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Identifier: onesummerinhawai00math (find matches)
Title: One summer in Hawaii (electronic resource)
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: Mather, Helen
Subjects: Voyages and travels
Publisher: New York : Cassell Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: Brigham Young University Hawaii, Joseph F. Smith Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Consortium of Church Libraries and Archives

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f it, we hadbeen gradually ascending the slope ofMauna Loa, upon whose flank was thegreat pit toward which our course wasdirected. The dome of the mountain 228 ONE SUMMER IX HAWAII. towered above the clouds, which weremassed at its base, and when our vehi-cle came to a halt, the rain was fallinein torrents. Horses for the bridle-path werestanding under the tree awaiting ourarrival. There was neither house norshelter of any kind to be seen, so weprepared to mount from the steps ofthe carriage. We donned our raincoats, and unfurled our broad-brimmedstraw hats, and expanded ourselves in-to the saddles astride. Funny, isntit ? said a young lady at my side ; andit was funny, but we could not laugh, itwas too serious, and too damp. The gentlemen of the party wereequally interesting ; they might readilyhave been mistaken for the fag-end ofBuffalo Bills troupe. ONE SUMMER IN HA WAIL 229 An Englishman, his wife, son anddaughter, had joined us for the trip,but the undertaking seemed so formida-
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ble to the wife and daughter that theydeclined to proceed farther. The order to march was given, andwe fell into line, one guide in advance,and one in the rear. At the outset, wewere to descend a steep and rocky de- 230 ONE SUMMER IN HAWAII. clivity, which the rain had not im-proved. The horses at first demurredat this, but were finally convinced thatit would save trouble to proceed, andso, by dint of much persuasion, wereached the base of the hill ; here itwas discovered that the Englishmandid not feel particularly interested involcanoes, and had deserted the ranks,leaving his son to represent the family. I found that my experience on theslopes of Haleakala had accustomedme to the motion of the horse, and hadtaught me to balance myself whilepassing over the rough places. We clambered along a narrow path-way, across the lava current of someformer age. Hundreds of square milesof Hawaii are covered with this graycoating. It lies in huge coils, or con- ONE SUMMER IN HAWAII. 231 volutions

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