-fourlhs of a mile, and then gradu- ally widens into a common valley, terminating seaward in a broad plain. SECTIONS OF THE RAVINE AT THE FALL OF At Hilo, on the Island of Hawaii, there is a very beautiful miniature ravine of this class, at the cascade of Waianuenue, (" the water of the rainbow,") and there are grand examples of it in the falls of Wailua and Hanapepe in the island of Kauai, especially in the latter, which pitch down full five hundred feet, into a circular basin about one thousand feet round, hemmed in by walls of alternately columnar and strati- fied lava, the only break in which is the narrow outlet for the stream. If we imagine the rapids of Lake Erie to be a plain, girt with lofty mountains, with the Niagara flowing through it, and this latter narrowed below the falls to one-fourth its pres- ent width, we shall have a very good idea of the ravine under consideration. Of those similar in form, but having no stream of water, there is a fine exemplification in the great amphi- theatre at the head of the Nuuanu valley, in Oahu. They are also to be seen in full perfection, on the north side of the ridge of Konahuanui, between the Pali, or precipice of Nuuanu, and Kualoa. There is one near Waiahole, described by the late Meredith Gairdner, M. D. (in a " Sketch of Oahu,". Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Boston Society of Natural History. [Boston, Boston Society of Natural History]
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