166 KILAUEA. 



During the whole time that we were above the height of nine thou- 

 sand feet, there were only one or two days in which the electrical 

 excitement of the atmosphere was not apparent, and those were ex- 

 ceedingly damp; the electroscope, in fact, was in constant action 

 during our stay. 



Previous to our departure, I had the words " Pendulum Peak, 

 January 1841," cut in the lava within our village. J. G. Clarke, one 

 of the seamen belonging to the Vincennes, who made these marks 

 came to me and desired, on the part of the men, that I would allow 

 them to add to it U. S. Ex. Ex., in order that there might be no 

 mistake as to who had been there ; to this I readily gave my consent. 

 This was the same man who had been wounded at Malolo, and one 

 of the best and most useful we had with us; in himself he united many 

 employments, as a seamen, drummer, fifer, cook, and stone-cutter ; 

 knew a little of physic, sang a good sailor's song, and was withal a 

 poet! 



Lieutenant Budd and Mr. Eld were left, with a party of men, to 

 repeat a few observations with the intensity needles, and to obtain 

 angles for a distant position. 



The wind, when we set out, blew very strong from the southwest, 

 and flurries of snow were passing by every few minutes. In two 

 hours we reached the Recruiting Station, where we found Lieutenant 

 Alden and many Kanakas on their way up. After a rest of two hours, 

 and obtaining new shoes, we went on and reached the Sunday Station 

 at five o'clock, scarcely able to drag one foot after the other. Here 

 we were soon enveloped in mist, and found the soft and delightful 

 temperature of spring. I cannot venture to describe the effect this 

 produced on us after our three weeks' sojourn on the cold, bleak, and 

 barren summit. I felt for the first time in my life fairly broken down, 

 and almost past the soothing effects of the loomi-loomi, which the 

 natives at once offered as a relief to me: it may be called a lesser 

 shampooing, and consists, as practised in the Sandwich Islands, of a 

 gentle kneading of the limbs, which has a great tendency to restore 

 the circulation, and relax the muscles and joints. The natives use it 

 for rheumatism, headache, and all kinds of pains. It requires some 

 skill to do it well, and there is the greatest difference in the perform- 

 ance between persons who are practised in it and those who are not. 

 The chiefs generally have two persons employed at the same time. 

 We soon had a good fire made before our Hawaiian hut ; its warmth, 

 together with an excellent supper, made us comfortable, and we were 

 soon asleep on the dried grass. 



The next morning, when I awoke, all nature seemed to be alive: the 



