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ceded in his behalf, and Dr. Judd, after giving him an admonition, 

 set him at liberty to return to his charge at the volcano. 



We were now for a long time enveloped in mist, for we had 

 reached the region of clouds. The thermometer at 6 p. m., stood at 

 54°; the dew-point at 44°. Instead of trade-winds from the northeast, 

 we had a mountain breeze from the west, which caused the tempe- 

 rature to fall to 43°, and produced a feeling of great cold, being a fall 

 of forty degrees since we left the coast. 



The men whom we had hired just before leaving Hilo, belonged, 

 as will be recollected, to Kanuha's district, and engaged to find them- 

 selves in food ; but many of them had been so improvident of their 

 supply that it was now found to be gone, and as many as twenty of 

 them v/ere without any thing to eat. When this became known, we 

 proposed to supply them with rations at the original cost of the poe, 

 which we had for the men hired of Pea ; but no argument would 

 induce them to accept it on these terms, and they went round begging 

 and borrowing all they could from those who were supplied. The 

 reason that they would not buy the poe I found was, the dislike they 

 had to take up any of their wages before the whole became due, and 

 in consequence many of them went hungry. It was amusing to watch 

 some of these, who frequently would seat themselves near a party who 

 were eating ; but it did not produce any effect upon those who had 

 plenty, as they knew the reason of their being without food. From 

 Avhat I saw of these islanders on this trip, I am not disposed to believe' 

 them so hospitable, or so thoughtful of each other, as the Tahitians or 

 Samoans. Selfishness is a predominant trait in the character of the 

 Hawaiians, and when they are thus associated together, it shows 

 itself more strongly than at other times. 



At sunrise on the 19th, we had the temperature at 48°. 



As the ascent was now becoming laborious, we selected and left 

 the things we had no immediate use for, to follow us by easy stages. 

 We then took a diagonal direction through the remaining portion of 

 the woods. By one o'clock we had lost all signs of trees, and were 

 surrounded by low scraggy bushes : the change of vegetation became 

 evident, not only in species, but in size; we also passed through 

 extensive patches that had been destroyed by fire. Sandalwood was 

 seen, not as a tree, but a low shrub. 



During the day we had passed extensive caves, in all of which I 

 had search made for water. These often lead a long distance under 

 ground, and some of the men passed in at one end and out at another. 



