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fieids and villages are intermixed with cocoa (palm) and bread- 

 fruit plantations. ... At five o'clock we reached the place where 

 we intended to stay that night, six miles straight from Hana- 

 rara. It was a pretty village. . . . which took its name, Waujau 

 (Waiau), from a quick running rivulet that here falls into the 

 sea. I directed my attendants to procure me a boat to go the 

 next morning to Pearl River, from which we were not far off; 

 but their endeavors were in vain, the inhabitants having left the 

 coast for some days, on a fishing expedition.". . . . 



The natives gave Kotzebue and his party a good supper of 

 roast pig, taro, sweet potatoes and fresh fish and "prepared clean 

 mats for our beds ; but the liveliness of the gnats, which danced 

 merrily over our faces, deprived us of sleep; and the next morn- 

 ing, being unable to get a boat, we were obliged to return with- 

 out having seen Pearl River. ... In the evening we safely ar- 

 rived on board." 



The collections of Chamisso are in the herbarium of the Royal 

 Botanical Gardens, Berlin. 



PERIOD III. THE MIDDLE PERIOD. 



14. Visit of Freycinet. 



Aug. 8, 1819. Kailua. 



The next event of botanical and scientific interest in Hawaii 

 was a visit by the distinguished French circumnavigator, Frey- 

 cinet. Louis Claude Desaulses de Freycinet was born in Monteli- 

 mart, Aug. 7, 1779. He entered the French Navy in 1792. In 

 1800 he and his brother joined the expedition sent out under Cap- 

 tain Bandin in the "Naturaliste'' and ''Geographe" to explore the 

 south and southwest coasts of Australia. In 1805 he returned to 

 Paris, and was entrusted by the government with the work of pre- 

 paring the maps and plans of the expedition. He also completed 

 the narrative, and the entire work appeared under the title ''Voy- 

 age dc dccouvertcs aux terres australes," Paris, 1807-1816. 



In 1817 Freycinet commanded the "Uranie' in which Arago 

 and others went to Rio de Janeiro, to take a series of pendulum 

 measurements. This was part of a comprehensive plan for col- 

 lecting scientific data along many lines. For three years Frey- 

 cinet cruised about, visiting Australia, Marianne, Hawaiian and 

 other Pacific Islands, South America, and other places. Not- 

 withstanding the loss of the "Uranie" in the Falkland Islands 

 during the homeward voyage, he returned to France with excel- 

 lent collections in all branches of natural history, and with volu- 

 minous notes and drawings. 



The results of this great voyage of exploration and research 

 were published under the direct supervision of Freycinet in 1824- 

 44. The title was ''Voyage aiitour dii monde siir les corvettes 

 Uranie et la Physicienne/' in thirteen quarto volumes and four 



