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CHAPTER 111. 



Passage to the Sandwich Islands — Woahoo— Historical Sketch of 

 the Islands — Progress in Civilization — Sandal Wood — Re- 

 sources of the Government — Slow Progress of Education — Ef- 

 forts of the Missionaries — Unsuccessful Result of their Zeal — 

 Sentiments of the King and Chiefs — Entertainment given by 

 the King — Death of Krymakoo — Wailing Scene — Departure of 

 Kahumana for Owyhee. 



Upon leaving Monterey we steered to the south- 

 ward with a fair wind, which carried us into the trades, 

 and attended us the whole way to the Sandwich 

 Islands. In our course we searched unsuccessfully 

 for all the islands that were marked near our route, 

 rounding to every night when near the position of any 

 one, that it might not be passed unobserved, and mak- 

 ing sail on a parallel of latitude during the day. In 

 this manner we searched for Henderson's and Cooper's 

 Islands, besides several others said to lie near them, 

 and also for a group in the latitude of 16" N., and 

 longitude between 130° and 133" W. ; but we saw 

 nothing of them, nor had we any of the usual indica- 

 tions of the vicinity of land ; so that if any of these 

 islands exist, they must be in some other parallel than 

 that assigned to them in the American Geographical 

 Table, pubHshed in 1825.* 



* I have been recently informed that an island of moderate 

 height has been seen by the Sultan American Whaler in latitude 



