CHAPTER VI. 



HAWAII. 

 1841. 



During the time of our residence on Mauna Loa, Dr. Pickering and 

 Mr. Brackenridge volunteered to make the ascent of Mauna Kea. 

 They were furnished with guides, among them Sandwich Jack, our 

 bullock-driver, whose true name I believe was Dawson, though he went 

 by the sobriquet of Billy Lilly. They set out on the 8th of January, 

 attended by natives from Hilo, belonging to Kanuha, having agreed to 

 pay each of them fifty cents a day. Their first stage was to the saw- 

 mill erected on the Wailuku, distant about seven miles from Hilo, and 

 three miles within the verge of the forest : here they stopped for the 

 night with a man by the name of Simons, who is the occupant of the 

 mill, which belongs to a Mr. Castle. The mill, as I understand, had 

 proved but a bad speculation : it is now out of repair, and there is not 

 sufficient demand for boards to make it at all profitable. 



In the evening a native from Hilo joined them, and communicated 

 the information that the chief Kanuha, who was entitled to one-fourth 

 of the pay of the natives, was much displeased with them for having 

 agreed to serve for fifty cents a day, when they should have asked 

 twelve dollars each for the trip. In consequence of this, they would 

 not proceed the next day ; and Dr. Pickering determined on returning 

 to Hilo to have the affair settled. Kanuha disclaimed any participa- 

 tion in the refusal, and sent a messenger back to order the men to 

 proceed. 



On the 10th of January they resumed their journey, and followed 

 the " Long Road" for about two miles, which is the whole distance to 

 which it extends; the removal of the chief who was engaged on it had 

 put a stop to its further progress. They were now fairly in the forest, 



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