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ing outpost, "Diamond Head," its frontal beach 



of stately coco palms, its magnificent Bougainvillea 



vines, scarlet-flowered Poinciana trees, and hospitable 



Many pcople, I need offer no detailed account. From 



courtesies Hawaiian officials, especially Walter F- Frear, Chief 



Justice, M. M. Scott, Superintendent of Schools, and 



Sanford B. Dole, ex-President of the Republic, we 



received every courtesy. And Louis Berndt, the 



capable director of the fish market, put himself at 



our service. 



Honolulu's The very beautiful and well-equipped Bernice 



museum Pauahi Bishop Museum, representing the natural 



aquarium history and products of Oceanica, was founded by 



Mr. Charles R. Bishop and named in honor of his 



deceased wife. It was then under the direction of 



William T, Brigham, a Harvard man, extremely 



competent even if occasionally a bit critical toward 



people less capable than he. More recently an 



admirable aquarium has been established at Waikiki 



under the direction of Frederick A. Potter. In the large, 



finely lighted glass cases the amazing decoration of 



coral-reef fishes is displayed to great advantage. 



Of our many exploring trips the most interesting 

 was that to Kilauea. Landing on the southwest or 

 Kona coast of the great island of Hawaii, we first 

 visited Kealakekua — the tiny bay where Captain 

 Cook lost his life — after which, farther on, we hired a 

 Japanese teamster to drive us across by coffee plan- 

 tations, over old lava flows, and finally through fern 

 and ohia ^ forests to the great crater. This gigantic 



' Ohia (Meirosideros), a tree of the Myrtle family, makes the bulk of the 

 forests. Its incongruous rosettes of vivid crimson bloom, looking as though 

 pinned on, contrast with the dark gray-green foliage. Beside it grows the pale 

 green Koa, an acacia the very valuable timber of which is used in building 

 the native canoes as well as for cabinet work. 



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