. Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History. Natural history; Ethnology. As the Lava li^'ent J)(nim. J15 Direct!}' iiiicler tlie cliff on wliieli tlie observation liiit stands wjis tlie deepest hole into which all the incandescent meal of this infernal mill was sinking down ; even had it been safe to approach the edge to get a good view into the abyss, the heat was prohibitory, and while the mill-stone in the midst still poured its grist down tlie slope, the danger signals grew dimmer, and here one went out in the darkness, and no lamp- lighter was
. Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History. Natural history; Ethnology. As the Lava li^'ent J)(nim. J15 Direct!}' iiiicler tlie cliff on wliieli tlie observation liiit stands wjis tlie deepest hole into which all the incandescent meal of this infernal mill was sinking down ; even had it been safe to approach the edge to get a good view into the abyss, the heat was prohibitory, and while the mill-stone in the midst still poured its grist down tlie slope, the danger signals grew dimmer, and here one went out in the darkness, and no lamp- lighter was at hand to renew it; the walls seemed to have shaken down all their loose rocks, the ernst was no longer breaking, and the glor^y of the scene had ended. We conld still see light from Haleniaunniu wdien we reached the \'oh:aiio Hunsc, l)iit how dim compared with that wdiich had brightened tlie wliolc crater the night before! Satnrday night the pit was totally dark, no sign of fire conld be seen from tlie house. All seemed over, but the emptying of the pit had stopped, and that was an indication that soon the action w'(juld be renewed, and no snch long period of inactivity as had. been the rnle for many recent years was to be expected, and on the third day the lava rose again wdth great violence, throwdug spatters al)ove the rim of the crater. Nor was this a mere spasmodic action, for the renewed action has continned to the present w'fiting. March ij^ igog. At Hilo, abont 3:30 , two sharp shocks of earthcpiake, separated by a slight interval. Pictnres were swnng, and light objects were upset. March 14, three slight shocks in the forciiotm, and another in tlie evening. Thus far this informal History w^as approved and ordered printed March 26, 1909, but a visit to the Volcano of Kilanea on October 7th, 19(39, nndertakcn to settle certain doubts in the record, determined me to add to the record herein printed such observations as have been placed in the Vcdeaiio House Register
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