CHAPTER II.

IN AND AROUND HONOLULU.--PUBLIC BUILDINGS.--THE THEATRE.--ROAD TO THE PALI.--A MAGNIFICENT VIEW.--VILLAS NEAR THE CITY.--GIRLS ON HORSEBACK.--TARO-FIELDS.--THE WATER SUPPLY.--MOUNTAIN-PASS.-- HAWAIIAN COW-BOYS.--HILO AND THE VOYAGE THITHER.--APOCRYPHAL STORIES ABOUT THE RAIN.--SURF-SWIMMING.--THE GREAT VOLCANO OF KILAUEA.--OVER THE LAVA-FIELDS.--DIFFICULT ROADS.--THE VOLCANO HOUSE.--A DISTURBED NIGHT.--BURNING LAKES.--SIGHT-SEEING UNDER DIFFICULTIES.--TERRIFYING SCENES.--KILAUEA AND MAUNA LOA.--THE GREATEST VOLCANO IN THE WORLD.--HISTORIC ERUPTIONS.--CRATER OF HALEAKALA.--SUGAR CULTURE IN HAWAII: ITS EXTENT AND INCREASE.-- OTHER INDUSTRIES.--RETURNING BY SCHOONER TO HONOLULU.--LEPER ISLAND OF MOLOKAI.--A DAY AMONG THE LEPERS. 24