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hats from the flowering stock of the sugar-cane, or making mats from 

 the bleached leaves of the pandanus. 



At some of the houses where Mr. Drayton stopped, the women 

 were dressed as they are represented when dancing, in the figures of 

 Cook and Vancouver's voyages ; they are still permitted to dance, but 

 the song called hoori-hoori is forbidden on account of its indecency. 



Dr. Pickering was the last who visited the crater of Kilauea. He 

 passed towards the lava stream by the way of Pahuhali, having John 

 the pilot as his guide, and spent the first night about three miles to the 

 south of that place. The inhabitants were found to have returned to 

 their place of residence, and were again cultivating the ground. 



He crossed the recent lava near its upper part, and found it over- 

 lying the soil, about twelve feet in thickness, having a surface resem- 

 bling the " black ledge," with the friable vitreous crust before remarked. 

 Towards the margin of the stream he found many trees, two feet in 

 diameter, which the lava had flowed around and burnt off. The road 

 passed between two patches of lava, and had not been burnt as the 

 natives had reported ; crevices, however, passed across, and divided 

 the road. After exploring these parts, Dr. Pickering proceeded to 

 Kaimo, which was found to be a large village, scattered along the 

 beach for one and a half miles. Cocoa-nut trees were observed to be 

 more numerous here than at any other place on the island. 



They here found a well-built school-house, kept by a native teacher. 

 This place has seldom been visited by foreigners, and the consequence 

 was a very great curiosity to see the strangers. The proportion of 

 children was larger than usual. 



From Kaimo, Dr. Pickering passed along the coast, which is formed 

 of lava that breaks off suddenly, and leaves a perpendicular cliff', from 

 thirty to sixty feet high, against which the sea breaks with violence. 

 Along this coast houses are rarely to be met with, and when they are 

 seen it is at those points where, from accident or other causes, there is 

 a breach in the lava. 



Owing to the porous nature of the lava, the dwellers on the shore 

 are at times much distressed for water, and resort to various devices 

 to obtain it. In some places they use the leaves of the ti plant (Dra- 

 caena) fastened together ; also boards set obliquely, with calabashes 

 underneath, to catch the drops of rain ; and in other cases the cala- 

 bashes are set to obtain the drippings from the roofs. 



Dr. Pickering reached Panau, and afterwards the patches of the 

 recent eruption which lie in the vicinity of the pit-crater of Alealea-nui, 

 and found them unaltered since they had been seen by me. What 

 seems remarkable, there was no earthquake felt at Hilo before, during 



