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APPENDIX II. 



EXTRACT FROM DAVID DOUGLAS'S JOURNAL OF A SUBSEQUENT 

 EXPEDITION IN 1833-4. WHICH JOURNAL WAS SENT TO HIS 

 BROTHER MR. JOHN DOUGLAS. 1 



1833 



"... We steered southward for the Sandwich Islands. The island 

 of Mauai was indistinctly seen, at sun-set, of the 21st of December, 1833, 

 forty -two miles off ; and, on the 22nd, Woahu lay ten miles due West of 

 us. Having quitted the Harbour of Fair Haven, in Woahu, on Friday, 

 the 27th, in an American schooner, of sixty tons, she proved too light 

 for the boisterous winds and heavy seas of these channels, and we were 

 accordingly obliged to drop anchor in Rahaina Roads, for the purpose 

 of procuring more ballast. An American Missionary, Mr. Spaulding, 

 having come on board, I accompanied him on shore, to visit the school, 

 situated on the hill side, about five hundred feet from the shore, and 

 returned to the ship at night. On Tuesday, the 31st of December, we 

 stood in for the island of Hawaii, and saw Mouna Kuah very clearly, a 

 few small stripes of snow lying only near its summit, which would seem 

 to indicate an altitude inferior to that which has been commonly assigned 

 to this mountain. 



1834 



" My object being to ascend and explore Mouna Kuah, as soon as 

 possible, I started on the 7th January, 1834,) and, after passing for rather 

 more than three miles over plain country, commenced the ascent, which 

 was however gradual, by entering the wood. Here the scenery was truly 

 beautiful. Large timber trees were covered with creepers and species 

 of Tillandsia, while the Tree Ferns gave a peculiar character to the whole 

 country. We halted and dined at the Saw Mill, and made some baro- 

 metrical observations, of which the result is recorded, along with those 

 that occupied my time daily during the voyage, in my journal. Above 

 this spot the Banana no longer grows, but I observed a species of Ruhus 

 among the rocks. We continued our way under such heavy rain, as, 

 with the already bad state of the path, rendered walking very difficult 

 and laborious ; in the chinks of the lava, the mud was so wet that we 

 repeatedly sunk in it, above our knees. { Encamping at some small huts, 

 we passed an uncomfortable night, as no dry wood could be obtained 



1 See Hooker's Comp. Bot. Mag. 



