ACROSS THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS, ETC. 275 



CHAPTER XVII, 



Embarkation for a tour of the islands — Lahaina — Forts — Lahainaluna — JJfts- 

 sionaries of Maui — Hiffh school — Progress of the pupils — Karakakua bay — 

 Kairua — Cook's rock — reverence of the natives for his memory — Cook's 

 monument — Birds — Kawaihae — Colossal mountains — jyirs. Young — Heiau, or 

 native temple — Human sacrifices — Moral — Heathenish rites — A cargo of cat- 

 tle — Unsavory practice of the native ivomen — Departure from Oahu — A sail 

 by moonlig-ht — Dean's island — Jl " complaisant" — Arrival at Tahiti — JVative 

 pilot — Papeete bay — Appearance of the shore — Visit from foreigners — A ram- 

 ble on shore — Orange groves, &c A young native songster — Visit to the 



queen— Mr. Pritchard, the missionary — JVative service — The chapel — A 

 bedridden Tahaitian — Jungle fowls — Leave the harbor — Dangerous naviga- 

 tion — A narrow escape — A shipxvreck. 



9th. — Mr. French kindly offered me a assage in his brig 

 Diana, Captain Hinckley, to make a short tour of the islands. 

 The object of the trip is to carry lumber to several of the ports, 

 to trade with the natives, and to bring to Oahu a cargo of live 

 stock, cattle, &c. The time allowed will be so short that I shall 

 probably not be able to do much in my vocation, but I shall at 

 least be furnished with an opportunity of visiting several islands, 

 and as we have pleasant companions as passengers, besides our 

 agreeable and accomplished captain, we anticipate a delightful 

 trip. 



We stood out of the harbor in the afternoon, and the next 

 evening made Maui, but as we came under the land it fell calm, 

 with a heavy ground swell, and we were tossing about most un- 

 comfortably the whole night. 



