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HYDROGRAPHY. 



land in heavy squalls. The best direction is to keep the reef of the 

 south shore close aboard, and as soon as the Island of Naloa bears 

 east, if the wind will permit, steer directly for it ; 3 011 will then pass 

 in mid channel between the reefs, and avoid those that lay off the 

 Anganga side, which extend nearly half-way across the passage. 

 After passing Marquis Point, the coast again trends to the southeast 

 2 miles to Dillon's Rock, which forms the western point of Wailea 

 Bay ; its east point being formed by Leonidas Island. Between the 

 Monkey-Face Passage and Wailea Bay the shore-reef, together with a 

 small coral reef, extends to the east, 14 miles, by one-third of a mile 

 wide, and in order to reach Wailea Bay, it is necessary to make a 

 circuit around them. There is a narrow passage on the west, but 

 unless the wind is fair, it would not be advisable to attempt it with a 

 vessel. Wailea Bay is of an oval shape ; its shores are low and 

 muddy, and thickly set with mangrove bushes ; the water in the bay 

 is not deeper than 6 fathoms, and a stream of fresh water empties at 

 its head. Leonidas Island is three-fourths of a mile in circuit, and 

 rocky. There are one or two towns around the bay, on Wailea and 

 Dillon Bluffs : these appear to be well fortified, and are secure posi- 

 tions from native attack. 



The coast from Leonidas Island to Veraki Point makes a consi- 

 derable bend to the southward, forming Naloa Bay ; the distance 

 between them is 9 i miles. The shore is quite low for some distance 

 back, and the mangroves prevail as elsewhere. A mud-flat extends 

 to the distance of a mile in some places from the shore, and the usual 

 shore-reef of coral is met with. In the Bay of Naloa there are five 

 islands, — Naloa, Tavea, Vendrala, Anutunga, and Rock Islet. The 

 first three are high and rocky, though covered with vegetation ; the 

 last two are low : all are surrounded with a coral reef, and are in- 

 habited. Tavea has an extensive and populous town on it, and so 

 has Naloa, but on the rest there are comparatively few natives. At 

 Orana Point there is a small stream of fresh water, which empties 

 into the bay. A boat may enter it at high water ; it leads to the 

 town of Votua, which lies about a mile from the shore, but the stream 

 has a very serpentine course, making the distance nearly 4 miles. 

 Supplies may be had here, and the natives are friendly. This part 

 of the island has a very fruitful soil, but owing to the civil wars that 

 are constantly carried on, little attention can be paid to cultivation 

 or the raising of any kind of provisions. There is anchorage through- 



