Show for the EXTRACTS prom from a 4 letter to the pint prawn presidency 11 HONOLULU bahu oahu sandwich wl ich 1 islands nov 2nd and I 1 1853 dearly beloved Bre brethren threw A committee of brethren appointed ly the conference for that purpose have paid he island of lanai lami a visit to certain ascertain its cw I 1 loties and resources for supporting an increase of population they rhey found a place wen well adapter adapt eol in many respects for this purposes purpose the soil being beag good the situation a central one and having intercourse with the two principal markets honolulu and lahaina and sufficiently isolated to be comparatively free from the surrounding evil influences a great desideratum in making a settlement on these islands the scarcity of 0 water is the principle obstacle in the th way of a settlement in this place and accounts for thinness of the pop population lation at the present finto on the island but bat ithe the committee were of tie 1 opinion that if the land could be procured OR ob suitable terms this might be obviated obviate id fey by dig I 1 g ing ging wells or by constructing artificial castene 0 or r reservoirs large enough to hold iciest eat witter water to supply the wants of the settle mw 1 1 during the dry season which lasts about fi five months the place examined by the committee is a large basin or valley gradually descending to thee the centre entre from all sides side the hills are low oa asi all excepting the eastern which r rues i to a considerable height and from the accounts ata or of the settlers the place where the settlements would have to get their supplies of timber wood ac c the timber is rather scrubby and not very plentiful but sufficient for hawaiian as they need but bat little 1 the land is ia owned in part uy by the king and government and a chief by the name of hat leles lelea who appears to be friendly and will no doubt aid us in our efforts to elevate his fellow country from their present deplorable detate since we arrived in honolulu we have had an interview with him vw and he says say he is willing to let us have the land OR on favorable terms we are desirous of getting the privilege of laying g 1 our principles before the king and chiefs ti hat fat they may have the opportunity of judging for I 1 themselves but this at present is denied as i we can get an introduction to his bis majesty bj I 1 taking king ta the necessary steps through the mini minister I 1 of foreign relations but it would be contrary to precedent and the rules of etiquette to enter I 1 a religious religions discussion or in othet other words preach the gospel of life and salvation and ther edine would only be a visit of form and ceremonies As you will we see by the minutes of the conference the work of the lord has been prospered very much since our last conference the branches gene generally are in a healthy condition the members and officers are filled with the spirit and rejoicing the brethren are son sanguine a ina I 1 in n the belief iba that t wi with th the blessing of the birdt lord the progress and increase of the work the next am six months will exceed that of the as the be native officers are are bagi bp ginning it ding to feel fee more and an d more the spirit of oft the he priesthood resting res ting upon the them and feel anxious to get into the field after conference a company of us an started from to ascend the crater haleakala on east etui said to be the largest quiescent 1 crater in the world we were fourteen in ia number the remainder of the brethren stop stopping ping at I 1 Wai luka being a little fearful that the journey would be too for them we stopped with the native brethren breth hen at kula a distance di of c about 15 miles by them we were kindt irn 1 pertained in the morning we mounted 1 ar animals lils some on hardee and aind some bome few on OB asses all furnished by the liberality of the ow t brethren we were accompanied by levei aeve R 0 the native brethren some of whom acted it I 1 guides our provisions ae I 1 were packed BR t asses the morning was a splendid one onea ad we all felt in high spirits epi rite in our ascel as cerin passed through several fields fiade of irish i pota faiL which were very luxuriant they grow epal sp 61 neou sly and are of tolerable quality 1 r during dring our ascent we had a beautiful v gieir the islands and lanui as at also so on te 8 maui ali and a corner of the island of about noon slid during the afternoon and ev eftin ew I 1 ii ing g we had splendid eplen did views of the clouds ia IC sequence seq tience of our altitude it required but ii slight alight effort of the imagination to think they were mountains coveted covered with snow we found e scrubby sandal wood