430 APPENDIX. 



H O N O R U R U. 



SANDWICH ISLANDS. 



The harbour of Honoruru has a bar, with only twenty feet 

 water upon it at low water, and the channel is so narrow and 

 intricate that no stranger should attempt it. The natives 

 understand the signal for a pilot, and will come off if the 

 weather is not too boisterous. In consequence of this diffi- 

 culty ships anchor outside, in about sixteen fathoms water; 

 the Punch-bowl bearing N. N. E. half E., and the highest 

 part of Diamond Point E. by S. ^ S. 



Should it be necessary to enter the harbour, the morning 

 is the best time, as there are then leading winds through the 

 passage ; but after the trade wind has set in it cannot be 

 entered. It is necessary to adopt the precaution of having 

 the boats ready to tow or run out lines to the reefs. 



From the outer anchorage run along shore in nothing less 

 than eleven fathoms, and look out for a large grass-hut, which 

 stands conspicuous upon the wharf at the north head of the 

 harbour, on the western side of a new yellow European house. 

 When the north end of this hut is in one with the eastern 

 chimney of an European built house,* with a ship's figure- 

 head attached to it,'t' haul directly in for the opening between 

 the breakers, which will now be seen. 



The bar is about fifty fathoms in breadth, and consists of 

 smooth coral rock, having ten fathoms close to its outer edge, 

 and seven fathoms on the inner. 



When on the bar, the King's residence (an European built 

 house with a slate-coloured pointed roof), situated to the N. E. 

 of the town, will be open to the westward of the north-west 

 hummock of Punch-bowl Hill ; the before-mentioned mark of 

 the hut and chimney will also be on, and is to be kept so until 

 the outer cocoa-nut tree in Wytiete Bay comes in one with a 

 small rise on the northern part of Diamond Hill. Then 



* The only house that had a chimney in 1827. 

 t These in one bear N. 20" E. by compass. 



