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over the high and shaky trestle-works and 

 around sharp turns. I think the man 

 went slower than usual, for sometimes 

 the car stopped on an upward incline, 

 and then he had to get out and push. 

 If there was any danger, it did not 

 trouble us, and we jumped off at 

 Punaluu with our botany can and press, 

 with a feeling as of descending from the 

 clouds. I believe now that we would 

 have accepted an invitation to go some- 

 where in a balloon, provided we were 

 promised an opportunity for collecting 

 algae when we got there. 



During our day at Punaluu there 

 was but one drawback to our happiness, 

 and the question haunted us — how were 

 we to return to Pahala ? But we man- 

 aged to explore a large area of the shore, 

 and found an interesting spring, called 

 Kauila, long held sacred by Hawaiians, 

 and in which we found various forms 



