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at the entrance to six fathoms about a mile from the 
shore. 
There is a creek at the extremity, up which boats can 
go as far as a fall of fine fresh water of excellent quality, 
which keeps long at sea, and is particularly convenient for 
watering the ships. As the bar effectually breaks the force 
of the waves, there is always smooth water within the har¬ 
bour, so that it is easy to refit or even repair vessels while 
lying there. 
The scenery round this bay is both beautiful and ro¬ 
mantic : gently sloping lawns, interspersed with orchards of 
breadfruit and palms, belonging to the native huts, extend 
upwards for the space of about four miles, when thick woods 
succeed and clothe the mountain sides, till they are lost 
in clouds, through which the rounded head of Mouna 
Roah, and the peaks of Mouna Keah, every now and then 
appear. 
The neighbourhood of the watering-creek is particularly 
picturesque. The entrance is about fifty yards wide, be¬ 
tween high precipitous rocks, crowned with palm and arto- 
carpus trees, and almost covered with beautiful creeping 
plants, whose broad green leaves and many-coloured flowers 
only partially show the dark lava beneath. About fifty 
fathoms inland there is a ledge of rock, over which a beau- 
