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from the northward and eastward, and soon increased to a stiflf gale, 

 the sea rising to a dangerous height for the boats. Just after doubling 

 the point of Kahoolawe, Passed Midshipman May, in the Leopard, 

 hailed Lieutenant Budd, to report that his boat was sinking, and four 

 of the men were perceived to be baling. Lieutenant Budd pulled 

 alongside, and seeing the boat was settling, ordered the anchor to be 

 dropped. Most of the crew continued to bale with their hats, whilst 

 the rest passed out the most important articles. A portion of the 

 Leopard's crew, who could not swim, were now ordered to get into 

 the Greyhound ; Lieutenant Budd intending to land them and return 

 for those on the wreck. The men who were thus left said that 

 the boat was drifting to sea, and wished to be taken off; but this 

 would have endangered the lives of all. Passed Midshipman May, 

 perceiving their unwillingness to remain, jumped overboard and 

 joined them : his example encouraged them to do their best. Lieu- 

 tenant Budd succeeded in as short a time as possible in landing the 

 men and articles from his boat, and then returned. He found the 

 boat sinking fast, and the officer and men supporting themselves 

 with tiie oars. The boat was now turning over and over as every 

 wave struck her. Mr. May and the rest of tlie men were taken on 

 board, and they then returned to the shore, all much exhausted. 

 Lieutenant Budd, seeing that the side of the boat had been stove in 

 by a heavy sea, and the impossibility of saving or being able to 

 repair the boat, left her to her fate, and took such measures as he 

 found necessary for the comfort of his men. Lieutenant Budd de- 

 serves much credit for his presence of mind in preserving the lives 

 of the men entrusted to him, as well as protecting them afterwards 

 from unnecessary exposure. 



Kahoolawe, the island they were now on, lies to the west of the 

 south end of Maui, and is fourteen miles long by five miles wide. It 

 is uninhabited, except by a few poor fishermen, and is used as a place 

 of exile : at this time, there was one state prisoner confined on it. 



Lieutenant Budd concluded next morning to set out in search of 

 the town which he had lieard one of his boat's crew, a Kanaka, say 

 that he knew of After wandering over the rugged face of this barren 

 island for twenty miles, he discovered, to his great joy, from the top 

 of a ridge, a cluster of huts near tlie water, which they soon after 

 reached. They proved to be inhabited by Kenemoneha, the exile 

 above spoken of, who for the crime of forgery had been condemned to 

 spend five years in exile upon this island. Tliis was effected in a 



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