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for Hilo. We arrived there at io:oo 

 o'clock in a dilapidated condition. The 

 three sudden changes, from the dry 

 heat of Pahala, to the icy rains of 

 Kilauea, and then to the damp, sultry 

 heat of Hilo, were too much for us 

 and we were all more or less prostrated 

 for some hours. On July 7th, we 

 walked eight miles to and from the 

 falls of the Waialuka river, where we 

 found a Lyngbya, two Oscillatorias, a 

 Scytonema and an Oedogonium. 



Our next trip was along the north- 

 east shore of Hawaii to the Waipio 

 valley, sixty-five miles from Hilo. This 

 time we had a comfortable two-seated 

 carriage, a pair of good horses and a 

 Japanese driver. The roads were in 

 excellent condition and the scenery 

 wonderful. This coast is made up of 

 bold precipices, so that marine collecting 

 had to be given up, but the conditions 



