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MISSIONARY TOUR 
CHAP. X. 
Journey to Kearakomo—Description of the Dracaena , or Ti 
Plant—Account of the Application of a Priestess of Pele to 
the Chiefs at Maui , to revenge the Insult offered to the God - 
dess—Visit of Kapiolani to the Crater—Reported Eruption 
of Lava in Kapapala—Sabbath in Kearakomo—Affectionate 
Reception of Mauae—Fragment of a Song on his Birth — 
Conversation ivith the People—Marks of an Earthquake — 
Description of Kaimu—Manner of Launching and Landing 
Canoes at Kehena — Preaching—Visit to Kinao—Popular 
Superstitions respecting the Origin of Diseases. 
Though we left our encampment at daybreak, it was 
eleven o’clock in the forenoon before we took our final 
leave of Kirauea. 
The path by which we descended towards the sea 
was about south-east-by-east. On the high lands in 
the vicinity of the crater, we found the ground covered 
with strawberry plants, on some of which were a few 
berries, but the season for them appeared to be gone 
by. The plants and vines were small, as was also 
the fruit, which in its colour and shape resembled the 
hautboy strawberry, though in taste it was much more 
insipid. Strawberries, as well as raspberries, are in¬ 
digenous plants, and are found in great abundance 
over most of the high lands of H awaii; though we do 
not know of their existence in any other islands of the 
group. 
The ground over which we walked was composed 
of ancient lava, of a light brown colour, broken into 
