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There are few places in the open air so well calculated to hold divine 

 service in, and it is well fitted to create feelings of religion. The 

 view, by Mr. Agate, will give a good idea of it. 



These nut-trees grow with great luxuriance on this island ; and an 

 excellent oil is expressed from the nut, which already forms an 

 export from these islands. We heard here, that at New York, 

 it was pronounced superior to linseed-oil for painting. There is a 

 manufactory of it at Honolulu ; but I understood that it dried with dif- 

 ficulty. It is said to bring one dollar per gallon on the coast of South 

 America. The native candle is made of these nuts strung upon a 

 straw ; they are likewise roasted and eaten. 



Before reaching Waioli, they passed through a forest of pandanus 

 trees. Waioli is a mission station, the residence of the Rev. Mr. 

 Alexander, by whom they were very kindly received. This district 

 is called Halelea. Waioli is on the north side of Kauai. The plain on 

 which it is situated is only six or eight feet above the level of the sea, 

 and lies between the Halelea and Waioli rivers. Though of small 

 extent, it is one of the most fertile spots of which these islands can 

 boast. 



The Halelea district comprises a large proportion of arable land : it 

 extends to the distance of twenty miles to the eastward of Waioli ; 

 the portion, however, which lies to the westward is of a totally 

 different description, being broken up into precipices and ravines, 

 aflbrding no inducements to the agriculturist, and having very few 

 spots susceptible of cultivation ; its extent is about fifteen miles. The 

 eastern portion is watered by at least twenty streams ; many of these 

 are large enough to be termed rivers, and might be employed to turn 

 machinery. It is elevated from three to eight hundred feet above the 

 sea, and comprises about fifty thousand acres of land, capable of pro- 

 ducing sugar-cane, cotton, indigo, coffee, corn, beans, the mulberry, 

 and vegetables in every variety. It now produces taro, sweet-pota- 

 toes, yams, bread-fruit, bananas, plantains, squashes, melons, beans, 

 Indian corn, and cocoa-nuts. Sugar-cane grows spontaneously. Mul- 

 berry trees flourish, of which there are four kinds, the Chinese, the 

 multicaulis, the white, and the black : the latter variety has a small 

 leaf The vegetation is extremely luxuriant from the frequent rains. 

 The sugar-cane, and mulberry, both Chinese and multicaulis, are the 

 staple articles of culture. The mulberry has here a most rapid 

 growth, and being sheltered from the strong winds, it succeeds well. 



