Prof. C. D. Hitchcock writes interestingly about fresh-water springs
that rise under the sea, and near the sea-shore in Hawaii:
Powerful streams discharge millions of gallons of water through
the artificial openings very near the sea-shore. If not
intercepted, they must continue a considerable distance out to
sea, and hence must well up to the surface amid saline billows.
Inquiry about these springs during the past summer in the
territory of Hawaii has resulted in the discovery of several
upon Oahu; there is one off Diamond Head, a second off Waialae.
At the east of Maui, in Hana, there was a fortress named
Kaimuke, occupied by soldiers in the ancient times. As it was
almost an island, communication with the mainland was not
feasible in the time of a siege, and for the lack of water it
could not have been held except for the presence of submarine
springs. The natives would dive down to collect water in their
calabashes, which supplied all the wants of the garrison.
(Text.)--_The Popular Science Monthly._
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=Refreshment=--See OASES.