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looking village, on the south-west point of Hawaii, and 
about twenty miles distant from Kalahiti. Here we 
had the canoe drawn up on the beach until our com¬ 
panions should arrive. 
After leaving Kalahiti, Messrs. Thurston, Goodrich, 
and Bishop, proceeded over a rugged tract of lava, 
broken up in the wildest confusion, apparently by an 
earthquake, while it was in a fluid state. About noon 
they passed a large crater. Its rim, on the side towards 
the sea, was broken down, and the streams of lava 
issuing thence, marked the place by which its contents 
were principally discharged. The lava was not so 
porous as that at Keanaee, but, like much in the imme¬ 
diate vicinity of the craters, was of a dark red, or brown 
ferruginous colour, and but partially glazed over. It 
was exceedingly ponderous and compact, many frag¬ 
ments had quite a basaltic shape, and contained quan¬ 
tities of olivin of a green and brown colour. For 
about a mile along the coast they found it impossible 
to travel without making a considerable circuit inland: 
they therefore procured a canoe, and passed along the 
part of the coast where the sea rolled up against the 
naked rocks; and about one P. m. landed in a very high 
surf. To a spectator on the shore their small canoe 
would have seemed every moment ready to be buried 
in the waves ; yet, by the dexterity of the natives, they 
were safely landed with no other inconvenience than a 
slight wetting from the spray of the surf. 
Mr. Thurston preached to the people at the place 
where they landed, after which they took some refresh¬ 
ment, and kept on their way over the same broken and 
rugged tract of lava till about six p. m. when they 
reached Honomalino. Here they were so much fatigued 
