KILAUEA. 181 



to the southeast appears well covered with woods, while to the south 

 it is bare and barren. The map, however, will give a better idea of it 

 than can be derived from any description. 



Nearly at the foot of Puukehulu, is the pit-crater of Alealea-iki, which 

 has had a flow of lava into it : it is about five hundred feet in depth, and 

 of an elliptical shape. 



We continued our route towards Panau, passing over a rough lava 

 country, on which was a young growth of sandalwood and okea trees. 

 Before reaching Panau we found ourselves in a luxuriant growth of 

 Cape gooseberries (Physalis Peruviana), which we found quite refresh- 

 ing after our walk. The natives do not make any use of them, and 

 seemed somewhat surprised to see us eat them. 



At Panau we found a large clearing in the woods, and a village, 

 consisting of three or four native houses. Here many canoes are 

 built and transported to the sea, the trees in the vicinity being large and 

 well adapted to this purpose. I was told that they met with a ready 

 sale. 



Dr. Judd, who had been somewhat unwell since his escape, was now 

 seized with fever ; and soon after the tent was pitched, went to bed, as 

 he felt that he required rest. The burns he had received on his wrists 

 had become very much inflamed ; he, however, found himself much 

 better the next day, and we concluded to proceed. Panau is two 

 thousand six hundred and seventy-six feet above the sea, and was found 

 by observations to be ten miles southeast of Kilauea. 



In the morning, previous to starting, the men reported to me that 

 their frying-pan had been stolen during the night. I therefore ordered 

 immediate search and inquiry to be made for it. Great alarm in con- 

 sequence was excited among the natives who attended us ; so much 

 indeed, that I ordered the men to desist, conceiving it very probable 

 that one of the other natives, who had been flocking in numbers to see 

 us, had carried it off. To judge from the scarcity of supplies, the in- 

 habitants of this part of the island are very poor. 



We left Panau after half-past eight o'clock, and passed on towards 

 the east. After travelling about three miles, we came in sight of the 

 ocean, five miles off. Our course now changed to the northeast, and 

 before noon we reached an extensive upland taro-patch, where I sat 

 down to get the meridian altitude. While thus occupied, I thoughtlessly 

 picked a piece of taro-leaf, and put it into my mouth ; in a few minutes 

 I was almost gasping for breath, from its acrid juice. It was conse- 

 quently with difficulty that I succeeded in getting my observations. 



Our path now led through a sort of jungle, and over ground re- 

 sembling a quagmire, for a mile or two. It appeared we had been 



