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stopping water. Kahekili's army was annihilated, and 

 Prince Kalanikupule, in command, fled to his father 

 residing on Oahn. 



Three miles from Wailuku is the port of Kahulni, 

 where all the freight and produce of the vicinity is tran- 

 shipped, to and from vessels, which frequent it. In pass- 

 ing over the sand plain between the two places, hones of 

 warriors may he seen, — the mouldering relics of the 

 Hawaiian battles of ancient times. 



EAST MAUI. 



More than two-thirds of the entire island is included 

 by this part of Maui, and that by far the most produc- 

 tive, most genial and attractive. The extent of agri- 

 cultural lands cannot be less than 100,000 acres in the 

 vicinity of Makawao alone, though at present for the 

 most part unavailable for the want of rain or streams. 

 It is claimed by some that all this fine region may be irri- 

 gated from the abundant streams of Hamakua ; but to 

 bring the water from thence would be a costly under- 

 taking, — labor for a future generation. 



Here, upon the comfortable slopes of Haleakala, may 

 be found the temperature of every zone and its produc- 

 tions. So gradual and easy is the ascent of the moun- 

 tain, the loftiest point of which is 10,030 feet above the 

 saa, that some superficial observers treat it with disre- 

 spect. Wheat, corn, oats, potatoes, fig's and peaches are 

 readily and abundantly raised, while the yield of sugar 

 to the acre is not exceeded in the tvorld. 



MAKAWAO. 



Two thousand feet above the sea is located the dis- 

 trict of Makawao, on the north eastern slope of the 



