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Show All Ittlci citing I.flter. Ilrcther John 1 lahir, of Ilountlful, favors us with n letter front Ills' son Irvlul',, wlolton n ml'slon to the Han lw Icli Islands. 1 1 It d ited l'.ibnla, Hawaii, January .XI, and la eiulte In-tcre.llni; In-tcre.llni; throughout. Thu natives nru qiiHufrlindly without tit option and trc-it tlio I Hers Willi marked reaped ant nulat tbtm Itievtry reasonable way. llullon grapltlo nnd Uccldcdly readable account or n vlilt by the wrltcrtothefamoutvolcauo Kllatiea Is given, which he visited on mule-back. Wo fclvo a jrtlon ol Ills dmil Hon of wbatlieuwt "It nu tho hottest pi lot I eve r saw, anil .1 much hotter place than I tare to goto tt l resent. 1 lie It, or "like," as It Is called, la not very large, about li ro Is wide by ,10 rods long, as near as I could Judce, aud surrounded on time sides byclltrs of lava rock from 11 to SO fee t III hcUlit. Jlut ou the side that v.evluMol It from, thu rocky barrier bos lately lieen tornuuay b) an over-llow over-llow of fresh lava, leavfur; this side only it or ten feet abovu tha surging n-d waves of molted ruck, tt was n fearfully fear-fully grant sljhl which I rsunot describe. de-scribe. Wo n ached It befnni7, and remained gazing In wonder aul aoiKtmeut till 8. There la n canatant inuvement uf lis tier), Itulihllii'ZsurfArefnm the east cud to the wmt, an 1 boru tl hilics furiously against Its rud-hut rocky barrier, eating Into thu solll rock like a torrent of water luto n soft bank or earth. H) that at thlsend (the went) the surrounding surround-ing cliff was undermined for about ten fcetatlhe surfaco of the lake, and i know not ho'r much furtbor, dceer down. I.um and all I pact red Itva, like thin dough, or hot moiai-is candy, can-dy, were cuntluiiilly Ulni; hurled high lulhealr, inttcli of It dropping on the surroun IIud; bantv, thus runbtuutly re pairing llieui and UrllJIiig tbe in anew, rnr Uicew had to watch out, while close to the pit, to see that they did not tlropou us unawares. A good tree xo was blowing from us acruss the lake, thus kit plug tho heat lck a rtood deal, endallowluus In ap; roach at timet within tight ur ten feet of the fdgi, though most nf tne time wo were glad to keep bock several rods. Wo gathered lalt of "Pole's hair." tome of which I will bring Lome when I return. Wo also dropiod soma dimes lu sumo of tho redhotluniiuf lav uthst were thrown at our feet, and Willi rlnit them homo If we (an keep them, but they aro very crisp and Irlttlu, T ho rock recurs hi havu all subitanto burned out uf It, till Ilia llkodouph that has brtnburuiii erlan aud black. The new lava thrown out Iivm than n month ago over whlih wo walked for several hundred yards, woul I crack and crush up like crualed tnnw un n frosty night, and ull uf this Is at black as the worst buruej dough you ever saw, rite old lake (pari uf tho lloor of which wu walked over) Is mi Immense allAlr; It Is about three ur four Mllisi wide, ami Utwcon seven an I eight miles In length, and la mr-rouiidial mr-rouiidial by Immenae clllls or rock, several huu lieil feet lu height, nnd thu present lake Is situated neatly at Its centre, rhlt Immtiueold floor looks like u rough, stormy sea suddenly turned Into sdld, huvy. rock, and Is Itself a grand and fearful sight, rnr It U full of rents nnd, flaaurea through which rtcnni and sulphur ftinui nro constantly (leaping " Drotborr labcrnud hisanaclalera wero wcllaudfiellugwell, nJajtlng tbcui-nlvmcitlly tbcui-nlvmcitlly to thu nsr tundlllonv la which they are laied. |