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may be called, was for each of the inhabitants, both high and low, 

 to bring stones by hand. They are usually quadrangular. The one 

 above noticed was on the hill-side overlooking the plain lying towards 

 Honolulu, on which is the village or town of Waikiki. 



OS the village of Waikiki there is an anchorage, and the reef 

 between it and Honolulu is extensive. The natives derive great 

 advantage from this reef in the way of food. 



Between Waikiki and Honolulu there is a vast collection of salt- 

 ponds, and I was greatly surprised to find the manufacture of it so 

 extensive. It is piled up in large heaps, in which there was, when 

 I saw them, from one to two hundred tons. The salt is now exported 

 to California, China, Oregon, Kamtschatka, and the Russian settle- 

 ments at Sitka. The natives use it for salting fish and pork, an art 

 which it is said they have long practised. 



The women are also frequently seen collecting, in the salt-ponds, 

 Confervse and Fuci (sea-weed) for food. 



The repairs of the squadron were, by the 10th of November, 

 rapidly drawing to a close. In examining the bottoms of the vessels 

 we had made use of a diving-dress of India-rubber with which we 

 were provided. This apparatus excited a great deal of curiosity 

 among the natives and inhabitants of Honolulu. With it we suc- 

 ceeded in repairing a few places in the copper that had been injured 

 on those occasions when we had struck. 



On the 16th of November, the Porpoise being ready, sailed for 

 the Low Archipelago or Paumotu Group. The orders given on 

 this occasion to Lieutenant-Commandant Ringgold, will be found in 

 Appendix V. 



POE EATING. 



