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MISSIONARY TOUR 
sel and that experienced in their small canoes, many 
of the natives soon became sea-sick. 
It was calm through the night, but the wind blew 
fresh in the morning from n. n. e. and continued until 
noon, when, being under the lee of the high land of 
Kohala, one of the large divisions of Hawaii, we were 
becalmed. At four o’clock p. m. a light air sprung up 
from the southward, and carried us slowly on towards 
Towaihae, a district in the division of Kohala, about 
four miles long, containing a spacious bay, and good 
anchorage. The vessel stood in towards the north side 
of the bay, leaving a large heiau, (heathen temple,) 
situated on the brow of a hill, to the southward, and 
heading directly for a deep gully, or water-course, 
called Honokoa, opposite the mouth of which, about 
7 p. M. she came to anchor, in 10 fathoms, with a good 
bottom. 
The north side of the bay affords much the best 
anchorage for shipping, especially for those that wish 
to lie near the shore. It is the best holding ground, 
and is also screened by the kuahive (high land) of 
Kohala from those sudden and violent gusts of wind, 
called by the natives mumuku , which come down be¬ 
tween the mountains with almost irresistible fury, on 
the southern part, of Towaihae, and the adjacent dis¬ 
tricts c 
At six A. m. the next day, I went on shore, and 
walked along the beach about a mile to the house of 
Mr. J. Young, an aged Englishman, who has resided 
thirty-six years on the island, and rendered the most 
important services to the late king; not only in his 
various civil wars, but in all his intercourse with those 
foreigners who have visited the islands. 
