Dv^^Vta^fctt, SAN1}WICH lsLAN1)Si tatandgfiuiu. 2C9 



At nine o'clock, Hr. J ndii, myself, and six of tlio 

 crew of the Vinccmies, bade ml it-11 to I lie walled vil- 

 lage we had built. Tito men showed ilieir delight 

 at quitting this barren and desolate spct by three 

 hearty cheers. 



Previous to our depart n re, I had the words 

 " Pendulum Peak, January, 1841," cut in the lava 

 within our village. J. 6. Clarke, one of the seamen 

 belonging to the Vinccnnes, who made these marks 

 came lo int.- and desired, on the part of the men, 

 that I would allow them to add to it L\ S. Ex. Ex., 

 in order that there might be no mistake as to who 

 had been there; to this I readily gave my consent. 

 This was the same man who hnd been wounded at 

 Malolo,and one of the best and most useful we had 

 with us; in himself he united many employments, 

 as a seaman, drummer, fifer, cook, and stone-cutter; 

 knew a little of physic, sang a good sailor's song, 

 and was wilhul a poet ! 



The wind when wo set out, blew very strong 

 from the south-west, and Hurries of snow were 

 passing by every few minutes. In two hours «'c 

 reached the Recruiting Station, where we found 

 Lieutenant Allien and many Kanakas on their way 

 up. After a rest of two hours, and obtaining new 

 shoes, we went on and reached the Sunday Station 

 at live o'clock, scarcely able to drag one Toot after 

 the other. Here we were soon out duped in mist, 

 and fuund the soft and delightful leui|>crature of 

 spring. I cannot venture to describe the effect 

 thin produced on us after our three weeks' sojourn 

 on the cold, bleak* and barren summit. I felt for 

 the first time in my life fairly broken down, aud 



almost past the soothing effects of the loomi-loomi, 

 which the natives at once offered as a relief to me: 

 it may be called a leaser shampooing, and consists, 

 as practised in the Sandwich Islands, of a grntle 

 kneading of the limbs, which has a great tendency 

 to restore the circulation, and relax the muscles 

 and joints. The natives use it for rheumatism, 

 headache, and all kinds of pninB. It requires some 

 skill to do it well, and there is the greatest differ* 

 dice in the performance between persons who are 

 practised in it and those who are not. The chiefs 

 generally have two persons employed at the same 

 time. Wc soon had a good lire made before our 

 Hawaiian hut ; its warmth, together with an ex- 

 cellent supper, made us comfortable, and we were 

 soon asleep on the dried grits*, 



The next morning, when I awoke, all nature 

 seemed to be alive : the songs of the birds, the 

 cheerful voices of the natives, were delightful; the 

 green foliage pave every thing jut air of spring. 

 We were so stiff as scarcely to be able to move, 

 which was all that now remained to remind us of 

 the scenes we hod left, and the fatigues we had 

 undergone. When we again set off, it was amusing 

 to see the whole parly moving along with their 

 stiff aud aching limbs, "trying to appear but little 

 fatigued. At twelve o'clock we "reached the sta- 

 tion where we hud abandoned our chairs, and I 

 never was more relieved than when 1 reached 

 mine, for I was quite unable lo walk any further. 

 Here, also, we weir iin-t by the natives with fruit ; 

 indeed, every step we look" seemed to bo restoring 

 us to the comforts of life. 



CHAPTER XXIX. 

 HAWAIIAN CJROUP, OR SANDWICH ISLANDS— (coxa.i;i»r,n). 

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Ry the ISth of February, 1841, I found that my 

 long detention at Hilo would place it out of my 

 power to visit the Marquesas Islands, as I had 

 intended. I therefore determined, before return- 

 ing to Oalm, to pass a short time at Maui ; and as 

 we bad exhausted (he field of research on Hawaii, 

 I gave orders to Messrs. Pickering, Drayton, and 

 Drnckenridge, to take passage thither in a small 

 vessel, in order that they might have a longer time 

 to explore that island. "Dr. Judd took passage in 

 the same vessel, to return to Uahu. On the 3th 

 of March, we succeeded in getting to sea. 



The longitude of Waiakeo Hay was found to be 

 l'.V :V W.. ' latitude l!) 3 4:<'ol" N. 



The afternoon was fine, and the snowy peak of 

 Mauna Kea was quite distinct : by running a base 

 line with the patent log, and obtaining the requisite 

 angles, we niiide its height thirteen thousand six 

 hundred and lifty-six feet. 



At midnight, being nearly up with Kahoolawe, 

 we hove-to, to await daylight, as I wished to look 

 for a shoal that w as supposed to exist off its Boutin m 

 {■ltd. I passed within two and a half miles of that 

 point, and had nothing less than seven and a quar- 

 ter fathoms water. By halLpast nine we had 

 entirely lost the trades, owing to the 1 *tIi land, and, 

 after being becalmed for an hour, we timk a light 

 sea-breeze from the south-wost, which slowly 

 brought us to an anchorage in Lalmina Roads, 

 abreast of the king's palace. 



The island of Maui is divided into two oval- 

 shaped peninsulas, connected by a low isthmus, 

 only a few feet higher than the beach. Although 

 on a first view the 'peninsulas resemble each other, 

 on closer examination they are found to bo very 

 different. East Maui is the largest of the two, and 

 rises ill one unbroken mountain ten thousand feet 

 in elevation, which falls almost perpendicularly 



