What I saw on the west coast of South and North America, and at the Hawaiian Islands.: By H. Willis Baxley, M.D.

CHAPTER XXXVIII.
VOLCANO KILAUEA-JOURNEY TO IT-LUXURIANT VEGETATION-HAWAIIAN HIGHWAY FATE OF THE HAWAIIAN-PULU-DOME OF MAUNA LOA-KILAUEA.
THE object of surpassing interest in Ilawaii, indeed one of
the wonders of earth, is the Voleano Kilauea. To visit it, some
preparation is necessary; for neither on the way to it, nor
when there, are bed and board to be had; hence a blanket,
food, et cetera, must be provided at Itilo, where precise information can be had of your purveyor as to the essentials of comfort. A sure-footed and hard-hoofed horse must be provided,
otherwise he should be carefully shod for a road that looks as if
it had been paved with iron for half the distance. And the
excursionist should be particular in the selection of a competent
and faithful guide, who will also carry baggage and provision
in two large calabashes hung by netting fiom the ends of a
shoulder-pole. My experience justifies my speaking favorably
of K-aihikaoli, a native llawaiian living in the suburbs of Hiilo.
Since my trip to Kilauea I have heard that Mr. Ilitchcock, an
enterprising citizen, intends to provide relays of horses, and
better accommodations on the road for visitors.
Suitably equipped and provisioned, and with Mr. Lyman,
principal of the native manual labor school, as my intelligent
companion, I started for the volcano on a delicious summer
morning; pursuing a southerly course over a rugged trail,
through tangled shrubbery of oi, amau-inau fern, ti, and
guava, with the silvery-leaved tutti trembling like the aspen
in the background. At the distance of rather more than four
miles we entered a forest, through which a wide avenue three
miles long has been cut, along the greater part of which is a