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Game, poultry, wild goats and hogs, fish and wild fowl, are to be had in abund- 
ance; and, although horses have been brought in numbers from the West Coast, 
yet they always command a high price and are greatly valued. There are no ser- 
pents, and but few insects ; and, while in the interior any temperature may be 
gained by gradual elevation, even to constant snow ; — on the coast the thermometer 
averages about 79° Fahrenheit, and the climate is so salubrious, equal and mild, • 
that, in the native language, " there is no word to express the general idea of 
weather" 
The chief harbor is at Honolulu ; and the following Table will afford you some 
idea of the extent of the commerce of the Island previous to 1832. In 1823, from 
forty to sixty whalers, mostly American, were to be seen in the Isles at one time ; 
and the trade in sandal- wood was carried on briskly. 
STATEMENT 
Of the number of ships that touched at Woahoo, one of the Sandwich Islands, during 
the eight years ending with 1831, distinguishing between English and American, 
and between Whale and Merchant ships. 
ENGLISH. 
Years. 
Whalers. 
Ships. Tuns. 
Merchant. 
Ships. Tuns. 
Total. 
Ships. 
Tuns. 
1824 
15 
5,798 
2 
500 
17 
6,298 
1825 
18 
7,765 
2 
400 
20 
8,165 
1826 
11 
4,854 
2 
410 
13 
5,264 
1827 
16 
6,505 
2 
334 
18 
6,839 
1828 
26 
9,772 
5 
391 
31 
10,663 
1829- 
21 
8,172 
6 
1,199 
27 
9,371 
1830 
16 
6,982 
10 
1,693 
26 
8,675 
1831 
23 
8,567 
7 
1,292 
30 
9,859 
AMERICAN. 
1824 
50 
15,688 
16 
3,1C3 
66 
18,851 
1825 
1826 
37 
67 
11,539 
21,892 
19 
21 
4,077 
3,996 
56 
88 
15,616 
25,888 
1827 
66 
21,261 
16 
3,693 
82 
24,954 
1828 
90 
31,188 
26 
5,841 
116 
37,029 
1829 
87 
31,087 
21 
5,210 
108 
36,297 
1830 
77 
26,860 
23 
4,072 
100 
30,932 
1831 
58 
21,560 
25 
5,488 
83 
26,143 
UNDER 
OTHER FOREIGN FLAGS. 
Ships. 
Tuns. 
Ships. 
Total. 
Tuns. 
1824 
5 
1,330 
88 
26,479 
1825 
3 
950 
79 
24,731 
1826 
6 
1,112 
107 
32,264 
1827 
7 
1,721 
107 
33,514 
1828 
8 
2,313 
155 
50,005 
1829 
4 
1,003 
139 
46,671 
1830 
3 
512 
129 
40,122 
1831 
5 
1,172 
118 
37,179 
From 1836 to 1841, not less than three hundred and fifty-eight vessels oelong 
ing to the United States, chiefly whalers, arrived at Honolulu, each of them 
expending, on an average, from six hundred to seven hundred dollars. During 
