SPOT WHERE COOK WAS KILLED. 
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CHAP. VI. 
Visit to the spot where Capt. Cook was killed—Hawaiian 
notions of a future state—Account of the battle at Mo- 
kuohai—Death of Kauikeouli—Former prevalence of 
war in the Sandwich Islands—Warriors—Warlike 
games—Methods of consulting the gods before deter¬ 
mining on war—Human sacrifices—Councils of war—• 
Levying armies—Encampments—Fortifications—Naval 
fights—Disposition of forces—Weapons—War dresses— 
Methods of attack—War-gods carried to battle—Single 
combats—Sacrificing the slain—Treatment of the van¬ 
quished—Manner of concluding peace. 
In the morning of July the 21st, the party at 
Kamakau’s walked through the village of Kaava- 
roa* to the sea-side. The water in some places 
is deep, and, along the whole extent of the north¬ 
west shore, a boat may pull in close to the rocks. 
The rocks which form the beach, on this and the 
opposite side of the bay, are not, as was sup¬ 
posed by those who first described them, of 
black coral, but composed entirely of lava, porous, 
hard, and of a very dark colour, occasionally tinged 
with a ferruginous brown, bearing marks of having 
been in a state of fusion. Part of it has probably 
flowed through the cavern in which Capt. Cook’s 
body was deposited, as traces of a stream of lava 
from thence to the plain below are very distinct. 
* Kowrowa in Cook's Voyages. 
