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large size; but the timber is of little value, being either soft and 

 spongy, or hard and difficult to work. Of the former kinds the 

 natives make their canoes. 



The district of Kula, on East Maui, although extremely rough and 

 rocky, has a loamy, rich, and productive soil: it produces the finest 

 Irish potatoes, turnips, corn, melons, and wheat. The latter, of an ex- 

 cellent quality, is found growing wild. It was introduced about twenty 

 years before our visit, planted, and not the least attention paid to it ; 

 instead, however, of " running out," it has increased. At Malaca 

 Bay there is good anchorage for vessels of any size, and a fine 

 fishery. 



The isthmus is too dry to be fit for cultivation : it is in extent about 

 twenty by fifteen miles. During nine months of the year it is a fine 

 grazing country, and feeds large herds of cattle, that are mostly owned 

 by foreigners. 



The productions on Maui are the same as those of the other islands: 

 to these may be added a few fruits, as grapes, &c, but these are not 

 raised in large quantities. 



In industry and enterprise, the natives of this island have made but 

 slow progress, though there is abundant evidence that they possess 

 both, if properly developed. This is shown in their attempts at culti- 

 vation. 



The king, in order to foster a spirit of enterprise, proposed to a 

 company of about fifty natives, that each should cultivate a small lot 

 of land, of from one to two acres, with sugar-cane; and that when 

 ripe he would manufacture it into sugar and molasses for one-half, and 

 would, besides, relieve them from all taxation. It was considered that 

 four-tenths of the sugar would pay for its manufacture, and that two- 

 tenths should be equivalent to the taxes. Sixty or seventy acres were 

 planted. The produce was found to be one and a half tons to the 

 acre, besides some molasses. 



Both at Wailuku and at Hamakualoa, the natives have shown much 

 perseverance and enterprise in erecting stone churches. These are 

 built by native workmen, and their dimensions are one hundred feet in 

 length, by fifty feet in width. For the construction of that at Hama- 

 kualoa, they were obliged to bring the stones, lime, and sand, on their 

 backs, to the place of building. The lime and sand were brought 

 from a distance of two or three miles, and the timber was dragged 

 from four to six miles. In putting on the roof, it fell in twice, after 

 nearly all the timbers were up, and broke them to pieces; but they 

 persevered until they had completed the edifice, which will contain 



