THROUGH HAWAII. 
127 
CHAP 
Visit to the Spot where Captain 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 determining on War 
—Human Sacrifices—Councils of War—Levying Armies 
- — Encampments — Fortifications—Naval Fights — Disposi¬ 
tion of Forces — Weapons — War Dresses — Methods of 
Attack — War-gods carried to Battle—Single Combats— 
Sacrificing the Slain — Treatment of the vanquished— 
Manner of concluding Peace. 
In the morning of July the 21st, the party at Kama» 
kau’s walked through the village of Kaavaroa* 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 supposed 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 pro¬ 
bably flowed through the cavern in which Captain 
Cook’s body was deposited, as traces of a stream of 
lava from thence to the plain below are very distinct. 
The steep rocks at the head of the bay are of the same 
* Kowrowa in Cook’s Voyages. 
