CHAPTER LXVII

. The Legislature of the Island—What Its President Has

Seen—Praying for an Enemy—Women’s Rights—Romantic Fashions—Worship of the Shark—Desire for Dress—Full Dress—Not Paris Style—Playing Empire—Officials and Foreign Ambassadors—Overwhelming Magnificence

## CHAPTER LXVIII . A Royal Funeral—Order of Procession—Pomp and Ceremony—A

Striking Contrast—A Sick Monarch—Human Sacrifices at His Death—Burial Orgies

## CHAPTER LXIX . “Once more upon the Waters.”—A Noisy Passenger—Several

Silent Ones—A Moonlight Scene—Fruits and Plantations

## CHAPTER LXX . A Droll Character—Mrs. Beazely and Her Son—Meditations on

Turnips—A Letter from Horace Greeley—An Indignant Rejoinder—The Letter Translated but too Late

## CHAPTER LXXI . _Kealakekua_ Bay—Death of Captain Cook—His Monument—Its

Construction—On Board the Schooner

## CHAPTER LXXII . Young Kanakas in New England—A Temple Built by

Ghosts—Female Bathers—I Stood Guard—Women and Whiskey—A Fight for Religion—Arrival of Missionaries

## CHAPTER LXXIII . Native Canoes—Surf Bathing—A Sanctuary—How Built—The

Queen’s Rock—Curiosities—Petrified Lava

## CHAPTER LXXIV . Visit to the Volcano—The Crater—Pillar of

Fire—Magnificent Spectacle—A Lake of Fire

## CHAPTER LXXV . The North Lake—Fountains of Fire—Streams of Burning

Lava—Tidal Waves

## CHAPTER LXXVI . A Reminiscence—Another Horse Story—My Ride with the

Retired Milk Horse—A Picnicing Excursion—Dead Volcano of Holeakala—Comparison with Vesuvius—An Inside View

## CHAPTER LXXVII . A Curious Character—A Series of Stories—Sad Fate of a

Liar—Evidence of Insanity

## CHAPTER LXXVIII . Return to San Francisco—Ship Amusements—Preparing for

Lecturing—Valuable Assistance Secured—My First Attempt—The Audience Carried—“All’s Well that Ends Well.”

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