264 NARRATIVE OF A JOURNEY 



30th. — At daylight this morning, the wind being fair, and the 

 bar more smooth, we weighed anchor and stood out. At about 

 9 o'clock we crossed the bar, and in a few minutes were hurry- 

 ing along on the open sea before a six-knot breeze. We are now 

 out, and so good bye to Cape Disappointment and the Columbia, 

 and now for home, dear home asjain ! 



December I6th. — We are now in the delightful tropics, and 

 more lovely weather I never saw — clear, warm and balmy, but 

 not in the slightest degree debihtating — and a fine trade wind, be- 

 fore which we are going eight and a half knots. This morning 

 we saw a number of beautiful tropic birds flying around the 

 vessel. This is one of the loveliest birds in the world. With a 

 plumage of the most unsullied white, a form which is grace itself, 

 and with long red tail-feathers streaming in the wind, it looks 

 like a beautiful sylph sporting over the desolate ocean. 



On the 22d, we made the island of Maui, distant about twenty- 

 five miles. This evening is a most delightful one, as indeed are 

 all the evenings in this latitude. The moon is shining most 

 brilliantly, the atmosphere is deliciously warm, and we are sail- 

 ing over a sea as smooth as a lake, with the island of Morokai 

 about ten miles on our weather beam. 



On the morning of the 23d, we made Oahu, and as we rounded 

 Diamond Hill, Adams, the pilot, boarded us, and brought us 

 close outside the harbor, where we anchored for want of wind. 

 The captain, Mr. Cowie, and myself, went ashore in the pilot 

 boat, and paid our respects to a number of old friends who were 

 assembled on the wharf to meet and welcome us. 



January \st, 1837. — Since we arrived, we have been so con- 

 stantly engaged in visiting, receiving visits, and performing the 

 usual penance imposed upon strangers visiting this island, that I 

 have not had an opportunity of continuing my notes. I am now 

 so much in arrears that I scarcely know where to begin, and 

 many little circumstances, in themselves, perhaps, trifling enough, 



