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ravines, rusli with prodigious force over stupendous precipices, forming 
the most magnificent waterfalls; the sublimity of the scene is com¬ 
pleted hy the tremendous Mowna Keali, which, rising in the back 
ground to the height of 17,000 feet above the level of the sea, pierces 
the clouds with its continually snow-clad summits. 
The cause of the exceeding fertility of the place is perhaps the 
only drawback to this delightful spot. In consequence of its vicinity 
to the immense Mowna Keali the rains are occasionally very heavy, 
a day and a night seldom elapsing without a smart shower; so that 
if painting a ship be necessary, it can be better performed in Kara- 
kakoa hay. Provisions, consisting of pigs, fowls, taros, plantains, 
bananas, arrow-root, yams, and sweet potatoes, are here to be found in 
abundance, and fire-wood may he had for the trouble of cutting. The 
watering-place is situated at the south-west extremity of the bay, 
where a small creek or inlet, about 150 feet wide, runs up about a 
cable’s length; at the entrance is a reef of coral with only seven feet 
water upon it. This in blowing weather would be impassable, as a 
heavy surf must break upon it. Inside this bar the water deepens to 
two, three, and sometimes five fathoms, quite up to the head of the 
creek, where a mountain torrent rushes down the ravine; the boats 
get close up to it, and are soon loaded with the most delicious water 
without the trouble of moving a cask. As an exemplification of the 
facility with which the important service of watering may be here 
effected, it is only necessary to mention, that every drop of water in 
the Blonde’s hold was started, and that she was completed to one 
hundred and thirty-eight tons in three days, with only the assistance 
of the launch and pinnace. 
At the south-east extremity of the hay another stream of fresh 
water runs into it ; but as this takes its rise from a fish-pond close in 
the neighbourhood, it is not fit for drinking ; but it is to be observed, 
that when the surf will not admit of a boat passing the bar at the en¬ 
trance of the waterfall creek, a landing in any weather may always be 
