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CHAPTER XVI. 



JVorthern excursion — Large shoals of salmon — Indian mode of catching them — 

 House near the beach — Flathead children — A storm on the bay — Loss of pro- 

 vision — Pintail ducks — Simple mode of killing salmon — Return to Chinook — 

 Indian garrulity — Return to Fort George — Preparations for a second trip 

 to the Sandwich Islands — Detention within the cape — Anxiety to depart — 

 The tropics, and tropic birds — Make the island of Maui — Arrival at 

 Oahu — Accession to the society — A visit with Mr. Cotvie to the king — 

 Illness of the princess, Uarieta JVahienaena — Abrupt exit of the king — A 

 ride to Waitili — Cocoanut grove — J^'ative mode of climbing — Death of the 

 princess — gHef of her people — barbarous ceremonies — Residenj^e in the valley 

 of JVuano — A visit to the palace — Kahiles — Coffin of the princess, and in- 

 scription — appurtenances — ceremony of carrying the body to the church — 

 description of the pageant — dress of the king — conclusion of the ceremony. 



October 17th. — I left Chinook this morning in a canoe with 

 Chinamus, his two wives, and a slave, to procure shell-fish, 

 which are said to be found in great abundance towards the north. 

 We passed through a number of narrow slues which connect the 

 numerous bays in this part of the country, and at noon debarked, 

 left our canoe, took our blankets on our shoulders, and struck 

 through the midst of a deep pine forest. After walking about 

 two miles, we came to another branch, where we found a canoe 

 which had been left there for us yesterday, and embarking in 

 this, wo arrived in the evening at an Indian house, near the sea- 

 side, where we spent the night. 



In our passage through some of the narrow channels to-day, 

 we saw vast shoals of salmon, which were leaping and curvetting 



