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shores seem better supplied with this article than those 
of any other part of the island. The shores of Hawaii 
are by no means so well stocked with fish as those of 
the Society Islands, for though the natives of the for¬ 
mer appear equally skilful and industrious, they have 
not from the sea either that variety or abundance of 
fish which their southern neighbours enjoy. The nu¬ 
merous coral reefs and shoals, and lagoons of salt water, 
which surround the latter islands, while very rare 
among these, is the probable occasion of the difference 
in this respect. The industry of the Hawaiians in a 
great degree makes up the deficiency, for they have 
numerous small lakes and ponds, frequently artificial, 
wherein they breed fish of various kinds, and in tole¬ 
rable abundance. 
Being considerably fatigued, and unable to find any 
fresh water in the village, we procured a canoe to take 
us to Towaihae, from which we were distant about 
twenty miles. 
Though we had numbered, in our journey to-day, 600 
houses, we had not seen any thing like four hundred 
people, almost the whole population being employed in 
the mountains cutting sandal wood. 
It was about seven o’clock in the evening when we 
sailed from Hihiu, in a single canoe. The land breeze 
was light, but the canoe went at a tolerably rapid 
rate, and about eleven at night we reached Towaihae, 
where we were kindly received by Mr. Young. By him 
we were informed that Messrs. Bishop and Goodrich 
had arrived at Towaihae on the preceding Tuesday, 
and had gone to Kairua, expecting to obtain a passage 
to Oahu, in a native vessel called the pilot-boat. 
Before daylight on the 22d we were roused by vast 
