17S KILAUEA. 



During the whole time that we were above the height of nine 

 thousand feet, there were only one or two days in which the elec- 

 trical excitement of the atmosphere was not apparent, and those 

 were exceedingly damp ; the electroscope, in fact, was in constant 

 action during our stay. 



Previous to our departure, I had the words " Pendulum Peak, 

 January 1841," cut in the lava within our village. J. G. Clarke, one 

 of the seamen belonging to the Vincennes, who made these marks, 

 came to me and desired, on the part of the men, that I would 

 allow them to add to it U. S. Ex. Ex., in order that there might 

 be no mistake as to who had been there; to tliis I readily gave 

 my consent. This was the same man who liad been wounded at 

 Malolo, and one of the best and most useful we had with us; in 

 himself he united many employments, as a seaman, drummer, fifer, 

 cook, and stone-cutter; knew a little of physic, sang a good sailor's 

 song, and was withal a poet ! 



Lieutenant Budd and Mr. Eld were left, with a party of men, to 

 repeat a few observations with the intensity needles, and to obtain 

 angles for a distant position. 



The wind, when we set out, blew very strong from the southwest, 

 and flurries of snow were passing by every few minutes. In two 

 hours we reached the Recruiting Station, where we found Lieutenant 

 Alden and many Kanakas on tlieir way up. After a rest of two hours, 

 and obtaining new shoes, we went on and reached the Sunday Station 

 at five o'clock, scarcely able to drag one foot after the other. Here 

 we were soon enveloped in mist, and found the soft and delightful 

 temperature of spring. I cannot venture to describe the effect this 

 produced on us after our three weeks' sojourn on the cold, bleak, and 

 barren summit. I felt for the first time in my life fairly broken down, 

 and almost past the soothing effects of the loomi-loomi, which the 

 natives at once offered as a relief to me : it may be called a lesser 

 shampooing, and consists, as practised in the Sandwich Islands, of a 

 gentle kneading of the limbs, which has a great tendency to restore 

 the circulation, and relax the muscles and joints. The natives use it 

 for rheumatism, headache, and all kinds of pains. It requires some 

 skill to do it well, and there is the greatest difference in the perform- 

 ance between persons who are practised in it and those who are not. 

 The chiefs generally have two persons employed at the same time. 

 We soon had a good fire made before our Hawaiian hut; its warmth, 



