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Boat lost. Lieutenant Budd's account. 

 Island of Kahoolawe. 



attentions of Mrs. Greene ; and from the appear- 

 ance of the supper-table, I could readily have 

 believed myself in New England instead of the 

 Hawaiian Islands. 



Early the next morning, Mr.- Drayton and my- 

 self went to breakfast with Mr. Baily and his wife. 

 He is the assistant missionary at this station, and 

 superintends the school for boys. It being Satur- 

 day, and a holiday, we had not the pleasure of see- 

 ing the scholars. 



Mr. Baily had provided bountifully for us, and 

 there was ample evidence here that this was a 

 land of plenty, to all those who exercised ordi- 

 nary industry. 



After breakfast, Mr. Greene was obliging 

 enough to accompany us to see the sugar-mills 

 and taro-plantations, in the valley of the Wailuku. 

 The sugar-manufactory is an experiment of the 

 king, and is now under the superintendence of a 

 Chinese. By some awkward mistake in making 

 the agreement, his majesty's interests were entirely 

 lost sight of, and it is said that he will lose money, 

 although his agents have a prospect of considerable 

 gain. The iron-work of the mill was imported 

 from the United States, and is turned by water- 

 power. The water-wheel is badly constructed : it 

 is a breast-wheel, with great loss of power. 



There appears but little economy about the 

 establishment : as an instance of this, instead of 

 drying and preparing the cane for fuel, they use 

 wood altogether, which is very scarce, and costs 

 much to transport it. The sugar appears to be of 

 good quality, and with proper attention, the manu- 

 facture could no doubt be made px'ofitable. I un- 

 derstood from the Chinese who had charge, that 

 the sugar could be sold at four cents per pound, 

 and that with a proper economy as to fuel, might 

 be reduced to half that sum. 



Both the king and chiefs have a desire to en- 

 courage the arts and agriculture. Unfortunately, 

 however, after they have incurred expenses, they 

 are obliged to give the sole direction into the hands 

 of those who have nothing but their own interests 

 in view. The consequence is, that in all these un- 

 dertakings the king and chiefs have found them- 

 selves deceived, by listening to foreigners by whom 

 they have been defrauded. 



We now rode down the valley among the taro- 

 patches, and over to the Sand-hills, where was a 

 mound of human bones, a perfect Golgotha. 

 There appears to be no tradition respecting this 

 accumulation of mortal relics. By some it is sup- 

 posed to have been a burying-place after a battle, 

 for the place where they were found was known to 

 be a battle-ground. Bloody contests, indeed, must 

 have taken place here, if we are to judge from the 

 number of skeletons which are exposed. Some of 

 these are in a state of perfect preservation, and I re- 

 gretted not being able to transport one to the ship. 



Near this place we saw several boys anxiously 

 watching some object, and on getting near them, 

 found they were employed in catching birds. This 

 was done by baiting small sticks, to which a string 

 was tied, and the other end of the string fastened 

 to a small stone: the bird swallows the stick along 

 with the bait, and in attempting to fly off, it 

 pierces his throat, and he is thus secured. 



After riding around these plains we returned to 

 Wailuku, where we partook of a sumptuous lunch, 

 and parted under a feeling of obligation for the 



kind attentions we had received, and the tokens of 

 remembrance from the scholars. We reached 

 Lahaina before dark, after a fatiguing ride. 



On our way I heard a rumour that one of the 

 boats had been lost, which made me anxious to get 

 on board as soon as possible. I had been flatter- 

 ing myself that from dangers of this kind we were, 

 at least for the present, exempt; but the report 

 proved too true. Previous to leaving Lahaina, I 

 had despatched Lieutenant Budd, with Passed- 

 Midshipman M;iy, in charge of two boats, and it 

 was to one of these that the accident occurred. 

 Lieutenant Budd gave the following account of it. 



At ten o'clock, on the 9th of March, they left 

 the ship, when it was blowing a moderate breeze, 

 and steered for the south point of Kahoolawe. 

 After they had proceeded some distance on their 

 way, it fell calm for a short time, and then the 

 trade-wind set -in strong from the northward and 

 eastward, and soon increased to a stiff gale, the 

 sea rising to a dangerous height for the boats. 

 Just after doubling the point of Kahoolawe, Passed- 

 Midshipman May, in the Leopard, hailed Lieute- 

 nant Budd, to report that his boat was sinking; 

 and four of the men were perceived to be baling. 

 Lieutenant Budd pulled alongside, and seeing the 

 boat was settling, ordered the anchor to be dropped, 

 Most of the crew continued to bale with their hats, 

 whilst the rest passed out the most important arti- 

 cles. A portion of the Leopard's crew, who could 

 not swim, were now ordered to get into the Grey- 

 hound; Lieutenant Budd intending to land them 

 and return for those on the wreck. The men who 

 were thus left said that the boat was drifting to 

 sea, and wished to be taken off; but this would 

 have endangered the lives of all. Passed-Mid- 

 shipman May, perceiving their unwillingness to 

 remain, jumped overboard and joined them: his 

 example encouraged them to do their best. Lieu- 

 tenant Budd succeeded in as short a time as possi- 

 ble in lauding the men and articles from his boat, 

 and then returned. He found the boat sinking 

 fast, and the officer and men supporting them- 

 selves with the oars. The boat was now turning 

 over and over as every wave struck her. Mr. May 

 and the rest of the men were taken on board, and 

 they then returned to the shore, all much ex- 

 hausted. Lieutenant Budd, seeing that the tide of 

 the boat had been stove in by a heavy sea, and the 

 impossibility of saving or being able to repair the 

 boat, left her to her fate, and took such measures 

 as he found necessary for the comfort of his men. 

 Lieutenant Budd deserves much credit for his pre- 

 sence of mind in preserving the lives of the men 

 entrusted to him, as well as protecting them after- 

 wards from unnecessary exposure. 



Kahoolawe, the island they were now on, lies to 

 the west of the south end of Maui, and is fourteen 

 miles long by five miles wide. It is uninhabited, 

 except by a few poor fishermen, and is used as a 

 place of exile: at this time, there was one state 

 prisoner confined on it. Lieutenant Budd re- 

 turned to the ship on the 15th. 



I visited, in company with some of the officers, 

 the seminary of Lahainaluna, situated on the hill 

 behind the town, and about two miles distant from 

 it. The road thither was partly made by the 

 pupils of the seminary. We found the students at 

 work along this road, making stone walls. Many 

 of them were large boys or young men. Their 



