PALMER'S diary. 



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September 2Srd. — We marched down in one long march to Kipahulu in the Hana 

 District, where we stayed until September 28th. That day we marched to Kaupo, some 

 eleven miles or so from Kipahulu. I stayed with Mr. Andrews, the schoolmaster of Kaupo, 

 to whom I am much obliged for his kind hospitality. There is a store witli very little in it. 

 The natives here are poor, and few of them can afford to buy fish, their chief food being sweet 

 potatoes and salt. 



" Mr. Wilson had advised me to go to Kahikinni, but Mr. Andrews warned me not to do so, 

 as every horse or mule was falling ill and many died there, besides there being very little forest. 

 So T started for Ulupalakua, which I reached after a long day's travelling. The ride was very 

 monotonous: everywhere one sees lava and stones and bare rocks, only here and there a small 

 tree and 'prickly pears.' It is only within a mile from this ranch that the aspect of the 

 country changes suddenly from that of the dry lava to fresh pasture-green. Lofty Eucalyptus 

 and numerous other trees surround the house and a once beautiful garden. Mr. Buchanan, 

 the manager of this ranch, very kindly gave me accommodation and helped us greatly. 



"October 1st. — I made a tour to the small island of Kahoolawe, 5J miles off the S.W. 

 point of Maui. [This island is 12J miles long and 5 miles wide, and almost destitute of 

 every kind of verdure or shrub excepting a kind of coarse grass. It is used as a sheep- 

 pasture. — W. H ] T stayed under the hospitable roof of Mr. Gay, the governor and manager 

 of Kahoolawe. 



" On this and the following days I rode over the island. There is no forest on the island, 

 and I think not more than two dozens of trees to speak of. The upper portions of the island 

 are quite barren, Avhile all around it and in all the lower parts two kinds of grass are growing, 

 called ' pili ' and ' manauea.' Several hundreds of acres consist of a good, deep, rich 

 volcanic soil, intermixed witli a deep reddish-coloured sand. This sand is often carried otf 

 by the wind when dry, and can often be seen drifting over the sea in large clouds for miles. 

 Mr. C. Kinsley runs cattle and sheep besides a number of horses and mules, all being under 

 the management of Mr. Gay, my kind host. I have not found any land-birds Avhatever except 

 the introduced Carpodacus, and all I saw were Plovers and Akekeke (Strepsilas interpres, L.). 



M October 6th. — I returned to Maui again and reached Ulupalakua at noon. The afternoon 

 I searched for birds in the vicinity, but I found nothing except introduced birds, as 4 Linnets ' 

 (Carpodacus), Mynahs, and Peafowls. 



" October 7th. — Started from Ulupalakua to Waikupu. Much of the country is covered 

 with the famous Lantaua, which became a pest to the island, spreading everywhere and over- 

 powering all other vegetation. On a lagoon I shot some Plovers of a kind not yet met with 

 by me on these islands, numbers 1779 to 1781 of my collection \_Heteropygia acuminata — 

 W. B».j. 



" The hills here are very steep and the country cut up with innumerable deep gulches, 

 close to each other and with extremely narrow ridges. This makes travelling and hunting 

 difficult, but a far greater trouble is that there is no fresh water to be found to make a camp. 

 I saw very few birds and nothing else but ' Apapane ' and £ Amakihi,' which astonished me 

 very much, as there were a great many Ohia-trees in full flower. 



" October 11th. — My assistant had a bad cold, and therefore I did not send him into that 

 rough part I had intended to let him make collections in, but sent him to the tracts above 

 Olinda to get some more Akialoas and small Ous. 



