CONTENTS. -9 



— Copiousness of the Language — Circumcision — Polygamy — Cannibal 

 propensities — Courtship — Wives strangled and buried with their 

 Husbands — The Sick killed by their relatives — Form of Government — 

 Religion — Their account of the Origin of Races — Their knowledge of 

 Medicine — Their Weapons — Their Manufactures — Foreign Trade — 

 Value of Whales' Teeth, &c. 



CHAPTER XV. 



Arrival at the Sandwich Islands — Description of Honolulu — Foreign 

 Residents — American Enterprise — Personal appearance of the Natives 

 — The Market — Two Natives hung Tor poisoning a Woman — Witness an 

 Examination of 700 Native Children at Mr. Bingham's Church— Their 

 progress and natural abilities — A visit to the farifous Pali — Remarks 

 thereon — Horse-racing a favorite amusement of the women — My Horse 

 takes fright — Obliged to go on board the Ship — Sail for Hawaii — Our 

 Success in our Scientific Pursuits while at Oahoo — Immense height of 

 the Mountains of Hawaii — Wrestling Match on the Forecastle between 

 two Natives — Arrival at Hilo — A Present from the King's Agent — His 

 personal appearance and behavior. 



CHAPTER XVI. 



Surpassing beauty of the Country about Hilo — The Missionaries — Send 

 the Scientific Instruments on shore — Excursion to the top of Mauna 

 Loa — Refusal of Natives, employed to carry the Instruments and Pro- 

 visions, to proceed — Scarcity of Wood and Water — Objects of the Expe- 

 dition — I visit the Shore — Mr. Alden and fifty Seamen go to the assist- 

 ance of the Mauna Loa party — Haul the Seine — The Head-man of Hilo 

 and family, and the King's Agent and his Lady, dine in the Ward- 

 room — How the Ladies dress, &c, &c. 



CHAPTER XVII. 



My visit to the Great Volcano— The Mauno Loa Party accomplish its 

 object, and the " Stars and Stripes" wave upwards of a week over the 

 top of one of the highest mountains in the world — Character of the 

 Mountain — Sufferings of our people from the excessive Cold, and 

 Mountain Sickness — Sail for Maui — Pass the Island Raloolawe — Arrival 

 at Lahaina — Appearance of the Surrounding Country — The King of the 

 Group visits the Ship — His personal appearance and education — My 

 visit to the Town — Beautiful Landscape — The High School — Native 

 Children amusing themselves in the Surf — Apparent danger of the 



