V Vol. XLV. No. 4 25 Cents a Copy April, 1933 MID-PACIFIC MAGAZINE The rugged coast of Harwaii, near Hilo, the main part of the Island," on 'which is located the active volcano, Kilauea. TiiiiirWaittel • 1' 4160 • troNltrm tost7sctra■M iiiitaKitiit • 4Yrrea itt/trinttratentantStrreCtreitiitiarearti 7si th.pariftr • ..,,i- i 04r . aga3ttve :31 FORD pl.i CONDUCTED BY ALEXANDER HUME il 0. Volume XLV Number 4 .41 CONTENTS FOR APRIL, 1933 El 0 te-A, '..+. • 4- .7. 111... 'I. •1 Art Section— The Island of Hawaii and Its Volcanoes - 302 431 •il At- on 317 t I . Mauna Loa's Greatest Erupti ., 11, By the late 11/. D. Alexander ■....i, ;31 1 - - - 329 -4 Nutrition as Affected by Race and Climate 13.4 By Nils P. Larsen, B.Sc., M.D. 13.4 ,) 1 • , A Strange Tropic Bird in Kilauea Crater - - - - - 343 . 1 Vernon Lowrey • C. • 1 • ,--- Buffalo Land 345 A By E. M. Hay ii ;:f.. On the Lima-Oroya Railway _____ - - 347 1 By Alexander Home Ford ,,- ID Auckland's Volcanic Craters 357 ,...- 0.-. By G. M. Fowlds A t-- The Egg-Laying Furred Animals of Australia - - - 358 *■t By Ellis le G. Troughton '7-' ..4. Journal of the Pan-Pacific Research Institution, 365 5 Vol. VIII, No. ea - 381 10 Bulletin of the Pan-Pacific Union, New Series No. 158 . t, Pr ltd-fariftr 11' agaztitt Club Building, Honolulu, T. H. Yearly sub- Published monthly by ALEXANDER HUME FORD, Pan-Pacific ,---- seription in the United States and possessions, $3.00 in advance. Canada and Mexico, $3.25. A For all foreign countries, $3.50. Single Copies, 25e. t. Entered as second-class matter at the Honolulu Postoffice. ■4! Permission is given to reprint any article from the Mid-Pacific Magazine. 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