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bathed again, spending nearly two hours in the water. The spring is in a crevice of rock, and rises and falls with the tide. It is about thirty feet long, twelve feet wide, and twenty feet deep, and as clear as water can be. We can see everything in the bottom. It magnifies strangely, and persons swimming look very funny. (The water is very buoyant, and one cannot sink, by diving very deep.) We all had our bathing clothes. I could swim like a piece of lead. The others were expert swimmers. When we came out, we found that our lameness, and burns were nearly well. We had planned to go to another spring, in a cave, where we should crawl through a hole to get in, and swim by candle light. A shower prevented us, as it was a mile and a half farther. Here, at Puna, are many interesting volcanic appearances. Beautiful hills thrown up, and a crater in the top, all grown over with grass and shrubs. On one, is a lake, called Green Lake, from its color. We did not ramble any more, thinking it best to rest. My eyes were swollen nearly shut, from the heat and burn at the volcano. The next morning we were delayed till 12 o'clock, as two of our horses were lame, and not fit to come home, through injuries received in consequence of shoeing improperly for such a journey. The lava roads are fearful for horses feet. The fresh horses must be caught, and shod, during which time we went again to the spring, and staid an hour or more. This made us all fresh for our last days ride of twenty three miles, to Hilo, where we arrived at 2 1/2 P.M. I was a looking sight. My face was red as it could be, my eyes swollen nearly shut, my neck, and even the part in the top of my head, was blistered. We were not very tired, now that we were used to riding. I took a walk after supper, the same night. We had been away from Thursday, 5 A.M., till Saturday 5 P.M., and had accomplished as much as is often done in that length of time. Sunday, I rested my eyes, and Monday, was invited to join a little party, to ride about five miles, to Pepe Falls. The roads are very muddy and rough, so we took our time. It is a beautiful fall of water, falling seventy or eighty feet, over a precipice, then at a little distance