THROUGH HAWAII. 
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CHAP. Ill 
Departure from Oahu—Occurrence off Ranai—Appearance 
of Lahaina — Keopuolani, Queen of the Islands—Native 
Dance—Missionary Labours — Buhenehene, a popular na¬ 
tive game—Traditions respecting some of the principal 
Idols of Maui and the adjacent Islands—Voyage to Ha¬ 
waii — Visit to an aged English resident—Description of 
a Heiau—Native Dance at Kairua. 
Eight days after the departure of Mr. Thurston and 
his companions, I followed in a small schooner belong¬ 
ing to Keopuolani, bound first to Lahaina, and then to 
Hawaii for sandal wood. Kalakua, one of the queens 
of the late Tamehameha, and Kekauruohe her daugh¬ 
ter, were proceeding in the same vessel to join the king 
and other chiefs at Maui. The trade wind blew fresh 
from the north-east, and the sea was unusually rough 
in the channel between Oahu and Morokai. The 
schooner appeared to be a good sea-boat, but proved 
a very uncomfortable one; the deck, from stem to 
stern, being continually overflowed, all who could not 
get below were constantly drenched with the spray. 
The cabin was low, and so filled with the chief women 
and their companions, that, where space could be found 
sufficient to stand or sit, it was hardly possible to en¬ 
dure the heat. The evening, however, was fine, and 
the night free from rain. 
At daylight next morning, being close in with the 
west point of Morokai, we tacked, and stood to the 
