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the barren shore region. At the. summit of the valley is the “ pali,” a narrow cleft in the 
tops of the mountains, which are precipitous on the other side. A beautiful view of the 
windward side of the island is here suddenly encountered, and a refreshing breeze blows 
through the gap. The range of cliffs forming the windward side of the mountain range 
is an ancient coast line, and against the foot of the cliffs the sea used to beat in past ages. 
Mr. W. L. Green, the foreign minister of Hawaii, took a deep interest in the 
Expedition, and arranged several excursions to the chalk beds at Diamond Point, and 
other places of interest ; he presented numerous rock specimens and some skulls to the 
scientific staff. 
A visit was paid to the Challenger by Kalakaua, the King of the Sandwich Islands, 
Fig. 266. — Honolulu and the Valley of Nuuanu. 
who took the liveliest interest in the special work of the Challenger, and recognised 
the well-known anchors in the skin of the Holothurian Synapta when shown them 
under the microscope, and named them at first glance. These anchors stood the scientific 
staff in good stead at all the ports visited, and were described in the colonial news- 
papers as belonging to the “ Admiralty worm,” supposed to be the most wonderful of the 
deep-sea discoveries of the Expedition. 
There is a most excellent musical band at Honolulu, composed almost entirely of 
Hawaiians and numbering twenty or thirty performers, who execute complicated 
European music with accuracy and most pleasing effect. No one can doubt, after listen- 
ing to this band, that the Polynesian ear is as capable of appreciating the details of music 
as the European. It will be interesting to observe in the future whether the Chinese 
