910.4 ENTERED, ACCORDING TO THE ACT OF CONGRESS, IN THE YEAR 1844, BY CHARLES WILKES, U. S. N., IN THE CLERK's office of the DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. STEREOTYPED BY J. FAGAN. PRINTED BY C. SHERMAN. CONTENTS OF VOL. IV. ARRIVAL OF THE KING AT HONOLULU-OUR VISIT TO HIM-KEKAULUOHI-DWELL- INGS AND GARDENS OF FOREIGN RESIDENTS-DWELLINGS OF THE MISSIONARIES- MISSIONARY PRESS-SEAMEN'S CHAPEL-POLITICAL INTERCOURSE WITH FOREIGN NATIONS-MR. RICHARDS ENGAGED AS DIPLOMATIC AGENT-SUPREME COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT-SECOND INTERVIEW WITH THE KING-HISTORY OF THE EVENTS THAT LED TO THE LAPLACE TREATY-FIRST ARRIVAL OF CATHOLIC PRIESTS- THEY ARE HOSPITABLY RECEIVED-THEY ARE SUSPECTED OF PROMOTING A RE- BELLION, AND EXPELLED-RUSSELL TREATY-ATTEMPT TO INTRODUCE PRIESTS UNDER ITS SANCTION - UNITED ACTION OF CAPTAINS DU PETIT THOUARS AND BELCHER-MORE PRIESTS ARRIVE-PENAL LAWS AGAINST CATHOLICS ENACTED- THEY ARE REPEALED AT THE INSTANCE OF THE AMERICAN MISSIONARIES-ARRI- VAL OF CAPTAIN LAPLACE-HIS MANIFESTO-HIS DEMANDS—HIS PROSCRIPTION OF THE MISSIONARIES-CONDUCT OF THE FOREIGN RESIDENTS, AND OF THE NATIVE CHIEFS SIGNATURE OF THE TREATY-LAPLACE DEMANDS AND OBTAINS A COM- MERCIAL TREATY-HE LANDS IN ARMS TO CELEBRATE MASS-CONSEQUENCES OF THE LAPLACE TREATY-THE KING'S FEELINGS IN RELATION TO IT BE RECOGNISED BY THE UNITED STATES-HIS REMONSTRANCE TO THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT-STATE OF CATHOLICISM — WRITTEN CONSTITUTION OF HAWAII- ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAWS-CRIMINAL PROCESS-ANCIENT LAWS-SUCCESSION TO THE THRONE-FEUDAL TENURES-PUNISHMENTS-TABOOS-PROMULGATION OF LAWS ORIGIN OF FIEFS-DIVISION OF LANDS-EFFECTS OF THE NEW LAWS- TAXES-REVENUES-EXEMPTION FROM TAX-CRIMES - HAWAIIAN MYTHOLOGY— TRADITIONS-ASTRONOMY-CALENDAR-IDEA OF ECLIPSES-KNOWLEDGE OF NAVI- GATION FEATS IN SWIMMING SOCIAL ATTACHMENT AND TIES - INDOLENCE ASCRIBED TO THE NATIVES-THEIR AMUSEMENTS-HOLUA-PLAYING IN THE SURF -DANCES CARDS SEE-SAW-NATIVE PHYSICIANS AND MEDICINE................ SATURDAY IN HONOLULU-SUNDAY CHURCHES-SCHOOLS-TALENT OF THE SCHOL ARS FOR ARITHMETIC-BURIAL-GROUND-GRAVE OF DOUGLASS THE BOTANIST- PLAYS-MAIKA—BUHENEHENE-THROWING THE LANCE-REPAIRS OF THE VESSELS -COURT-MARTIAL - PUNISHMENT OF SWEENY, AND TWO MARINES-DISCHARGE OF SWEENY-POLICE OF HONOLULU-ROADS-EXPEDITION OF THE TENDER-KOLOA -DR. PICKERING AND MR. BRACKENRIDGE'S EXCURSION-WAIMEA-DR. SCHOOF – HANAPEPE-CASCADE-CULTIVATION-DECREASING POPULATION ITS CAUSES AGRICULTURE-SCHOOLS · CHURCH-ISLAND OF NIIHAU - DISTRICT OF KOLOA— JOURNEY ACROSS THE ISLAND OF KAUAI RIVER WAINIHA EXCURSION OF MESSRS. PEALE AND RICH-LIHUI-NAWILIWILI - MR. AND MRS. LAFON-SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES- - HANAWALE-DEBORAH-HER FISH-PONDS-WATERFALL-BEAUTI- FUL GROVE-TUTUI-NUT OIL-WAIOLI-MR. TITCOMB'S CULTURE OF SILK-INDIGO- DIVINE SERVICE-CRUISE OF THE TENDER-WAILIOLI MOUNTAIN-POPULATION OF HALELEA-RAWAILOA-WAIALUA-MOUNTAINS OF OAHU-SCHOOLS OF WAIALUA- CHURCH-DISTRICT OF KOOLAU-CLIMATE OF WAIALUA - INDUSTRY-SCHOOLS-- CHURCH-POPULATION-INTEMPERANCE-EXCURSION TO THE KAALA MOUNTAINS- EWA-LAULOA-FOSSIL-SHELLS — CHURCH AND SCHOOLS OF EWA - POPULATION EXCURSION TO WAIANAE-MAUNA-KAALA-SALT LAKE-CAVES - FISH-PONDS KANEOHE-PEARL-RIVER HARBOUR-PRODUCTIONS OF PALI-KOOLAU-ITS CLIMATE -SCHOOLS-RETURN OF THE FLYING-FISH-FISH-PONDS OF HONOLULU..........49—86 THE TENDER IS DESPATCHED TO HAWAII - THE PORPOISE SAILS ON A SEPARATE CRUISE PREPARATIONS FOR THE ASCENT OF MAUNA LOA – KEALAKEAKUA NAPOLO-FACE OF THE COUNTRY-ITS PRODUCTIONS-ITS CLIMATE-ITS IMPROVE- MENTS ITS POPULATION-SCHOOLS-DISEASES-MONUMENT TO MARK WHERE COOK WAS KILLED-DISTRICT OF KAILAU-ITS CLIMATE-ITS POPULATION-DWELLINGS -SCHOOLS-KUAKINI, OR GOVERNOR ADAMS - INDUSTRY OF THE NATIVES OF J-TRADE-USEFUL ARTS - COTTON MANUFACTURE-VICES DISEASES MISSIONARIES-PLANTS-EXCURSION OF THE NATURALISTS TEMPLE OF KAILI- MOUNTAIN GEESE-LAVA STREAMS-OLD CRATERS-GRAZING LANDS-ARRIVAL AT HILO AND RETURN TO HONOLULU-PLAN FOR THE FURTHER OPERATIONS Of the SQUADRON-PEACOCK AND FLYING-FISH-CASE OF GIDEON SMITH-CASE OF CAP- TAIN DOWSETT-PROPOSED EMPLOYMENT OF THE VINCENNES-SAILING OF THE .......87-108 PONDS -- CHAPTER IV. THE VINCENNES LEAVES HONOLULU - DRUNKEN PILOT-MESSRS. BRINSMADE AND JUDD ACCOMPANY US-KANAKAS-PASSAGE TO HILO-BAY OF HILO - DISTANT VIEW OF HAWAII-VIEW FROM HILO BAY-OBSERVATORY ESTABLISHED AT WAIAKEA - HILO - STRENGTH OF THE PARTY FOR THE ASCENT OF THE MOUNTAINCONFUSION AMONG THE NATIVES - DEPARTURE FROM