100 HAWAII AND OAHU. 



Kea, Mauna Loa, and Hualalai. This temple is said to have been 

 built by Umi, who, with his wife Papa, is supposed to have inhabited 

 it, when he was king of the island. The three northern pyramids 

 forming the front were originally erected by Umi, to represent the dis- 

 tricts of the island he then governed; and as he conquered other dis- 

 tricts, he obliged each of them to build a pyramid on the side of the 

 temple. 



This temple is represented in the adjoining plate. The main building 

 a, is ninety-two feet long, by seventy-one feet ten inches wide ; the 

 walls are six feet nine inches high, seven feet thick at the top, and 

 nearly perpendicular ; the partition walls are three feet high : b and c 

 are said to have been pedestals for idols ; d, e, and f, are the pyramids 

 built by Umi, eighteen feet high ; g is the residence of Kaili's wife, 

 Papa, also built by Umi. 



The five remaining pyramids, h, i, j, k, l, are those erected by the 

 conquered districts. All these are built of compact blocks of lava, laid 

 without cement. 



The building is said to have formerly been covered with idols, and 

 offerings were required to be brought from a great distance, consisting 

 generally of provisions. There are now no traces left of these idols. 

 The situation of the temple is at an elevation of five thousand feet 

 above the sea. 



They proceeded a few miles beyond this point with their horses, but 

 found the ground, consisting of broken lava and scoria, too rough for 

 them. They therefore put them in charge of three little boys, to take 

 them back to Kealakeakua Bay. 



Mr. Peale shot two of the mountain geese peculiar to this part of . 

 the island; they are remarkably fine birds, and live entirely upon; 

 berries. In their route this day they passed several caves, which the 

 natives were said to have inhabited while collecting sandalwood on 

 the mountains for the chiefs. The walking now became extremely 

 fatiguing, over vast piles of scoria, thrown up in loose heaps. There 

 was no vegetation except a few small trees of Metrosideros, scattered 

 here and there, and whortleberries. The heaps of scoria were to ap- 

 pearance like those from some huge foundry. 



On the 18th, they resumed their journey at an early hour, passing 

 in a direction towards Mauna Kea, over many rough ridges of the old 

 lava streams, that were found from a quarter of a mile to a mile in 

 width. One in particular, that pursued a northwest direction, their 

 guides informed them was forty miles in length, and had flowed down 

 towards the centre of the island. It had not a particle of vegetation on 

 it ; not even a lichen was to be seen. The lava of this stream is broken 



