THE SANDWICH ISLANDS. «J^l 



ruia, and saw several houses built in the European 

 "fashion, which made a singular contrast with the 

 huts of the natives. The environs of Hana- 

 rma are very beautiful j in the harbour was 

 a fort from which Tamaahmaah's flag was dis- 

 played. Near it several ships were lying at an- 

 chor, and the whole would have an European air, 

 if the palms and bananas did not remind us of a 

 another quarter of the globe. At two o'clock in 

 the afternoon, the Governor sent us a pilot. He 

 was an Englishman of the name of Hebottel in 

 the king's service ; and it was his business to 

 conduct into the harbour all ships which arrived 

 there. We had now come to the entrance, and were 

 obliged to drop anchor according to his desire. 

 The depth was eight fathoms, over a bottom of 

 coral and sand. The situation of the shore causes 

 the wind to blow all day from the harbour, for which 

 reason ships are obliged to wait till the morning, 

 as a calm prevails just before the rising of sun, of 

 which advantage is taken to tow them into the 

 harbour. It was very disagreeable to me to lie here 

 at anchor, as vessels are sometimes inevitably lost in 

 a violent south wind, which is frequent at Woa- 

 hoo. A reef, against which the surge broke vio- 

 lentia^, \\^^ distant from us only a hundred fathoms, 

 and yet^ t^^,is the only place where you can lie at 

 anchor, because a little farther the depth becomes 

 unfathomable. Besides this, the state of the bottom 

 was so bad, that our cables suffered very much in 



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