HILO-THE KING'S FISHBYRON'S HILL-OLAA-PAHOIHOI LAVA - KAPUAUHI IRON MORTAR TERRITORY OF PELE-FIRST VIEW OF MAUNA LOA-VOLCANO OF KILAUEA – DEPARTURE FROM IT-SCARCITY OF WATER-CLINKERS-LOSS OF MR. BRINSMADE'S STOCK OF WATER-DESERTER THE WOODED REGION LEFT-CAVES SUNDAY STATION-RAGSDALE JOINS THE PARTY-DR. JUDD GOES IN SEARCH OF SNOW- RECRUITING STATION DESERTION OF THE NATIVES-FLAG STATION — UNPLEASANT NIGHT-LONGLEY IS MISSED-SUMMIT OF MAUNA LOA REACHEDARRIVAL THERE OF MESSRS. JUDD AND PICKERING CRATER RECONNOITREDORIGIN OF THE CLINKERS-CHRISTMAS DAY-LONGLEY IS FOUND-VISIT TO THE RECRUITING STATION-RETURN TO THE SUMMIT-ARRIVAL OF PROVISIONS FROM THE SHIP PENDULUM-HOUSE ERECTED-NEW YEAR'S DAY-PHENOMENA OF THE CLOUDS - SURVEY OF THE SUMMIT BEGUN - PENDULUM EXPERIMENTS BEGUN SEVERE STORM-SURVEY OF THE CRATER-EXPERIMENTS ON SOUND-PENDULUM EXPERIMENTS FINISHED-MOKU-A-WEO-WEO-HEIGHT OF MAUNA KEA-SURVEY OF THE SUMMIT FINISHED........ 109-164 CHAPTER V. DEPARTURE FROM PENDULUM PEAK-SYMPTOMS OF THE MOUNTAIN - SICKNESS ELECTRICAL PHENOMENA-DESCENT OF THE MOUNTAIN-ARRIVAL AT KILAUEADESCENT OF MESSRS. BUDD AND ELD-LOSS OF A KANAKA-SURVEY OF KILAUEASULPHUR-BANK-CIRCUIT OF THE CRATER-THIRD CRATER-LUA PELE-DR. JUDD'S DESCENT INTO THE CRATER HIS PERILOUS ADVENTURES-VIEW OF THE ERUPTION SURVEY OF THE FIERY LAKE BLACK LEDGE-QUANTITY OF MATTER DISCHARGED-NEW DISPOSITION OF PARTIES-RETURN TO THE COAST-LUA PELEDEEP CREVICE-KALANOKAMO-PIT AND CONE CRATERS-MAP OF THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF HAWAII-ALEALEA-IKI-PANAU-RECENT ERUPTION-TIMBER FELLED BY LAVA-TRUNCATED CONES ON THE LAVA-NAMES OF THE CONE-CRATERS KEKAHUNANUI-COURSE OF THE STREAM OF LAVA-CRATERS NEAR THE COASTWHITE OWL-PUNA-KANAKIKI — VOLCANIC SAND-HILLS-CHRYSOLITE-OLD AND NEW LAVA-VIEW FROM THE SAND-HILLS-KEEAU-TRAITS OF NATIVE CHARACTER-MODE OF RECKONING DISTANCES-RETURN TO HILO-PANDANUS TREE AND ITS USES-DERANGED NATIVE-PENDULUM EXPERIMENTS BEGUN-DISCREPANCIES IN THEM-APPARATUS REMOVED TO PANEO-STOPPAGE OF THE CLOCK-NEW DISTURBANCES IN THE EXPERIMENTS-APPARATUS REMOVED TO MOUNT KANUHA -THE EXPERIMENTS ARE SUCCESSFUL...... ........165-195 CHAPTER VI. ASCENT OF MAUNA KEA BY DR. PICKERING AND MR. BRACKENRIDGE-" LONG ROAD" -CASTLE'S STATION-CAVE-LOFTY PLAIN-TERMINAL PEAKS-DESCENT