A trip to the Orient; a voyage on the steamer Ecuador, Honolulu, among islands of the Pacific, the mandate islands of Japan . 41 42 A TEIP TO THE ORIENT wonderful, varying from the deepest jet blackto the palest grey, from the darkest maroon,through cherry and scarlet, to tjie most delicatepink, violet, and blue; from the richest brown,through orange and yellow, to the lightest strawcolor. And there was yet another shade, onlydescribable by the term ^^molten—lava color/Even the smokes and vapors were renderedbeautiful by their borrowed lights and tints, andthe black peaks, pinnacles, and crags
A trip to the Orient; a voyage on the steamer Ecuador, Honolulu, among islands of the Pacific, the mandate islands of Japan . 41 42 A TEIP TO THE ORIENT wonderful, varying from the deepest jet blackto the palest grey, from the darkest maroon,through cherry and scarlet, to tjie most delicatepink, violet, and blue; from the richest brown,through orange and yellow, to the lightest strawcolor. And there was yet another shade, onlydescribable by the term ^^molten—lava color/Even the smokes and vapors were renderedbeautiful by their borrowed lights and tints, andthe black peaks, pinnacles, and crags, which sur-rounded the amphitheatre, formed a splendidand appropriate background. Sometimes greatpieces broke off and tumbled with a crash intothe burning lake, only to be remelted and thrownup anew. Not two inches beneath the surface,the grey lava on which we were standing andsitting was red-hot. A stick thrust through itcaught fire, a piece of paper was immediatelydestroyed, and the gentlemen found the heatfrom the crevices so great that they could notapproach near enough to light their pipes. OVER A FURNACE One mo
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