Good roads . lava to within a little more thana quarter of a mile of the open lake of fire. This road gives asense of security, for although the whole craters bed may beoverflowed with molten lava, or even drop away without warn-ing, while at each hard earthquake great crevices often open,its action seeming to be governed by no fixed laws, it is stillconsidered safe for tourists to venture in. Down the precipitous zigzag path we climbed, single file,into the gathering darkness. Guides, carrying poles and lan-terns, walked between every two or three of the party; occa-sionally one would call ou
Good roads . lava to within a little more thana quarter of a mile of the open lake of fire. This road gives asense of security, for although the whole craters bed may beoverflowed with molten lava, or even drop away without warn-ing, while at each hard earthquake great crevices often open,its action seeming to be governed by no fixed laws, it is stillconsidered safe for tourists to venture in. Down the precipitous zigzag path we climbed, single file,into the gathering darkness. Guides, carrying poles and lan-terns, walked between every two or three of the party; occa-sionally one would call out, Keep single file ; some one willbe hurt. At last we had traversed the craters bed as far asthe horses were permitted to go. The lava over which wepassed lay in corrugated waves or billows as black as obsidian,or was broken into cave-like masses by monster upheavals ;from the hollow domes of these caverns hung long drops oflava. Here and there the jetty blackness of the formation was A TRIP TO KILAURA. 129.
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