upon its surface down the mountain side, until they became arrested in their course by the accumulating weight, or stopped by the excessive friction that the mass had to overcome. In this way the beds, or rather streams, of them might have been formed, which would accumulate for miles, and continue to increase as the crater discharged this description of scoria. What strengthened my opinion in this respect was, that there were, apparently, streams of pahoihoi coming out from underneath the masses of clinkers wherever they had stopped. The crater may be likened to an immense cauldron, boiling over the rim, and discharging the molten mass and scoria which has floated on its top.

This day we received news of the arrival of Lieutenant Alden at the Recruiting Station, with the detachment from the ship; but he had brought no provisions, and none had yet reached the station. This arrival, therefore, instead of supplying our wants rather increased them.

The small transit was brought up this day, and, to add to my vexations, on opening it I found the level broken. I did not stop to inquire by what accident this had happened, but within ten minutes despatched an order to the ship for another, which was distant sixty miles.

We received a supply of wood from below, and sent down water in return. John Downhaul, a native, who was one of the party, desired permission to return to the ship, as, according to his own account, he was almost dead. Dr. Judd had met him with a number of natives in a cave, as he came up, the morning after the storm. It appeared, from John's account, that he had advised some of the natives to stop and take care of him in their hasty retreat, but that he had only retained them with him by threatening them with the evil spirits of the mountain. When morning came, they left him. He had been very sick, vomiting and bringing up blood, and felt unable to move any further up the mountain; but having my portfolio, he did not wish to intrust it to the care of another. Dr. Judd prescribed for him, and sent him down, with directions to proceed to Hilo. On his way down, Downhaul met one of the carriers of the provisions for the consul's party, whom he stopped and began to question; finding that he was loaded with provisions, and being quite hungry, he told him to put down the load, for he was the " tommodore's man," and must be obeyed, and accordingly helped himself without stint, inducing the native to partake also. When the man reached Mr. Brinsmade, the articles were found to be very much diminished in bulk, and on inquiry, the native at once told the whole truth, and how he had been deceived.

In the evening, at 6 P. M., the thermometer stood at 29°, and during the night it fell to 22°.

While the rest were employed of making our 1hts ag sible, in the one Dr. Judd and myself doped, we disenged deposit of moisture, which, on exam tom, was found toch steam issuing through a crack in the love, a platter

in it, it rose to 68°. The tent was jogut door foun the adipood the bre cipice of the crater, and it was not surprising that the steam should foc its way up from the fires beneath. As if stewhat and wrd 26 we pounded and filled the seam full of hicken pieces of "was Thibojo bote stance led to the discovery of a

thing, either animal or vegetable, it w fance, or within four thousand feet of the This moss was here nourished by the steun plied it with warmth and moisture,

This day we made many experiments on door water: the mean of the observations gave the Tech 1889, being five hundred and yty feet to each decove At the volcano of Kilauea, I had flere fifty feet to each degree; while thereof g Sunday Station, gave five hundred and fific at the Recruiting Station, five hundred and fifty-eight feet.

We also employed ourselves in building a high stone wall around a space large enough to contain the houses and tents, when they should all arrive, having found the necessity of it to protect ourselves from the violent winds. Besides this, each tont was to be surrounded by a se-3 parate wall, up as high as the eaves, when completed. The plan was as exhibited in the annexed woodqut

1. Pendulum-house. 2. Captain Wilkes's tent. yourters, 7. Magnetic house. 8. Observatory Kitchen. 12. Thermometer and barometer hous VOL. IV.