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rugged way. About noon we passed Honokea, a 
narrow valley which separates the divisions of 
Hamakua and Koliala, and shortly after reached 
Honokane, the second village in the latter. 
The division of Hamakua, on the north-east 
side of the island, is, during the greater part of 
the year, singularly 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, par¬ 
tially 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 pro¬ 
gress, sparkling among the verdant shrubs that 
fringed their borders, and, altogether, presenting a 
most delightful spectacle. 
We landed at Honokane, and went through the 
village to the house of Ihikaina, chief woman of 
the place, and sister to Arapai, the chief of Wai- 
manu, from which this district is distant about 
twenty miles. Ihikaina received us kindly, and, 
for our refreshment, provided a duck, some vege¬ 
tables, and a small quantity of excellent 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 listened to a short address. 
About 4 p. m. we left Honokane, and passed on 
