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poured into the sea by a lateral eruption in the 

 year 1801. The village of Powarua is built on the 

 shore upon this scorious lava. The Mouna Puo- 

 ray, which forms the north-west point of the island, 

 joins, as an inferior hill, to the basis of Mouna 

 Kaah. 



The heights of Owhyee generally appear quite 

 distinct during the night, and in the morning; the 

 vapour falls on them at noon : the clouds which 

 they produce repose in the evening in dense 

 masses over the island, and dissolve towards mid- 

 night. 



AVhere we approached Owhyee, doubling the 

 north-west point, and sailing along the west coast 

 to the southern foot of AVoraray, near Titatua, the 

 declivities appear bare and sun-burnt. Some parts 

 are used for tillage, the most are covered with 

 scanty grass. Amidst clouds, the region of the 

 forests begins, and the eye scarcely reaches the 

 naked crowns of this gigantic mountain. The 

 strand presents to the view an uninterrupted row 

 of settlements, which, as you approach further to 

 the south, are surrounded with more luxuriant ver- 

 dure, and more frequently relieved by cocoa- 

 palms. 



Of the volcanic chain of mountains of the Sand- 

 wich islands, only Wororay on Owhyee seems still 

 active. Hot springs are in the territory of Ko- 

 chala, near the habitation of Mr. Young, on tlie 

 coast south of Puoray. The chain runs from the 



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