CHAPTER V. 



K I L A U E A. 

 1841. 



When day broke, on the 13th January, all was bustle on the 

 summit of Mauna Loa. Every one was engaged in taking down 

 and packing up the instruments and equipage, loaded with which 

 the native labourers scampered off. Some of them, indeed, unable to 

 bear the cold any longer, and hoping to obtain loads afterwards, with- 

 drew without burdens. 



At nine o'clock. Dr. Judd, myself, and six of the crew of the 

 Vincennes, bade adieu to the walled village we had built. The 

 men showed their delight at quitting this barren and desolate spot by 

 three hearty cheers. It was no little gratification to me to be able to 

 take my departure, after having successfully accomplished all the 

 duties assigned to me here, without any serious mishap, except in 

 the case of Longley, although all the party had been more or less 

 sufferers from the mountain-sickness. 



Dr. Judd remarked, in relation to the manner in which the natives 

 were attacked by this disease, that the general symptoms were 

 colic, vomiting, and diarrhoea; that one or two were affected with 

 spitting of blood, and a few had fever and ague. A yellowness of 

 skin, with headache and giddiness, were experienced by nearly all 

 the party, while several were seized with asthma and rheumatism, 

 and a few had scorbutic symptoms. 



Dr. Judd always found that great hunger was felt, although the 

 ability to eat at meals was wanting. 



A variableness of the pulse during the day, which the least ex- 

 citement would cause to rise, was experienced by all, the variation 

 amounting to from thirty to forty beats. 



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