There was no afterglow in the west, and the shades of evening were soon enveloped in the scroll of night. See Halemaumau now! How grand in the darkness! All about is flaming red. There is the same unspecked fiery river, flowing in the same direction as before. Half black now, and half red, but coming from the same invisible source and becoming lost in the invisible outlet. A clear, red stream again, but appearing further away. The liquid fire seems to have been sucked far below! An abnormal expansion of the axis on which the world revolves takes place. Boom! Boom! Boom! The tremendous force from contraction ejects flaming substance from the nether-world high up against the sides, and from Halemaumau's flare the sky above is aglow—an esplanade of fire spanning the space between the infernal abyss and the vault of heaven!

The last stop has been reached on the long journey. From Honolulu, after visiting Kilauea crater, I continued to San Francisco on an American ship, the fifth vessel traveled on since leaving Manila. After a stay of several weeks in San Francisco, in order to earn a portion of the money necessary to secure railway passage to New York, and borrowing $50, a start was made for the Atlantic seaboard, stopping off a week at Washington, D. C. New York was reached May 1, 1913, having left Gotham nearly three years and three months earlier.

In order to point out how cheaply one may travel, if economy be practiced, this statement is offered: From the time of leaving New York, February 9, 1910, until my return to New York, May 1, 1913, I had been away 1,176 days. I had for the journey $1,350. My earnings in South Africa amounted to $2,400, in San Francisco $60, in Washington, D. C., $15, which, with the $50 borrowed, makes a total of $3,875 for the entire time consumed by the tour. By dividing $3,875 by the number of days—1,176—an average expense for everything of about $3.30 a day is the result. The distance traveled was 73,689 miles, and the itinerary and accompanying map indicate the course from place to place. No wrecks or accidents were encountered—no such experience having taken place in all my journeyings. I have often thought I traveled under a lucky star.

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ITINERARY

Places at which stops were made and visited, and miles separating each:

1910.Miles.
New York to Liverpool3,100
Liverpool to London200
London to Southampton81
Southampton to Lisbon936
Lisbon to Madeira542
Madeira to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil3,775
Rio de Janeiro to Montevideo, Uruguay1,094
Montevideo to Buenos Aires, Argentine124
Buenos Aires to Durban, South Africa4,500
Durban to Johannesburg482
Johannesburg to Victoria Falls, Rhodesia, and return2,416
Warrenton to Kimberley and return90
Johannesburg to Pretoria and return90
Johannesburg to Bloemfontein263
Bloemfontein to Capetown749
Capetown to Durban (by rail)1,253
1911.
Durban to Fremantle, Australia4,300
Fremantle to Melbourne1,700
Melbourne to Launceston, Tasmania280
Launceston to Hobart133
Hobart to Dunedin, N. Z.1,080
Dunedin to Christchurch230
Christchurch to Wellington175
Wellington to Rotorua393
Rotorua to Auckland171
Auckland to Sydney, Australia1,280
Sydney to Jenolan Caves and return224
Sydney to Lautoka, Fiji1,694
Lautoka to Suva118
Suva to Levuka60
Levuka to Apia, Samoa616
Apia to Vavau, Tonga (Friendly Islands)350
Vavau to Haapai80
Haapai to Nukualofa120
Nukualofa to Auckland, N. Z.1,093
Auckland to Sydney1,280
Sydney to Melbourne582
Melbourne to Adelaide483
Adelaide to Ballarat408
Ballarat to Melbourne75
Melbourne to Hobart464
Hobart to Albany, West Australia1,487
Albany to Durban, South Africa4,565
Durban to Johannesburg and Pretoria527
Pretoria and Johannesburg to Durban527
Durban to Ginginhlovu, Zululand93
Ginginhlovu to Eshowe (stage)17
Eshowe to Melmoth (stage)35
Melmoth to Ginginhlovu (stage)52
Ginginhlovu to Durban93
1912.
Durban to East London262
East London to Cradock228
Cradock to Bloemfontein269
Bloemfontein to Kimberley101
Kimberley to Johannesburg309
Johannesburg to Pretoria and return90
Johannesburg to Pietermaritzburg409
Pietermaritzburg to Durban73
Durban to Lourenzo Marques, Portuguese-East Africa320
Lourenzo Marques to Beira455
Beira to Tanga, German-East Africa1,210
Tanga to Zanzibar75
Zanzibar to Dar-es-Salaam, German-East Africa40
Dar-es-Salaam to Tanga115
Tanga to Mombasa, British-East Africa82
Mombasa to Nairobi327
Nairobi to Port Florence260
Port Florence to Entebbe, Uganda175
Entebbe to Kampala21
Kampala to Jinja63
Jinja to Port Florence132
Port Florence to Nairobi260
Nairobi to Mombasa327
Mombasa to Mahé, Seychelles Islands1,000
Mahé to Bombay2,000
Bombay to Khandala (Thal Gauts) and return156
Bombay to Baroda248
Baroda to Ahmedabad62
Ahmedabad to Agra539
Agra to Delhi120
Delhi to Aligarh79
Aligarh to Cawnpore192
Cawnpore to Lucknow46
Lucknow to Benares187
Benares to Darjeeling570
Darjeeling to Calcutta379
Calcutta to Madras1,032
Madras to Tuticorin447
Tuticorin to Colombo, Ceylon147
Colombo to Kandy and return150
Colombo to Singapore, Straits Settlements1,570
Singapore to Hongkong, China1,440
Hongkong to Manila, P. I.630
1913.
Manila to Hongkong630
Hongkong to Canton and return175
Hongkong to Shanghai820
Shanghai to Nagasaki, Japan444
Nagasaki to Kobe385
Kobe to Osaka20
Osaka to Kyoto26
Kyoto to Yokohama350
Yokohama to Tokyo25
Tokyo to Nikko90
Nikko to Yokohama115
Yokohama to Honolulu, T. H.3,400
Honolulu to Hilo200
Hilo to Volcano Hotel and return62
Hilo to Honolulu200
Honolulu to San Francisco2,100
San Francisco to New York3,570
Total73,689

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