OF THE MOUNTAIN - FATE OF MR. DOUGLASS-PUAIAI-MR. CASTLE'S RESIDENCE-THEIR RETURN TO HILO-SURVEY OF HILO BAY ACCIDENT OF THE LAUNCH-OCCUPA TION OF THE OFFICERS LEFT IN THE VINCENNES-THEY ARE ENTERTAINED BY KANUHA-KANUHA AND FAMILY ENTERTAINED ON BOARD-SUGAR MANUFACTURE -COFFEE PLANTATIONS-CULTURE OF SUGAR AND COFFEE INTRODUCED BY MR. GOODRICH-THEY ARE NEGLECTED AND DISCOURAGED BY HIS SUCCESSOR MR. COAN'S PAROCHIAL CHARGE-SCHOOLS AT HILO-WAILUKU FALLS-TACCA-INDIGO -SANDALWOOD-RETURN OF MR. BRACKENRIDGE—EXPEDITION OF MESSRS. BRINS MADE AND DRAYTON-LAVA STREAM-PAHUHALI ROAD-GREAT FLOOD OF LAVADISTRICT OF WAIMEA-DISTRICT OF KOHALA -SCHOOL OF BLACKFISH-VISIT OF MR. DRAYTON TO KILAUEA-DR. PICKERING'S VISIT TO KILAUEA-COMPARISON of MAUNA KEA AND MAUNA LOA-GREAT SWELL OF THE SEA IN 1837-EARTHQUAKES -CLOSE OF OUR OPERATIONS - DESCRIPTION OF THE BAY OF HILO-UNFOUNDED COMPLAINTS AGAINST THE SAILORS. ...197-231 CHAPTER VII. MESSRS. PICKERING, DRAYTON, AND BRACKENRIDGE SAIL FROM MAUI-DEPARTURE OF THE VINCENNES FROM HILO-HER ARRIVAL AT LAHAINA-DESCRIPTION OF MAUI-VISIT TO THE KING-KING'S PALACE-TOWN OF LAHAINA-PRIVATE APARTMENTS OF THE KING-HIS WIFE-EXCURSION TO THE SEMINARY OF WAILUKU— WEST MAUI-BUILDINGS OF THE SEMINARY-HABITS AND DRESS OF THE SCHOLARS -COURTSHIP BY LETTER-MERITS AND DEFECTS OF THE SEMINARY-MR. BAILY'S RESIDENCE-SAND-HILLS-MOUND OF HUMAN BONES-RETURN TO LAHAINA- ONE OF OUR BOATS LOST-ISLAND OF KAHOOLAWE-SEMINARY OF LAHAINALUNA — DISADVANTAGES OF ITS POSITION - ITS ORIGINAL SYSTEM- - CHANGES IN THE SYSTEM-ITS PROBABLE FAILURE-APPEARANCE OF THE SCHOLARS - IMPROVEMENTS PROPOSED IN IT-SURVEY OF THE COASTS OF LAHAINA-ITS POPULATIONCHURCH-DISTRICT OF WAILUKU-DISTRICT OF KULA-KING'S ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE CULTURE OF SUGAR-PERSEVERANCE OF THE NATIVES-LABOURS OF THE MISSIONARIES- POPULATION OF WAILUKU -TOUR OF MESSRS. PICKERING, DRAYTON, AND BRACKENRIDGE-NORTH COAST OF MAUI MOUNT HALEAKALA — MR. LANE AND MINOR'S PLANTATION-CAVE-CRATER OF HALEAKALA — WAILUKU PASS INFLUENCE OF BOOKS ON THE NATIVES- NATIVE CHARACTER KEKAULUOHI-LIEUTENANT BUDD DESPATCHED ON A SURVEY-WE TAKE LEAVE OF MAUI-LANAI-ICHTHYOLOGY-SURF AND TIDES-MOLOKAI-ARRIVAL OF the VINCENNES AT HONOLULU-RETURN Of the porpOISE... .233-260 REGENT |