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ance on Mr. Bishop's church. Schools are established, of which 

 there are now three for children under teachers from Lahainaluna. 

 Mr. Bishop informed me that there was great difficulty in procuring 

 suitable teachers, and a still greater difficulty in raising funds for 

 their support. The teachers complain much of their inability to 

 secure a regular attendance from their scholars, which is thought 

 to result from a want of parental authority at home, and their leaving 

 it optional with the children to attend school or not. 



This district contained in 1840 two thousand seven hundred and 

 ninety-two inhabitants, and there is no satisfactory evidence of a 

 decrease, although many speak of it as being great; but the latter 

 opinion is formed from the census of 1836, which was on many 

 accounts inaccurate, and ought not to be taken as authority on which 

 to found such a statement. 



This is the best part of the island of Oahu for raising cattle and 

 sheep, which are seen here in greater numbers than elsewhere. 



Dr. Pickering and Mr. Brackenridge made a tour to Waianae, for 

 the purpose of examining more particularly the Kaala Mountains for 

 plants. Waianae lies on the southwest side of the range, and on the 

 sea-shore under it. After stopping a night at Ewa, they took a middle 

 route, and passing through a gap in the mountain, fifteen hundred 

 feet in elevation, reached Waianae in the afternoon, a distance of 

 sixteen miles. Here they were kindly welcomed by the chief, who 

 acts in the capacity of ruler, preacher, and schoolmaster; he is, 

 likewise, a fisherman, and a manufacturer of wooden bowls, in which 

 he showed himself quite expert. 



The natives are much occupied in catching and drying fish, which 

 is made a profitable business, by taking them to Oahu, where they 

 command a ready sale. 



The population is about fifteen hundred, one thousand of whom 

 belonged to the church under the superintendence of the Rev. Mr. 

 Bishop ; but since the establishment of the Catholics, one half have 

 joined in their mode of worship. 



While at Waianae, they extended their walks in different direc- 

 tions, along the beach, at the foot and sides of the mountains, meeting 

 with several very interesting plants : at the base of the mountains 

 several half deciduous trees, and bushes of sandalwood (Santalum 

 freycinetiarum). It v/as observed that the stems of the trees and plants 

 were very succulent, which enables them to withstand the severity of 

 the droughts ; the quantity of rain that falls here being very small. 



