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squashes came to hand in tolerable quantities: some have been brought 

 from New York, but they are far inferior to those grown by our mar- 

 keters: many of them are striped, some three-colored, transversely, evi- 

 dently a mixture of the seed. We are happy to perceive that our mar- 

 ket gardeners are very particular in this respect, and pay nmch regard 

 to kee])ing their seed genuine, or procuring such as are so. 



Of fruits, particularly fine kinds, the market does not seein to be re- 

 markably well stocked. Old apples, with the exception of a few russets, 

 are all gone; some new ones have been received from New York, but 

 rather inferior. Pears are not yet plentiful — few except the little mus- 

 cats, as they are called, having yet come in. Cherries have not been 

 abundant, — the early frosts and the late rains having contributed largely 

 to the destruction of the fruit. No strawberries are now to be found 

 exce])t the Wood. Currants and gooseberries are tolerably plenty. 

 Raspberries scarce. Blueberries come to hand in tolerable abundance 

 at this season. Few watermelons are to be had : a small lot, among 

 which were some muskmelons, arrived last week, but in bad order. 

 Pine-apples are very scarce. Cucumbers just begin to come in from 

 the open garden; the supply hitherto has been from frames. Of cran- 

 berries there are yet some remaining on hand : but the numerous new 

 fruits which are to be had causes rather a dull sale atthis season. Lem- 

 ons are very scarce; there having been no arrivals lately ; we believe 

 our quotations are as low as they can be bought. Yours, M. T., Bos- 

 ton, July 2Sd, 1836. 



Art. V. Obituary Notice. 



Farther Details respecting the Death of Mr. Douglas. [See Vol. I, 

 p. 239.] — The following particulars of this most terrific occurrence are 

 taken from that excellent publication, the Mirror, for March 26, 1836. 

 The editor acknowledges having copied it {'ron^ Ke Kumu Hawaii, a 

 mission newspaper, published at Honolulu, Oahu, which was kindly 

 lent to him by a subscriber to the Mirror. This newspaper is printed 

 at the mission Press of Oahu, and in the native language of the Sand- 

 wich Islands, except the paper relating to Mr. Douglas, which is in 

 Eniflish. It appears that the lamentable event occurred on July 12, 

 1834, six months sooner than, according to a notice in the Magazine of 

 Natural History (vol. viii. p. 410), was supposed to be the case. 



"The document whence these particulars have been extracted is 

 dated Hilo, Hawaii (the principal of the Sandwich Islands), July 15, 

 1834, and is addressed to Richard Charltan, Esq., his Britannic Majes- 

 ty's consul there. 



" Intelligence of this distressing event reached Hilo on the morning 

 of July 14, when a native came up, and, with an expression of counte- 

 nance which indicated but too faithfully that he was the bearer of sad 

 tidings, inquired for a Mr. Goodrich. On seeing him, he stated that 

 the body of Mr. Douglas had been found on the mountains in a pit ex- 

 cavated for the purpose of taking wild cattle; and that he was supposed 

 to have been killed by the bullock which was in the pit when Mr. Doug- 

 las fell in. Never were the feelings of the writers of this letter so 

 shocked ; nor could they credit the report till it was painfully confii'med, 



