PREFACE. 



In issuing the first edition of this Hand Book, its 

 author claims no special merit for originality. His 

 object has been to present in it such information 

 as travelers require in a hand-book of this descrip- 

 tion, and at the same time to supply all the facts which 

 intelligent settlers may wish to know. The more 

 interesting sketches of our scenery have therefore been 

 necessarily curtailed. For a more full account of 

 this group the reader is referred to Jarves' History, 

 which is recommended as the most impartial work on 

 the Islands that has been published. 



H. M. W. 



Honolulu, April, 1875. 



Hawaiian Gazette Pkkss. 



