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death was ascertained, lie was placed in a canoe on a thick 
bed of leaves; and he was also covered with leaves, that 
the flesh, by being heated, might become sufficiently soft to 
separate easily from the bones; as soon as that had taken 
place, it was removed with wooden saws and carefully burnt; 
the bones being cleaned were then wrapped in a war-cloak 
and placed in the tomb-house, where they were venerated 
by the people, and especially by his family. Since the ar¬ 
rival of the missionaries this dismembering of the dead has 
not been practised, but simple burial has been substituted 
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for it. 
We continued to beat up to windward till the 12th, 
between Maui and Hawaii, both Islands presenting scenery 
of very picturesque and varied kind. The north-east coast 
of Hawaii is very remarkable: from Toarra point the land 
rises gradually to lofty, abrupt, and dark-coloured cliffs, 
between which numerous cascades pour down in every 
direction, many of them from a height of at least 200 
feet. This kind of scenery continues for about ten miles, 
when it terminates in two valleys of extraordinary richness 
and beauty: Waimanu is charming from its luxuriant ver¬ 
dure and its lofty trees; Wai-ibio, from its peculiarly ro¬ 
mantic character; its almost perpendicular sides rise to 
the height of 1000 feet, and it is terminated by a cascade, 
