CHAPTER I.

FROM SAN FRANCISCO TO HONOLULU.--SIGHTS ON THE PACIFIC OCEAN.--A PORTUGUESE MAN-OF-WAR.--NEARING THE SANDWICH ISLANDS.--THE MOLOKAI CHANNEL.--SURF-BEATEN SHORES OF OAHU.--ARRIVAL AT HONOLULU.--A PICTURESQUE PORT.--DISCOVERY AND HISTORY OF THE SANDWICH ISLANDS.--CAPTAIN COOK: HIS TRAGIC DEATH.--HOW THE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN CIVILIZED.--WORK OF THE MISSIONARIES.--SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES.--PRESENT CONDITION OF THE POPULATION.--OLD CUSTOMS.--SIGHTS AND SCENES IN HONOLULU.--TARO AND POI.--A NATIVE DINNER.--THE COSTUMES OF THE ISLANDERS.--PECULIARITIES OF THE CLIMATE.--THE HULA-HULA AND OTHER DANCES. Page 1