Departure of the Vincennes from 

 Hilo Bay. 



SANDWICH ISLANDS. 



Island of Maui. 



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At nine o'clock, Dr. Judd, myself, and six of the 

 crew of the Vincennes, bade adieu to the walled vil- 

 lage we had built. The men showed their delight 

 at quitting this barren and desolate spot by three 

 hearty cheers. 



Previous to our departure, I had the words 

 "Pendulum Peak, January, 1841," cut in the lava 

 within our village. J. G. Clarke, one of the seamen 

 belonging to the Vincennes, who made these marks 

 came to me and desired, on the part of the men, 

 that I would allow them to add to it U. S. Ex. Ex., 

 in order that there might be no mistake as to who 

 had been there; to this I readily gave my consent. 

 This was the same man who had been wounded at 

 Malolo, and one of the best and most useful we had 

 with us; in himself he united many employments, 

 as a seaman, drummer, fifer, cook, and stone-cutter; 

 knew a little of physic, sang a good sailor's song, 

 and was withal a poet ! 



The wind when we set out, blew very strong 

 from the south-west, and flurries of snow were 

 passing by every few minutes. In two hours we 

 reached the Recruiting Station, where we found 

 Lieutenant Alden and many Kanakas on their way 

 up. After a rest of two hours, and obtaining new 

 shoes, we went on and reached the Sunday Station 

 at five o'clock, scarcely able to drag one foot after 

 the other. Here we were soon enveloped in mist, 

 and found the soft and delightful temperatui-e of 

 spring. I cannot venture to describe the effect 

 this produced on us after our three weeks' sojourn 

 on the cold, bleak, and barren summit. I felt for 

 the first time in my life fairly broken down, and 



almost past the soothing effects of the loomi-loomi, 

 which the natives at once offered as a relief to me: 

 it may be called a lesser shampooing, and consists, 

 as practised in the Sandwich Islands, of a gentle 

 kneading of the limbs, which has a great tendency 

 to restore the circulation, and relax the muscles 

 and joints. The natives use it for rheumatism, 

 headache, and all kinds of pains. It requires some 

 skill to do it well, and there is the greatest differ- 

 ence in the performance between persons who are 

 practised in it and those who are not. The chiefs 

 generally have two persons employed at the same 

 time. We soon had a good fire made before our 

 Hawaiian hut ; its warmth, together with an ex- 

 cellent supper, made us comfortable, and we were 

 soon asleep on the dried grass. 



The next morning, when I awoke, all nature 

 seemed to be alive : the songs of the birds, the 

 cheerful voices of the natives, were delightful; the 

 green foliage gave every thing an air of spring. 

 We were so stiff as scarcely to be able to move, 

 which was all that now remained to remind us of 

 the scenes we had left, and the fatigues we had 

 undergone. When we again set off, it was amusing 

 to see the whole party moving along with their 

 stiff and aching limbs, trying to appear but little 

 fatigued. At twelve o'clock we reached the sta- 

 tion where we had abandoned our chairs, and I 

 never was more relieved than when I reached 

 mine, for I was quite unable to walk any further. 

 Here, also, we were met by the natives with fruit ; 

 indeed, every step we took seemed to be restoring 

 us to the comforts of life. 



CHAPTER XXIX. 



HAWAIIAN GROUP, OR SANDWICH ISLANDS (CONCLUDED). 



DEPARTURE OF THE VINCENNES PROM HILO BAY ISLAND OP MAUI KING'S PALACE TOWN OP LAHAINA PRIVATE 



APARTMENTS OF THE KING APPEARANCE OF THE ftUEEN SEMINARY OF WAILUKU SUGAR MILLS, &C. IN THE 



VALLEY OF THE WAILUKU MOUND OF HUMAN BONES OBSERVED CATCHING BIRDS BOAT LOST LIEUTENANT 

 BUDD'S ACCOUNT VISIT TO THE SEMINARY OF LAHAINALUNA PLAN SUGGESTED FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF 

 THIS SEMINARY ROADSTEAD OP LAHAINA PRODUCTIONS OF MAUI INDUSTRY OF THE INHABITANTS MISSION- 

 ARY DUTIES EAST MAUI CRATER OF HALEAKALA NATIVE VICES LOVE OF HOME SHOAL OF KAHOOLAWE 

 ISLANDS OF LANAI AND MOLOKAI THE VINCENNES AND PORPOISE AT HONOLULU. 



BY the 15th of February, 1841, I found that my 

 long detention at Hilo would place it out of my 

 power to visit the Marquesas Islands, as I had 

 intended. I therefore determined, before return- 

 ing to Oahu, to pass a short time at Maui ; and as 

 we had exhausted the field of research on Hawaii, 

 I gave orders to Messrs. Pickering, Drayton, and 

 Brackenridge, to take passage thither in a small 

 vessel, in order that they might have a longer time 

 to explore that island. Dr. Judd took passage in 

 the same vessel, to return to Oahu. On the oth 

 of March, we succeeded in getting to sea. 



The longitude of Waiakea Bay was found to be 

 155 3' W., latitude 19 43' 51" N. 



The afternoon was fine, and the snowy peak of 

 Mauna Kea was quite distinct : by running a base 

 line with the patent log, and obtaining the requisite 

 angles, we made its height thirteen thousand six 

 hundred and fifty-six feet. 



At midnight, being nearly up with Kahoolawe, 

 we hove-to, to await daylight, as I wished to look 

 for a shoal that was supposed to exist off its southern 

 end. I passed within two and a half miles of that 

 point, and had nothing less than seven and a quar- 

 ter fathoms water. By half-past nine we had 

 entirely lost the trades, owing to the high land, and, 

 after being becalmed for an hour, we took a light 

 sea-breeze fi-om the south-wost, which slowly 

 brought us to an anchorage in Lahaina Roads, 

 abreast of the king's palace. 



The island of Maui is divided into two oval- 

 shaped peninsulas, connected by a low isthmus, 

 only a few feet higher than the beach. Although 

 on a first view the peninsulas resemble each other, 

 on closer examination they are found to be very 

 different. East Maui is the largest of the two, and 

 rises in one unbroken mountain ten thousand feet 

 in elevation, which falls almost perpendicularly 



