Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS
| CHAPTER |
| PAGE |
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| FOREWORD | vii |
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| INTRODUCTION | xv |
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| PART I--LEGENDS |
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| I. | AI-LAAU, THE FOREST EATER | 1 |
| II. | HOW PELE CAME TO HAWAII | 4 |
| III. | PELE AND THE OWL GHOST-GOD | 14 |
| IV. | THE HILLS OF PELE | 19 |
| V. | PELE AND THE CHIEFS OF PUNA | 27 |
| VI. | PELE'S TREE | 35 |
| VII. | PELE AND KAHA-WALI | 37 |
| VIII. | PELE AND KAMA-PUAA | 45 |
| IX. | PELE AND THE SNOW-GODDESS | 55 |
| X. | GENEALOGY OF THE PELE FAMILY | 63 |
| XI. | PELE'S LONG SLEEP | 72 |
| XII. | HOPOE, THE DANCING STONE | 87 |
| XIII. | HIIAKA'S BATTLE WITH DEMONS | 96 |
| XIV. | HOW HIIAKA FOUND WAHINE-OMAO | 104 |
| XV. | HIIAKA CATCHING A GHOST | 111 |
| XVI. | HIIAKA AND THE SEACOAST KUPUAS | 117 |
| XVII. | LOHIAU | 126 |
| XVIII. | THE ANNIHILATION OF KEOUA'S ARMY | 139 |
| XIX. | THE DESTRUCTION OF KAMEHAMEHA'S FISH PONDS | 146 |
| XX. | KAPIOLANI AND PELE | 152 |
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| PART II--GEOLOGICAL FACTS |
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| I. | THE CRACK IN THE FLOOR OF THE PACIFIC | 165 |
| II. | HAWAIIAN VOLCANOES | 170 |
| III. | VOLCANIC ACTIVITY | 177 |
| IV. | CHANGES IN KILAUEA CRATER | 189 |
| V. | FOUNDATION OF THE OBSERVATORY | 194 |
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
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| GIANT TREE FERNS ON THE ROAD TO KILAUEA | Frontispiece |
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| PAGE |
| FIRE FOUNTAINS IN HALEMAUMAU, KILAUEA | 2 |
| LAVA CAVE | 16 |
| DECKED WITH LEIS OF PLUMARIA | 24 |
| MOKUAWEOWEO, MAUNA LOA (in eruption 1899) | 44 |
| ASAMA-YAMA, JAPAN | 52 |
| ICE-CRESTED CHIMBORAZO (Ecuador, S.A.) | 60 |
| MT. SHASTA, CALIFORNIA | 70 |
| MT. RANIER, WASHINGTON | 78 |
| MT. SHISHALDIN, ALASKA | 88 |
| MT. KATMAI, ALASKA | 108 |
| SUNSET OVER LEAHI | 108 |
| A STORM ON MOUNT HALEAKALA | 118 |
| LOHIAU | 128 |
| TWO MAORI GIRLS IN ANCIENT GREETING | 140 |
| TWISTED LAVA AT THE FOOT OF VESUVIUS | 150 |
| SMOKE COLUMN OVER MT. PELÉE | 160 |
| KAIMIMIKI | 178 |
| HAWAIIAN VOLCANO OBSERVATORY | 194 |
| MAP OF HAWAII | 204 |
Note:--The great volcanoes of the Hawaiian Islands on account of their magnitude, gradual slope, character and location do not lend themselves to interesting photography, as whatever is attempted must be done at sea on swaying ships in rough channels some distance out and detail is lost, hence the illustrations in this volume include many of the vast craters forming the volcanic rim which surrounds that "Crack in the Floor of the Pacific" over which the Hawaiian Islands are situated.
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