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on the otlier summits of the Sandwich islands, pre- 

 sent an interesting series. 



The short time which was allowed us on both 

 visits, only permitted us to look with regret on the 

 mountains of Owhyee, which appeared to us worth 

 the object of a voyage on purpose to the Sandwich 

 islands. We were even obliged to renounce the 

 examination of them, though on the spot. 



To ascend Mouna Roa from Titatua requires a 

 journey of at least two weeks (compare Vancou- 

 ver), and at Titatua and Powarua at the very foot 

 of Wororay, the summit of which we could hope 

 to ascend in a short time, there still remained the 

 journey to the ship at Hana-rura, in a double 

 canoe of the natives, which was not to be depended 

 on, as you can have no command at all over such 

 a boat ; the navigation is impeded by frequent 

 taboos, and the passage from Owhyee over to 

 Mowee, and from Morotoi to Woahoo might be 

 long delayed and prevented by the wind. What 

 Archibald Menzies, the learned companion of 

 Vancouver, has collected in plants on different ex- 

 cursions to the heights of Owhyee and Mowee, 

 lies still buried with so many other treasures in the 

 Herbarium of Banks ; and though the venerable 

 Nestor of natural philosophy has opened his Ga- 

 zophykicium to the naturalist, and to all learned 

 men, with the same unequalled hospitality, no one 

 has yet undertaken to make us acquainted with 

 the Alpine Flora of Owhyee. 



