THROUGH HAWAII. 
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procuring a supply; they are not only an excellent root* 
but will keep a long time at sea without deterioration. 
Taura, is another small island belonging to the group, 
lying in a south-western direction from Tauai; but it is 
only a barren rock, the resort of vast numbers of aquatic 
birds, for the purpose of procuring which, it is occasion¬ 
ally visited by the natives of the windward islands. 
Adjacent to the shores of most of the islands, small 
reefs of white coral, common throughout the Pacific, are 
occasionally found ; but they are not so varied in their 
kind, so frequently met with, nor so extensive, as in all 
the southern islands. 
The climate is not insalubrious, though warm, and 
debilitating to an European constitution. There is 
nothing like winter; and the only variation in the uni¬ 
formity of the seasons, is occasioned by the frequent and 
heavy rains, which usually fall between December and 
March, and the prevalence of southerly and variable 
winds during the same season. The following tabular 
view of a meteorogical journal, kept by the American 
missionaries, will shew more fully the state of the 
weather for a year, from August 1821, to July 1822; the 
thermometer was noted at 8 a. m. 3 p. m. and 8 p. m. 
MONTHS. 
1 Greatest 
| heat. I 
j Least heat. J 
1 
a! 
[ General 
| range. 
\ 
[ Mean 
\ Temperature. 
General 
course of 
wind. 
GENERAL STATE OF TIIE 
WEATHER. 
August, 1821, - 
September, - - 
October, - - - 
November, - - 
December, - - 
January, 1822, - 
February, - - 
March, - - - 
April, - 
May, - - - - 
June, - - - - 
July, .... 
88° 
87 
86 
82 
80 
80 
77 
78 
81 
81 
84 
84 
74° 
74 
73 
71 
62 
59 
61 
66 
62 
72 
71 
74 
14° 
13 
13 
11 
18 
21 
16 
12 
19 
9 
13 
10 
75°to85° 
76-84 
76-83 
75-80 
70- 78 
68 — 76 
68-75 
71- 75 
72- 78 
75- 80 
76— 81 
76-83 
j §>oaco® c?o cc eo 
N. E. 
N. E. 
N. E. 
N. E. 
N.&N.E. 
Variable. 
N. E. 
N. E. 
Variable. 
N. E. 
N. E. 
N. E. 
Clear ; rain but once. 
Rained on five days. 
Clear; rain but once. 
Clear; rain but once. 
Clear; rain twice. 
Rain 1 day ; 7 others cloudy. 
Rain 4 days; 10 others cloudy. 
Rain 5 days ; 8 others cloudy. 
Rain 5 days; 12 others cloudy. 
Rain 4 days ; 3 others cloudy. 
Cloudy 6 days. 
Rain 5 days; 7 others cloudy. 
Result for the 
year. 
88° 
61» 
27« 
70°lo83« 
75« 
N. E. 
Rain on 40 days; generally clear 
at other times. 
