Show visit to the volcano at mauna loa the san franciaco Fran circo he herald 0 arild is indebted to a gentleman of that city for tle following account of a rip trip to mauna loa the next day a party was made mada for penetrating to the interior far enough to witness that inot inott wonderful of all sights a molten river doubtless you know that luna tuua loa is by fur far f ar the greatest volcano in the tiie world its crater 2 t the summit is ten miles around and und lle ile the lie very very island laland itself is little else than lava in valious vallous stages stapes 0 decomposition some oilie eight ago hiter after a it series of terrific throes the tha mount tin lin opened al at its side about half halt way down and gave issue to a river river of liquid fire which lias has since rince and foslid its way tu to within a out five miles of this town of hilo nilo at present this river is nearly three miles wide and regardless of obstacles olsta oLsia cies cles slowly pushing its way to the sea sometimes in hi its course it meets a marsh gradually but inevitably it ia is filled up again it meets a steep ravine down the rocks it rushes a perfect niagara of fire then a and it spreads slowly out for miles and miles crus crushing hing bing and over overwhelming every lhing thing in its ils path ten of us made preparations and at two in the tile afternoon we started the liot hot sun scorched as we rode along but the tha novel scenery the jest and laugh lirt eluded all thought ot of fatigue through the jungle and foret over the gnarled roots of innumerable trees frees and vines ili in single fila ilia wa followed our guides ourselves in turn fol lol lowed by a half hall hundred of the breech lesl rag tag and of or the island ind these latter con cou of all ages sexes and conditions attracted by a fiot faint 11 chopo opo that in ill some way they might bo be found useful and ili in that case a quarter ol 01 a dollar was ample remuneration for a any by among them thom were women clad in a simple calico gown cown ot of gaudy colors dat the tho waist easily thrown off when wilen as ili in a dozen instances we met a running stream traveling on we came to what is known as the rainbow ra lubow fall I 1 wont wout weary wedry y you ou with a description except this tilis we stood on the level of the surrounding coun country looking into a basin clothed in gree ol 01 perhaps five hundred feet in ili M edth the rive r opposite to us fell over a perpendicular cular ledge of rocks with a huge liuga cave be neath death a al distance stance stanco as measured of ninety six siz feet if you vilt vill will take san Frantis Frands quito guito creek and tumble it over the natural badge of virginia have it at exactly at I 1 know you are glad tf it wa we reached a spot from which we had to travel on foot and were soon afterwards at our journeys end cud I 1 would like much to give you of what I 1 saw but I 1 am afraid you will think me tedious our party stood on an elevation say thirty feet high and before Us for about t two tao 0 miles u was a the termination of the iava lava flow its regularity rity interrupted however by various turning off oil into various hollos of the ground on the tho leit left for foe twenty miles the tile black ruin was visible the lava even to its terminus had llad formed chick black crust by contact with the air but here and there were fissures llero where we could gaze down as though into liell hell and see the tha deepening shade of red and the I 1 quid fiery flowing and shooting on under our very feet at intervals a break ili in the crust of thel the lava would take place accompanied by loud noises nokes and sulphurous smoke twice on the verge of the stream I 1 saw immense trees already heated to the core spring suddenly into flame and almost in an instant be consumed then again a branch from the main body of the stream would come in contact with a half dried pool of water giving out the fiercest his sings and clouds of steam accompany this with an incessant moving crackling roaring and seething and perhaps you on may lin gine somewhat 6 orne what of the interest wi ii which we gazed in ili other pikes ett ets meeting with an obstacle to its onward course the lava had piled plied itself in large masses lapping itself in ili ledges again all ali and d again the tile new fire advancing woud v oud slowly illy turn over these heaps flashing and brightening bright ning nina in the dak startling us from the very places where wo we stood in safety the heat was intense and when our guides had llad from the glowing mass enough of the material to serve as specimens for all who nho wanted them we were not sorry at ten to go away 0 to o a camp our followers had provided ghe dhe that hath a good book in his hand but not a lesson of it at his heart or life is like an ass that carrieth a burden and feeds upon the thistles whistles es |