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place where they landed, after which they took 
some refreshment, 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 with the laborious travelling 
of the past day, that they were obliged to put up 
for the night. They procured a little sour poe, 
and only a small quantity of brackish water. 
Having conducted family worship with the people 
of the place, they laid themselves down to rest on 
their mats spread on the small fragments of lava, 
of which the floor of the house was composed. 
Early the next morning the party at Honomalino 
proceeded to Kapua, and about eight a. m. joined 
those who had slept there. 
At this place we hired a man to go about seven 
miles into the mountains for fresh water; but he 
returned with only one calabash full; a very ina¬ 
dequate supply, as our whole company had suf¬ 
fered much from thirst, and the effects of the 
brackish water we had frequently drunk since 
leaving Honaunau. Nothing can exceed the 
barren and solitary appearance of this part of the 
island, not only from the want of fresh water, but 
from the rugged and broken tracts of lava of which 
it appears to be entirely composed. 
Unwilling to spend the Sabbath in the desolate 
and almost forsaken village of Kapua, we prepared 
for a long day’s journey, as we knew of no village 
before us containing more than five or six houses 
for nearly thirty miles’ distance. 
Before we left Kapua, we were so favoured as 
to procure water enough to fill our canteens, and 
about 10 a. m. resumed our journey. Messrs. 
Thurston, Bishop, and Goodrich, walked on by 
the sea-side. About noon they reached Kaula- 
