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CHAPTER XI. 



Ilonoruru — J\''ative canoes— Amphibious habits — Captain Charlton, his Britanic 

 J\lajesty''s consul — JMr. Jones, the American consul — reception by him — Desj- 

 cription of the town, and of the natives — Party-colored hair of the luomen — 

 The pagoda — A visit from Rev. Hiram Bingham, the missionary — Opiniotis 

 regarding tlie missionary fraternity — First view of the king, Kauikeaouli — 

 his train — Seaman's chapel — A visit to the native church — Kinau and Keku- 

 anoa — Orderly conduct of the natives durins" worship — Introduction to the 

 king — His fondness for the chase, ayid athletic exercises — JVativefood — Man- 

 ner of eating — The rumi-rumi — its efficacy — A Lu au party — The valley of 

 JVuano — A visit to the Pari — The last battle of Tamehameha—A feast — 

 Manner of cooking — A party of native ladies — An adventure. 



Early on the morning of the 5th, Mr. Reynolds, the deputy- 

 pilot, boarded us in a whale boat manned by natives, and accom- 

 panied by two American gentlemen, residents of the town of Ho- 

 noruru, — Captain William S. Hinckley and P. A. Brinsmade, 

 Esq. Our anchor was soon weighed, and with a fine, (tee. wind, 

 we rounded Diamond hill, and passed along a beautiful indenta- 

 tion in the shore, called Waititi bay, within sight of a large coral 

 reef, by which the whole island is surrounded. We very soon 

 came in view of the lovely, sylvan looking village of Honoruru. 

 The shore below the town from Waititi, to a considerable dis- 

 tance above, is fringed with graceful cocoanut trees, with here 

 and there a pretty little grass cottage, reposing under their 

 shade. As we approached the harbor, these cottages became 

 more numerous, until at last they appeared thickly grouped to- 

 gether, with occasionally a pretty garden dividing them. The 



