THROUGH HAWAII. 3SG 
kua and Kohala, and shortly after reached Honokane, 
the second village in the latter. 
The division of Hamakua, on the n. e. side of the 
island, is, during the greater part of the year, singu¬ 
larly romantic in its appearance, particularly as seen 
from a vessel four or five miles out at sea. The coast 
is bold and steep, and the cliffs, from three to five 
hundred feet high, partially covered with shrubs and 
herbage, intersected by numerous deep ravines and 
valleys, frequently in a high state of cultivation, while 
the whole coast is ornamented with water-falls and 
cascades of every description. I once beheld three-and- 
twenty at one time from a ship's deck, some rolling 
in one continued stream from the summit of the cliffs to 
the sea, others foaming and winding among the ledges 
of rock that arrested their progress, sparkling among 
the verdant shrubs that fringed their borders, and 
altogether presenting a most delightful spectacle. 
We landed at Honokane, and went through the vil¬ 
lage to the house of Ihikaina, chief woman of the place, 
and sister to Arapai, the chief of Waimanu, from which 
this district is distant about twenty miles. Ihikaina 
received us kindly, and for our refreshment provided a 
duck, some vegetables, and a small quantity of excel¬ 
lent goat's milk, large flocks of which are reared by 
some of the natives for the supply of ships touching at 
the islands for refreshments. 
The valley contained fifty houses. A number of the 
people collected round the door of the house, and lis¬ 
tened to a short address. 
About 4 p. m. we left Honokane, and passed on to 
Pololu. On our way we walked over a long tract of 
fragments of rocks, occasioned by the falling down of a 