formerly an article of export v 1 ti growing on the sides aides of the moan mountain also abo the hawaiian whortleberry odelo growing grow a in abundance which we found improved in fit flavor the higher we asien ascended oled aade A we ascended the tra velling became mole more din difficult the trail became indistinct and finally totally illegible n about three we came to a cave suf sufficiently fiti large to lodge all of us comfortably w when our guide told us we should have to stop for the C sight night we found gaage toss ind and water in in small 8 quantities the digit night was comfortably spent I 1 I 1 by us as although we felt sensibly the in the t reminding us forcibly of 0 our loved mountain home this thin cave in ia about oooo feet above the level of the sea early next morning we were on en on oar r w way we t found the ascent more toilsome than we e hi hat I 1 P t preceding day As we beaded the top w wal t to pass through a large field of scotia scoria 1 wearisome velling travelling tra indeed when we re I 1 ed the summit we had a very distinct distio cl vw vie is 1 hawaii with its win mountains mauna bf ka a ata and d M mauna a u na loa lo a the highest mountains in iaac pacific the summit of mona mama kea was wa OT vered with snow its height is in upwards t 13 feet feel I 1 f i we saw nothing of the enter crater the object W S our journey until we stood at the so homdt somont when d the whole sight burst lopol our view and we W found ourse ourselves es standing ois 09 04 brink of an aa almost perpendicular prec precipice ipke wl fora former one of the tahe sides aides of this vast caldron we at ar q rived in time to get a perfect view before the clouds filled it up which they usually do about 8 soon noon and the after part of toe the day and it was with feelings elings approaching to awe that we gazed ay iy upon this thin mighty laboratory of nature said to be I 1 thi thirty jr t and miles 1 I e a in circumference it was a tl specia spectacle cie and one calculated to oh fill the contemplative a mind with food for reflection on the fl uth mighty ig ty power powe r of the ahe god of jooeph 1 there is a break in the crater on the south a and another on an the east it ita nearly V triangular pa W d in inform p orm and a about bo ut 2500 2600 feet fee t in depth I 1 we found the descent tolerably easy t although very a steep the inside was destitute of vegetation ili we steered far a hill which we wore were told by oar I 1 guide was toe the last place from which madan madam P pele ivele the goddess of the volcano vomited forth her liquid fire this hill bin is t composed of i scoria and aad cinders and is about feet feel hief hi upon ascending which we found abit of abo C feet in ia depth ofa conical shape boat I 1 in diameter at the top and about two rods alil aia at tile the bottom from this hill bill there is w a strem 14 of lava flowing toward t the be northern gap if p ate counted I 1 twelve of these hills in the bottom the crater simil similar V in in i appearance appear nce to the one kat ascended all ofa of a reddish appearance and looking V as an tho though u gh they had been thrown up dp vik after I 1 the crater had bad become partly isire on oil the I 1 I 1 south side it as ais thefil there then had been a recent eruption and the jattro have lege i connected with this crater ter when active WW blui would seem to eat the bust that tbt i formerly been a liquid sea of f tm fire such an aa W att wea ii s at it t the he I 1 arese prese present at tune ow OR hawaii t y after spending some time in the c crater 4 n commenced our return we found that it W 0 m much ne it raster easle r d descending than ascending ascend ascending in p descent occupied about abbot 11 hem fifteen or twenty a good deal of the way throb a bed of scoria I 1 through which we descended wry very raj rapidly idly in ascending we found it very labor laborio laJb orious jo bilow r ing fross fi oai two to three azee bauni and that wi A almost exert exertion les gewere we were calbo of qi I 1 a the brethren suffered much lar ws want 0 and we were all heartily glad when we 4 the summit I 1 we by a different dil ferent route fraia tw tb aj 04 we delit evand up od a fr fa more inon too I 1 ragged one was sait in consequence of hibi basw 1 I r 1 1 I 1 ii hunt water a ter foi ourselves and aminia animals Is we were detained d one night longer lodger ae mountain than we ve had at first anticipated we all arrived at the settlement in good health and spirits I 1 hough a good deal fatigued with our our journey 11 it is is a general time of health among the members of the mission and all desire to be remembered to you and all their friends in in the valleys of the mountains I 1 PHILIP B LEWIS |