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prevented the intended intermarriages between the 
reigning families of Hawaii and Tahiti. 
About two o’clock in the afternoon, the Ainoa 
hove up her anchor. I went on board in a canoe 
just as she was leaving the roads. The brig being 
about ninety tons burden, one of the largest the 
natives have, was, as has been already observed, 
much crowded, and, owing to the difference be¬ 
tween the motion of the vessel, and that expe¬ 
rienced in their small canoes, many of the natives 
soon became sea-sick. 
It was calm through the night, but the wind 
blew fresh in the morning from n.n.e. and con¬ 
tinued until noon, when, being under the lee of 
the high land of Kohala, one of the large divi¬ 
sions of Hawaii, we were becalmed. At four 
o’clock p. m. a light air sprung up from the south¬ 
ward, and carried us slowly on towards Towaihae, 
a district in the division of Kohala, about four 
miles long, containing a spacious bay, and good 
anchorage. The vessel stood in towards the north 
side of the bay, leaving a large heiau , (heathen 
temple,) situated on the brow of a hill, to the 
southward, and heading directly for a deep gully, 
or watercourse, called Honokoa, opposite the 
mouth of which, about seven p. m., she came to 
anchor in 10 fathoms, with a good bottom. 
The north side of the bay affords much the best 
anchorage for shipping, especially for those that 
wish to lie near the shore. It is the best holding 
ground, and is also screened by the kuahive (high 
land) of Kohala from those sudden and violent 
gusts of wind called by the natives mumuku, which 
come down between the mountains with almost 
irresistible fury, on the southern part of Towaihae, 
and the adjacent districts. 
