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The wind on the 7th, when w T e had reached the latitude of 27° N., 
began to incline to the northeast, and the temperature became mild. 
In the latitude of 26° N., w T e entered the trades, being then in the 
longitude of 134° W. The weather peculiar to the region of the 
trades was now T experienced, with light squalls of rain and a heavy sea 
following us, which caused the ship to be very uneasy. 
On the nights of the 10th, 11th, 12th, and 13th, the usual look-outs 
for the periodic showers of meteors were stationed; but the weather 
was not favourable, and the number counted was not above that 
usually seen on fine nights. On the latter day, I shaped our course 
to run over one of the positions of Copper’s Island, supposed to exist 
in longitude 151° 36' W., and latitude 25° 48' N. On the afternoon 
of the 14th, we were within five miles of its assigned place, and the 
weather was perfectly fine, with a clear horizon, but there was no 
appearance of land. 
On the morning of the 16th, we made the island of Maui, and at 
noon we were off its western end. I then determined to run through 
the Pailolo Channel, between Maui and Molokai. On approaching 
the island of Maui on its north side, there is some liability to mistake 
the isthmus for the opening of the channel, as that part of the island 
called West Maui is frequently enveloped in clouds. 
The trade-wind, as we passed through, blew very strong. The 
scenery is very bold, the two islands of Maui and Lanai lying on the 
left, with that of Molokai on the right : they are all high and volcanic, 
and during a strong trade-wind are capped with clouds and constantly 
undergoing changes from the shadows thrown upon them; these, with 
the town and shipping lying off Lahaina, form a pleasing picture. The 
day being far spent, I hove the ship to for the night under the west 
end of Molokai. The current experienced during our passage was 
found to prevail to the southward, until we reached the trades, when it 
inclined somewhat to the southward and westward. 
The 17th, at daylight, we made the island of Oahu, and at 10 a. m. 
anchored off the town of Honolulu. The Porpoise came in at 2 p. m., 
and the Flying-Fish at five o’clock of the same day. The following 
day the trade-wind was too strong to admit of the Vincennes entering 
the inner harbour; but the Porpoise and tender were enabled to do so. 
The Oregon joined us in the afternoon, and on the next day at an 
early hour the squadron was again moored in the harbour of Honolulu. 
Our reception was even kinder than before; and every facility that 
we could desire was offered for advancing our duties and procuring 
the necessary stores and clothing that our shipwrecked officers and 
men required. 
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