ABSTRACT
THE Hawaiian group consists, as you will see on the map, of eleven ishnds, of which Hawaii is the largest and Molokini the smallest. The islands
together contain about 6000 square miles; and Hawaii alone has an area of nearly 4000 square mileF', l\Iaui 620, Oahn (which contains Honolulu, the capital) 530, and Kauai 500. I .. anai, Kahoolawe, l\Iolokai, Niihau, KanIa, Lehua, and Molokini are small isl:mds. All are of volcanic origin, mountainous, and Hawaii contains the largest active crater in the world-Kilauea-one of the ('raters of Mauna Loa; while l\Iani contains the largest known extinct crater, IIalcakal:t, the Honse of the Sun-a pit thirty miles in .circumference and two thon~:l1ld feet deep. l\I:mtla Loa and Mauna Kea are nearly 14,000 feet high, as high as Mount Grey in Colorado; and you can not ride anywhere in the island!! without seeing extinct craters, of which the hill called Diamond Head, near Honolulu, is an example.
