A Rocket.—Acapulco.—On Shore.—Adobe Houses.—Market-Place.—No Breakfast.—Boys Diving.—Devil-Fish.—A real Sunday.—Manzanilla.—Golden Gate.—Baby Afloat.—Lives Lost.—Backbone of America.—Inspecting.—"Baa."—Bill of Fare.—At the Wharf. 33
CHAPTER V.—San Francisco.
Lick House.—At Church.—Mission Dolores.—Street Cars.—A Ride.—Hills.—Surf.—Old Church and Burying-Ground.—The One Rose.—Good-bys.—Union Jack.—"Dropped Down."—The Bar.—All Sails set.—Racks.—Rolls.—Bell Buoy. 45
CHAPTER VI.—Honolulu.
Desolation.—A Delightful Contrast.—Boats Alongside.—Hurrah!—Farewells and Greetings.—A Home on Shore.—Friends.—Cousins' Society.—Fairy-Land.—The Serenade.—Church Bells.—Native Church.—Native Industry, Liberality, and Perseverance.—Dress.—"Aloha." 54
CHAPTER VII.—Honolulu continued.
A Dinner Party.—Punch Bowl.—An extinct Crater.—Taro Patches.—Ovens.—Poi and Raw Fish.—Fingers better than Spoons.—A Donation Party.—Prince William.—Tomb of the Kings.—Prayer-Meeting.—Examination.—A Green Rose.—Home Letters.—The Palace.—The Queen.—Riding in a Royal Carriage.—Horseback-Riding Party.—Native Women Riding.—Church.—Native Pews.—A Quarter of a Dollar. 64
CHAPTER VIII.—From Honolulu to Hilo.
Steamer's Deck.—Hair Decorations.—The Queen and her Suite.—The Queen's Guard.—Singular Accommodations.—Lahaina.—A Breakfast on Shore.—Kind Natives.—Cocoa-nuts.—Lessons in Hawaiian.—The King and his Greeting.—Where Captain Cook was killed.—Such Roads!—Dinner on Shore.—Orange-Trees.—Precipices.—Cascades.—Waipio.—Hilo.—Landing in the Surf.—Spiders. 76
CHAPTER IX.—The Volcano.
Gipsies.—Up Hill and Down.—Lame Horse.—An Accommodating Family.—House Inside and Outside.—A Lowly Table.—Prayers.—Calabashes.—Native Men.—Started again.—A Rain.—Gigantic Ferns.—Volcano House.—A Table again.—The Crater and its Wonders.—A Lake on Fire.—Lava.—Blow Hole.—"There, there," a grand Chorus.—Aa.—Ohelo Berries. 86
CHAPTER X.—A Story about Kapiolani.
A Christian Princess.—A Heathen God insulted.—The True God worshiped.—Tabu.—A Gallop.—A Dingy Hut changed to a Fairy Bower.—Hard Riding.—Rest.—Departure.—Surf Boards. 97
CHAPTER XI.—Kau and Journey to Kaawaloa.
Waiohinu Boarding-School.—Familiar Hymns and Tunes.—Flower Wreaths and Wands.—Preaching to Foreigners.—Saddle-Bags.—Aa.—Pahoihoi.—Candle-Nut.—Rest at Night.—Tapa.—Arrival at Kaawaloa.—Kapiolani's House.—Bonaparte.—Kindness. 106
CHAPTER XII.—Kaawaloa.
City of Refuge.—Lava Falls.—Kaahumanu's Rock.—Great Chief.—Captain Cook.—Monthly Concert.—Cook's Death.—Meager Monuments.—Oranges.—Breadfruit.—Food.—Cockroaches.—Ants. 116
CHAPTER XIII.—Kailua.
Carriage Broken.—Cocoa-nut Milk.—"Pilikia."—"Maikai."—Prickly Pear.—Thorns.—Century Plant.—Wonder at the Carriage.—Fear of the Horses.—Donation.—Anniversary.—Communion.—Steamer arrived.—Carried by the Natives.—Children.—Arrival at Honoipu.—Ugly-Horse.—White Mule.—Showers.—Welcome. 127
Horseback Journey from Waimea to Kowaihae.—A Heathen Temple.—Sacrifices.—Steamer.—A Storm of Sand.—A Deluge.—Gifts.—Singing.—Iao Valley.—Shelling.—Precipices.—A Novel Sketch.—The Needle.—War.—A Race.—Ravages of a Waterspout.—Sail in a Whale-Boat.—Lahaina from the Sea.—Lahainaluna.—Examination.—Generals.—Commencement.—Dinner. 150
CHAPTER XVI.—Lahaina—Kauai.
Ride.—Cocoa-nut Grove.—American Consul's House.—Sugar Mill and Making.—Dust.—Communion.—Singing old Tunes.—Exhibition.—Love Tokens.—At Honolulu again.—Calls on the Father and Sister of the King.—"Annie Laurie."—Sea-Sickness.—Arrival at Kauai.—Princeville.