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In regard to the two preceding Lists of Hawaiian plants, it should 

 be observed: that the revision in my Journal was discontinued after 

 the Labiate in the first List. I had become weary of registering 

 facts ; and did not write any more descriptions of general vegeta- 

 ble growth. Tlie concluding portion of the first Hawaiian List, and 

 the entire second List, are given therefore from my nietnorandum- 

 books and original rough notes. 



The Vincennes arrived at Lahaina on the 6th. On the 11th, 

 two slight shocks of an earthqiiahe were experienced ; on shore, as 

 well as in the ship ; where I happened to be at the time, but did not 

 perceive them. — On the 17th, the ship sailed; and on the 18th, 

 arrived at Honolulu on Oahu ; where we remained, until our depar- 

 ture for Northwest America in the evening of the 5th of April. 



Returning some months later from the American coast, the Vin- 

 cennes made a Second visit to the Hawaiian Islands: reaching; their 

 Latitude on the 10th of November; gaining sight of Maui on the 16th, 

 passing close along Molokai, and on the 17th arriving at Honolulu : 

 remaining there until our final departure from the Group, on the 27th. 



8. The Ladrone Island-Region. 



In continuing Westward, the Vincennes proceeded from point to 

 poirit, deviating from the direct course to visit the positions of sup- 

 posed reefs and islets ; yet keeping chiefly before the wind, the rolling 

 being heavier perhaps than in any other portion of our voyage. 



On the 8th of December, we crossed the Longitude of 180°. The 

 day was therefore, by a special order, called ^'Thursday the 9th;" 

 the Reckoning in most of the islands and countries beyond, having 

 been derived by sailing Eastward from the Atlantic. 



On the 20th, we reached Wake's coral-ishmds ; situated in " N. Lat. 

 19° \ V and E. Long. 166° 31'," and already described. 



On the 2!)th, after having traversed an immense tract of ocean, the 

 Vincennes arrived in sight of Grigan, one of the Ladrone Islands. 

 A single pyramidal mountain, ••three miles in diameter" at base, 

 rising evenly and rather steeply out of the sea, with the summit con- 

 cealed in clouds. The elevation therefore can hardly be less than 

 two thousand feet; but the ship did not at any time approach nearer 

 than " fifteen miles." For the first time in this passage across the 



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