HAWAII. 



245 



March 23d, 



1835, 



" 26th, 



C( 



July 21st, 



cc 



September 6th, 



cc 



In the year 



1836 



June 20th, 



1837. 



January 4th, 



1838. 



" 29th, 



11 



July 9th, 



tc 



October 16th, 



C( 



Nov. 5th, 



cc 



" 6th, 



u 



" 7th, 



ii 



" 8th to 13th, 



ti 



December 4th, 



ii 



" 9th, 



a 



10th, 



a 



12th, 



a 



April 7th, 



1839. 



February 1st, 



1840. 



May 5th, 



ii 



September 5th, 



ii 



October 14th, 



ii 



December 18th, 



a 



February 18th, 



1841 



March 18th, 



(C 



At 9 A. M. a slight shock. 



At twenty-five minutes past 6 a. m. three shocks in quick 

 succession. 



Three shocks during the day. 



Between 2 and 3 a. in. a slight shock. 



There were none felt. 



At forty minutes past 6 p. m. two shocks. 



One severe shock. 



At 10 p. M., there were three shocks in quick succession ; 

 two heavy, the third light. 



A slight shock in the morning. 



A jar, accompanied with a noise, resembling the discharge 

 of a cannon. 



One shock in the morning, and two in the afternoon. 



One shock in the morning. 



A smart shock at midnight, one at 3 a. m., and another 

 at four. 



Slight shocks were constantly occurring, and on several 

 of these days it was thought the ground was never free 

 from motion. 



A slight shock, but decided and distinct. 



A slight shock. 



A slight shock at 4 a. m. 



A slight shock. 



At 1 p. M., a severe shock, attended with all the pheno- 

 mena of that of February 1834. The motion of the 

 earth was such as to render it difficult to walk or 

 stand : the motion was up and down. 



At midday a smart shock. 



Half-past 1 p. M. a smart shock. 



At 4 p. M. a slight shock. 



At 10- p. M. a slight shock. 



At 9 p. M. a slight shock. 



At 5 A. M. two severe shocks. 



A slight shock. 



Severe ; felt at Maui. 



Making in all fifty shocks in eight years. 



The usual motion or jar is like that produced by the firing of dis- 

 tant artillery, or the falling of a heavy body on the ground ; to this is 

 added a tremulous motion when the earthquake is slight. 



There is a game which the natives appear very fond of, called koa- 

 nani. This is not unlike draughts, and in some places near their dwell- 

 ings, a number of small holes, made in the smooth lava, which answer 

 the same purpose as a checker-board, are to be seen : pieces of lava 



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