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The Island of Hihoa distant 270 alios from Honolulu on three 
sides presentVdark cliffs of volcanic rook that rise 300 to 900 feet 
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from the water* On the southeast Is Adams Bay, a small Indentation 
from whose low cliffs the land slopes steeply upward until It meets 
the sheer preolploes that bound Hihoa on the north; the lard appears 
set on edge with no level ground* 
We came to Hihoa onoe during Hay and lay three days in the lee 
of the western cliffs without being able to effect a landing as south- 
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easterly winds drove the surf directly into Adams Bay* On a return 
early in June we were more fortunate as the steady trade winds had 
swung to the northeast, leaving the middle bight of the bay in a scanty 
lee. A tiny sandy beach in the western, end seemed to offer a suitable 
landing, but prudent observation proved it impossible as &t Irregular 
intervals huge breakers came crashing.do threatening destruction to 
small boats. In the middle bight we found a projecting rook which it 
was possible to approaoh with oaution. With a careful eye on the waves 
in the distance, the steersman worked our surf boat in until as it poised 
for an instant, two or throe feet away from the rock, the first members 
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of our party jumped a shores when with a "stem all hard" the boat backed 
away to bafety, Instantly? 
with a scant margin between it and a 
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orashing breaker* 
