. Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History. Natural history; Ethnology. Stalitfliifs. 3^ roof tliey imist grow with rapi'c1it;\.^' to attain such length I The bore is almost never eontimioiis, and while externa. one cave in Kihmea in 1865 the growth of the stal'ictite \va inch a week, Init owing to the varvtng amount of water or ste )etwcen the frequent jars. y t1ie_v are smooth (with a minute crystal line marking), with ill, a mass of stony cells often nearly occupy-ing the diameter of the tnl)e is presented. As long as these tnljes grow downward
. Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History. Natural history; Ethnology. Stalitfliifs. 3^ roof tliey imist grow with rapi'c1it;\.^' to attain such length I The bore is almost never eontimioiis, and while externa. one cave in Kihmea in 1865 the growth of the stal'ictite \va inch a week, Init owing to the varvtng amount of water or ste )etwcen the frequent jars. y t1ie_v are smooth (with a minute crystal line marking), with ill, a mass of stony cells often nearly occupy-ing the diameter of the tnl)e is presented. As long as these tnljes grow downward in the (piiet n|)pcr region of the eave ihev' hang per- pendicnlarl}', hnt when the\" reach farther down the currents of air and steam blow the drop with the deposits aside and the tnl)e 1)eeonies distorted: it ina_v e\'en return on itself. ^I\Iany of the resulting forms are on the opjio- site |,)age. This collec^ lion was obtained from a h)w cave in the flow (»f near I lilo, and as there were many breaks through the i-oof the currents of air were strong ajid irreg- uhir. There was no steam, liut plenty of mr)istnre when I \-isited the cave, and there was no aeti\"e growth. In s a,t aJ)out the rale of an ini the produiftion is (piite. 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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