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were streaming down her face, while she supported his head 
and repeatedly kissed his forehead. The relief the old man 
experienced was very great, as the quantity of water drawn 
off was considerable. Perhaps the preservation of his life 
at this important crisis is the greatest benefit that could 
have been conferred upon the Islands *. 
June 1.—Karaimoku’s health is gradually improving; 
and the success of our surgeon has contributed much to the 
favour with which we are regarded by the natives. Several 
parties from the Blonde have been formed to visit different 
parts of the Island ; the most singular spot in which is, 
undoubtedly, the Parre, or precipice, on the weather side. 
The path which leads to it from Honoruru winds along the 
beautiful and fertile valley of Anu Anu, and thence ascends 
gradually, for eight miles, through a cultivated and populous 
district, separated, by a pretty stream, from a thick wood, 
which we crossed, completely sheltered from the mid-day 
sun, and found ourselves suddenly on the brink of a pre¬ 
cipice some thousands of feet above the grassy plain below. 
The descent to this plain, which, like that of Honoruru, 
extends to the sea, is the most fearful imaginable. In many 
* We have learned that Kotzebue, at his last visit to the Sandwich Islands, 
found Ivaraimoku relapsed: that the surgeon of his ship had again tapped the 
chief, but the effect does not appear to have been so beneficial. 
