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Mr. F. Grinnell, with his necessary paraphernalia, started 

 out prepared to collect plants and insects, while Messrs. Bryan, 

 Emerson, Antone Gouveia and the writer for goats and shells. 



The writer and Antone Gouveia took the first car towards 

 Waialae, which leaves Kalihi Street at 5:45 a. m., and, after 

 riding fifty minutes, we joined the rest of the members at the 

 end of the car line. 



At 6:45 we started out for Keawaawa. We had about eight 

 miles to go before we could reach the foot of the valley and 

 about three miles to go before we reached our hunting grounds. 



The day was clear, and while on our way up the valley the 

 talk was upon different subjects pertaining to the Hawaiian 

 Islands and their history, among them the decrease of the 

 Hawaiian population. When the white people first came to 

 these islands they found them thickly populated with pure 

 Hawaiians. To-day, about two-thirds of the Hawaiian popu- 

 lation are half-breeds. Discussing the cause of their disappear- 

 ance, we agreed that it was due to the following: wars, human 

 sacrifice, pestilence, oppression by kings, chiefs and priests, 

 liquor, wearing of clothing, and amalgamation with white 

 people. 



After an eight-mile walk along a hard coral road we reached 

 Keawaawa at 8 o'clock. We were now ready to face a trail 

 well overgrown on both sides with the Glue Bush and Lantana. 

 It is not very pleasant to hike through these on account of 

 their thorns. After about an hour's walk we arrived at the 

 forest, our shelling grounds. On our way up we followed 

 cattle trails which led along the bottom of the valley, and up 

 near the drops we followed a zig-zag trail which wound to the 

 top of the west Keawaawa ridge. 



When we reached the outskirts of the forest, Grinnell and 

 Gouveia followed a ravine on the right-hand side going up. 

 This is where our day's collecting began. The following shells 

 were collected in the above ravine: 



Philonesia baldwini var. 6 specimens. 

 Lyropupa magdalenx 6 spec. 

 Lyropupa microthauma var. 4 spec. 

 Lyropupa microthauma var. 6 spec. 



