CONTENTS. 



A Ten-barrel Whale and Boat stove. Death boards us. A sad and 



suffering Death-bed. Lowered for Whales. A dead Shipmate, and Re- 

 spect for a dead Body. Funeral at Sea, Sperm-whales attending. In 

 a Region of small Whales. Pets of the Ship, Cats; Monkey, and his 

 Love of Eggs Page 267 



CHAPTER XXIV. 



Game-cock as a Time-keeper. Cockroaches in an Economical Point of 

 View. Medical Practice adapted to Working-men. Fancies, and Sick- 

 ness on Board. Cure for Scurvy. Captain Mathew's Story of Boiled 

 Eggs. Extravagant Use of Butter and Sugar. Etiquette of Meals. 

 Want of the Same on the Forecastle. Grub, and Manner of Serving. 

 Coral Island seen. Small Whale, and Stove Boat. Wash-day. An- 

 tonio as Washer-woman, and Chemical Experiments on him. Grand In- 

 cantation and Appearance of Satanus 280 



CHAPTER XXV. 



*'St. Elmo's Fires," close Examination of; Superstitions .on. Longfel- 

 low and Shakspeare Versions. Phosphorescence of the Sea. Riding 

 the Gale aloft, and ravishing Sights. Second Mate sick, and Reconcil- 

 iation. Killer Whales, and Modes of Attack: unsuccessful Chase for 

 One. Boat-mending, and Flying Squid. Plenty of Fish, and Jib car- 

 ried away. Approaching Land, and Smell of the Land. Land Dead 

 Ahead, and the Mystery thereof. The Reason of Man proved equal to 

 the Instinct of the Bird. Owyhee in Sight 290 



CHAPTER XXVI. 



Coasting the north Side. Natives fishing from flying Canoe. Native 

 Trade. Native Songs, and Tradition of Love of Pele for Kameha- 

 meha. Conflict between the Chiefs of Hawaii and Maui, and Fete of 

 Swimming. Kealakeakua Bay the Scene of Cook's Death. Our Anchor- 

 age. Three beautiful Boys, and my Hycamee. A profitable Invest- 

 ment. A naked Kanaka civilized from the Breech upward. Liberty 

 on Shore, and a Feast. Cooking described. Place of Burial. Taboo, 

 and the peaceable Dispositions of the Children. The Mothers diving for 

 Shells, and Emulation. Inability to take Shore Exercise 300 



CHAPTER XXVII. 



Practicing Casts by a Disciple of Izaak Walton. We come back to Din- 

 ner, and join a Procession. The Dinner in classic Style; Visit from 

 Governor Adams. A great Man in Avoirdupois. Second Visit Ashore. 

 Tapa-making. Wyhenne in Search of Ideas, and her Disgust. Cook's 

 Monument. Incident in the Fight, showing Coolness in the Natives. 

 We go Fishing. Trolling from double Canoe. Mr. Baldwin preaches 

 on Board. We weigh Anchor for Oahu 311 



