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VOYAGE TO THE 
CHAPTER XV. 
Passage to the Sandwich Islands- Woahoo-Historical Sketch of the Islands-Progress in 
Civilization — Sandal Wood — Resources of the Government — Slow Progress of Educa- 
Efforts of the Missionaries — Unsuccessful Result of their Zeal — Sentiments of the 
King and Chiefs— Entertainment given by the King— Death of Krymakoo—M ailing 
Scene— Departure of Kahumana for Owyhee, 
HAP. Upon loaving VtontGroy wg stGGiGd. to tliG sou tli wait! witli a fair 
wind, which carriod us into tho trados, and attondod us the wholo 
IC' way to the Sandwich Islands. In. our course wg searched unsuccess- 
fully for all the islands that were marked near our route, rounding to 
every night when near the position of any one that it might not be 
passed unobserved, and making sail on a parallel of latitude during 
the day. In this manner we searched for Henderson’s and Cooper’s 
Islands, besides several others said to lie near them, and also for a 
group in the latitude of 16° N., and longitude between 130° and 133° 
W. ; but we saw nothing of them, nor had we any of the usual in- 
dications of the vicinity of land ; so that if any of these islands exist, 
they must be in some other parallel than that assigned to them in the 
American Geographical Table, published in 1825 
On the 25th, after a pleasant passage of twenty days, we saw the 
Island of Owyhee ; and the following day anchored in the harbour of 
Honoruru, the capital of the Sandwich Islands. We had the satisfaction 
to meet all our former acquaintances well, and to receive their congratu- 
lations on our return ; we had also the pleasure to find Mr. Lay the 
* I have been recently informed that an island of moderate height has been seen by the 
Sultan American Whaler in latitude 15° 30' N., longitude between 130" and 134° W. And 
that another was landed upon in latitude 18" 22 ' N., longitude 114° W. 
