. Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History. Natural history; Ethnology. AMV'tii of Manna Lou in 1S64. 15 villages, and filling" n|) fisli ponds, ended bv cliaiii4*iiig the coast: line for twenty miles from a ba}' to a headland several miles l)e\-oTid tlie idd coast. The streams wliich in former ages flowed at intervals down its sides do not appear to be ot' so i^reat volume as those from Manna Loa, and this inav be owing to the great mini her of vents, l^heir physical stnic^itre, however, is ideniical with that of those from the other monnlaJ
. Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History. Natural history; Ethnology. AMV'tii of Manna Lou in 1S64. 15 villages, and filling" n|) fisli ponds, ended bv cliaiii4*iiig the coast: line for twenty miles from a ba}' to a headland several miles l)e\-oTid tlie idd coast. The streams wliich in former ages flowed at intervals down its sides do not appear to be ot' so i^reat volume as those from Manna Loa, and this inav be owing to the great mini her of vents, l^heir physical stnic^itre, however, is ideniical with that of those from the other monnlaJiis. Continning my description of the monntains Ijcfore attempting the story (»f their ernptions, I will offer the acconnt of ni)- first ascent of Manna I^,oa, made almost immediately after that of (In Tuesday, Angnst 2, we left the hospitable honsc of Rev. J. D. F'aris, the missionary at Kaawaloa. The native ma,gistralc, Knpake, had heard of our intended journey and sent ns two large dried fish, a most aeceptaljle present, and a large gonrd waterdjottle. We seenred as guide Kaakakawai, an <dd goat hnnter, and we had also three native bearers and a pack mule. For the first six or eight miles onr road was tlie same as when we ascended Hnalalai, and, as then, we got wet throni^li in i)assing the forest, this time by a thunder storm of short doratirin. We camped at night on the mountain-plain near Jndd's road, and in the morning sent back our horses a,nd prepared onr rawdiide sandals for climbing .)ver the rongh lava, as there is no path for horses np the smooth dome of Mainm '^^ We went nc^arlv east nntil we struck. 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 Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum. Honolulu : Bishop Museum Press
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