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ing, we asked for a pilot by firing a cannon, who 

 immediately appeared, accompanied by several 

 double canoes. The anchors were weighed, the 

 Rurick towed out, and as Kareimoku came now 

 on board, I ordered him to be saluted with seven 

 guns, which gave liim so much pleasure that he 

 embraced me several times. The fort did not 

 neglect to return my politeness ; and, when it was 

 finished, the royal brig Kahumanna saluted us; 

 which we returned by an equal number of guns 

 on our side. The European custom had now been 

 introduced into the Sandwich islands. It gave me 

 much pleasure to be the first European who liad 

 exchanged salutes with a fort there, and when 

 Hana-rura has once become a flourishing city, peo- 

 ple may say, the Russians have consecrated our 

 fort, and its first shot was fired in honour of their 

 emperor, Alexander the First. 



At eight o'clock we were out of the harbour ; 

 Kareimoku promised to intreat the gods that the 

 sun might guide us by day, and the moon by 

 night, and left us with his companions, who, as 

 they were putting off, gave us three cheers. With 

 a faint easterly breeze we left the shore, and as 

 1 was steering S.W., had already lost sight at noon 

 of the highest point of the Island of Woahoo. 



According to my instructions, I was to pass the 

 winter months in the neighbourhood of the imper- 

 fectly known Coral islands, to make discoveries 

 there. I did not make a long plan of the voyage, 



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