HAWAIIAN GUIDE BOOK. 61 



ISLAND OF HAWAII. 



The good steamer Kilauea will seem like an old 

 friend, as the traveler again embarks to continue his 

 voyage. He will receive a courteous welcome from the 

 captain and officers, and like an old stager, will settle 

 down in comfort and wait for the next station. 



HAWAII CHANNEL. 



This turbulent river of the ocean, separating the is- 

 lands of Maui and Hawaii, is 30 miles wide at its nar- 

 rowest point. Like all the Hawaiian channels it is very 

 rough, and the voyager stands a fair chance of being 

 "rocked in the cradle of the deep" before reaching 

 Hawaii. Yet Kamehameha the Great brought an army 

 of 10,000 across it, in 200 double canoes. . They were 

 drilled to the water, by which is meant more than the 

 simple aquatic life of a fisherman. Kamehameha drilled 

 them to encounter canoe wreck, by taking his fleet to 

 sea, separating the double canoes, throwing out the 

 paddles and untying every string of outriggers or other 

 parts liable to loosen or break in a storm, suffering them 

 to float umestrained ; then, at the word of command, 

 every canoe was cleared of water, every article recov- 

 ered, every knot tied, the water battalion ordered on 

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