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from Australia and Asia, besides an 

 interesting family of the sacred Chi- 

 nese cattle. 



One day we visited the Kaliuwaa 

 falls at the head of the valley by the 

 same name, attended by three of the 

 sons of our host and guided by an 

 interesting old Hawaiian, "Jo." At first 

 we followed the dry bed of the stream, 

 and afterwards, reaching water, we did 

 some difficult scrambling over stones and 

 boulders and wading through deep holes. 

 On our way we frequently refreshed our- 

 selves with guavas, which are yellow on 

 the outside like a lemon, and rose-pink 

 on the inside, and which one eats, skin, 

 seeds and all, and then wants more. 

 The mountain apples were as beautiful 

 in appearance, but are quite insipid to 

 the taste. The algal finds consisted of 

 a species of Stigeoclonium one or two 

 feet in length ; a Scytonema in dark red- 



