﻿10.2 
  :Mr. 
  R. 
  C. 
  L. 
  Perkins 
  on 
  

  

  from 
  which 
  the 
  natives 
  used 
  to 
  make 
  their 
  kapas 
  ; 
  the 
  small- 
  

   L;aved 
  kulea, 
  and 
  the 
  papain, 
  from 
  which 
  they 
  obtained 
  their 
  

   bird-lime. 
  

  

  Somewhere 
  between 
  3000 
  and 
  4000 
  feet 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  decided 
  

   change 
  in 
  the 
  flora, 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  the 
  fauna 
  also 
  

   ciianges. 
  The 
  i-ough-barked 
  koa 
  and 
  another 
  smooth 
  species 
  

   of 
  acacia 
  still 
  abound, 
  or 
  rather 
  increase 
  in 
  numbers, 
  Avhile 
  

   the 
  bastard 
  sandal 
  {aaka) 
  grows 
  in 
  profusion, 
  and 
  the 
  true 
  

   scandal 
  less 
  abundantly. 
  The 
  rnamane, 
  with 
  its 
  yellow 
  

   blossoms 
  prolific 
  in 
  insects, 
  is 
  ver}^ 
  numerous, 
  and 
  also 
  the 
  

   alii, 
  on 
  which 
  1 
  several 
  times 
  saw 
  feeding 
  the 
  beautiful 
  

   little 
  orange-coloured 
  Loxops 
  ['' 
  Akakani''). 
  On 
  the 
  rough 
  

   lava-flows 
  the 
  maile, 
  from 
  which 
  ai'e 
  made 
  " 
  lets 
  " 
  (or 
  wreaths), 
  

   grows 
  here 
  and 
  there, 
  but 
  has 
  largely 
  been 
  eaten 
  and 
  destroyed 
  

   by 
  the 
  cattle, 
  and 
  probably 
  \;ill 
  shortly 
  disappear 
  altogether 
  

   in 
  this 
  locality. 
  It 
  exudes 
  a 
  white 
  juice, 
  and 
  wlien 
  the 
  young 
  

   shoots 
  are 
  taken 
  and 
  the 
  peel 
  and 
  leaves 
  stripped 
  off 
  entire, 
  

   as 
  is 
  done 
  in 
  making 
  the 
  " 
  Ids," 
  the 
  scent 
  is 
  veiy 
  sweet, 
  

   much 
  like 
  that 
  of 
  a 
  hay-field. 
  The 
  flat 
  table-land 
  between 
  

   Hualalai 
  and 
  Manna 
  Loa 
  is 
  nearly 
  bare 
  of 
  trees, 
  but 
  produces 
  

   the 
  ohelo 
  or 
  native 
  strawberry, 
  the 
  pukiawe, 
  with 
  red 
  or 
  

   Avhite 
  berries, 
  and 
  a 
  creeping 
  plant 
  called 
  ulei 
  with 
  white 
  

   blossoms. 
  The 
  Cape 
  goosebern^ 
  or 
  poka, 
  w'ith 
  yellow 
  flowers 
  

   attractive 
  to 
  the 
  honey-bee, 
  grows 
  luxuriantly 
  both 
  above 
  and 
  

   below 
  4000 
  feet. 
  It 
  has 
  a 
  round 
  acid 
  fruit, 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  a 
  

   cherry, 
  from 
  which 
  excellent 
  jam 
  and 
  jelly 
  are 
  made. 
  A 
  

   large 
  proportion 
  of 
  the 
  insects 
  are 
  restricted 
  to 
  one 
  or 
  other 
  

   of 
  these 
  tAvo 
  distinctly-marked 
  regions, 
  and 
  this 
  is 
  also 
  the 
  

   case 
  with 
  some 
  birds. 
  The 
  Oo{Acridocercus 
  nobilis) 
  appears 
  to 
  

   belong 
  to 
  the 
  lower 
  district 
  only, 
  the 
  Finches 
  Chloridups, 
  

   Rhodacanthis, 
  and 
  Psittacirostra, 
  and 
  the 
  short-billed 
  Heini- 
  

   gnathus 
  to 
  the 
  upper. 
  The 
  long-billed 
  Hemifjnathus 
  is 
  found 
  

   in 
  both 
  districts, 
  while 
  Chasiempis 
  and 
  Phceor7iis 
  range 
  from 
  

   the 
  lowest 
  to 
  the 
  highest 
  limits 
  of 
  the 
  forest 
  proper. 
  

  

  These 
  western 
  slopes 
  of 
  Mauna 
  Loa 
  may 
  be 
  truly 
  called 
  a 
  

   bird-paradise. 
  If 
  one 
  excludes 
  those 
  of 
  our 
  own 
  birds 
  which 
  

   go 
  in 
  large 
  flocks, 
  I 
  doubt 
  whether 
  there 
  is 
  any 
  place 
  in 
  

   England 
  so 
  prolific 
  in 
  individuals, 
  though 
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  ftpecies 
  here 
  are 
  

  

  