100 POLYNESIAN RESEARCHES. 
In the evening we were opposite Laernano 
(Shark's Point,) but strong westerly currents pre¬ 
vented our making much progress. 
On the morning of the 14th, we found ourselves 
becalmed to the southward of Kairua, several 
leagues from the shore. The snow-covered tops 
of the mountains were distinctly seen at sunrise, 
but they soon after became enveloped in clouds, 
and continued so through the day. A light breeze 
carried the vessel towards the land, and at nine 
a. m. the boat was lowered down, and I proceeded 
to the shore. On my way I met the governor Kua- 
kini, and Messrs. Goodrich and Harwood, who were 
coming off in the governor’s boat. We returned 
together to the shore, where I was gladly received 
by Messrs. Thurston and Bishop, whom I found 
waiting to proceed on the tour of the island. 
In the afternoon, a party of strolling musicians 
and dancers arrived at Kairua. About four o’clock 
they came, followed by crowds of people, and 
arranged themselves on a fine sandy beach, in front 
of one of the governor’s houses, where they exhi¬ 
bited a native dance, called hura araapapa. 
The five musicians first seated themselves in a 
line on the ground, and spread a piece of folded 
cloth on the sand before them. Their instrument 
was a large calabash, or rather two, one of an oval 
shape about three feet high, the other perfectly 
round, very neatly fastened to it, having also an 
aperture about three inches in diameter at the top. 
Each musician held his instrument before him with 
both hands, and produced his music by striking it 
on the ground, where he had laid the piece of cloth, 
and beating it with his fingers, or the palms of his 
hands. As soon as they began to sound their cala¬ 
bashes, the dancer, a young man, about the middle 
