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Narrative of a Tour Through Hawaii, or Owhyhee
Narrative of a Tour Through Hawaii or Owhyhee Author:William Ellis Title: Narrative of a Tour Through Hawaii, or Owhyhee; With Remarks on the History, Traditions, Manners, Customs, and Language of the Inhabitants of the Sandwich Island General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1826 Original Publisher: For the author, by H. Fiser, son, and P. Jackson Subjects: Missions Hawaii Reli... more »gion / Christian Ministry / Missions Travel / United States / West / Pacific Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAP. III. Departure from Oahu -- Occurrence off Banai -- Appearanceof Lahai- na -- Keopuolani, Queen of the Islands -- Native Dance -- Missionary Labours -- Buhenehene, a popular native game -- Traditions respecting some of the principal Idols of Maui and the adjacent Islands -- Voyage to Hawaii -- Visit to an aged EnylisK resident -- Description of a Ilfiau -- Native Dance at Kairua. Eight days after the departure of Mr. Thurston and his companions, I followed in a small schooner belonging to Keopuolani, bound first to Lahaina, and then to Hawaii for sandal wood. Kalakua, one of the queens of the late Tamehameha, and Kekauruohe her daughter, were proceeding in the same vessel to join the king and other chiefs at Maui. The trade wind blew fresh from the north-east, and the sea was unusually rough in the channel between Oahu and Morokai. The schooner appeared to be a good sea-boat, but proved a very uncomfortable one; the deck, from stem to stern, being continually overflowed, all who could not get below were constantly drenched with the spray. The cabin was low, and so filled with the chief women and their companions, that, where space could be found sufficient to stand or sit, it was hardly possible to endure the heat. The evening, however, was fine, and the...« less