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lea**HH*~-irhi!t^^ for me to go to London. It is pcssible that I 



might return here and look into the agricuitural Situation of the Sandwich Islands, 

 if nothing should prevent it. This is a magic field for a botanist and there is 

 always a clear sky, within 2-3 miles one can find all the climates of the tropics 

 up the northern more temperate ones. The woods are füll of Cocos, Pandamus, 



Draceana up to the mesa where wheat is already ripening. Arum is the main plant 



of the islands, bananas, batatas, papaver, bread fruit and tropical fruits of all 

 kinds can be found in abundance. Plantations of coffee, oranges, sugar cane and the 

 shade trees of hibiscus. . .Grassy spots of southern Digitaria or Elensine, beautifully 

 green, cover everything ... Huge cacti, Opunt., Gereus triangularus & grandiflora 

 are growing over the garden walls. Opuntia 20 feet high covered with -fruits and 

 flowers. . . 



I have been invited to a meal by Dr. Judd, Minister of Foreign Affairs and 

 called on the Governor Kekauloa, saw the princes and princesses. The king is not 

 here, he lives on Maui, but will soon come here since his palace is almost finished 

 now. All high officials are wearing uniforms and it is rather odd to see a chief of 

 an island tribe in uniform; they are huge men. The children of royal blood receive 

 a good education, speak English fluently and are conducting themselves according to 

 their/ 8t tomen here are apparently common property and the island man does not talk 

 of "his wife", but of »our wife". Men of the lower classes walk around almost 



naked, women in dresses of tasteful calico in bold colors and usually wear a wreath 



of flowers in their hair. They are not modest, take a bath in the harbor and swim 

 around the ships. At a society affair, one finds the island people dressed accord- 

 ing to the latest fashion as well as naked or only wearing a sash around the loins. 



One fort in the harbor and another one on an old crater are defen^ing the city. 



Soldiers, about 200 men and mostly without shoes for comfort and police body, also 

 in uniform keep the swarms of sailors from ships from all parts of the world under 

 control. Complete orderliness and security is enjoyed by every visitor here. The 

 city is a mixture of palaces and huts ...Nothing can surpass the luxury and good 

 taste of the architecture of the housej and the interior decoration, considering the 

 climate; nothing the easiness they/to each other...only white ladies can be seen in 

 wagons drawn by island people.— Men are riding Californian horses and in the same 

 taste. 



I could give you many more examples, but have to stop. I shall fulfill my 

 obligations towards you and all others as soon as I can. I only ask you to be not 

 too strict with me all at once; you see I worked much and I cannot do more, I was 

 too poor and when I am thinking back, I can't believe how I made it. I suffered much 



