The number of those who sailed in these canoes was thirtyeight. There were two stewards to divide out the food; and of the chiefs there was Pili, aud his wife Hinaauaku, and Na Mauuowalaia, Paao's sister, who was so named from the grass that Paao brought, from the mountains of Malaia, with him to Hawaii. Then Paao annointed himself for his voyage of discovery. And when they all had gone on board of the canoes, and were about to put off, a prophet came and stood on the top of the cliff of Kaakoheo which overhung the beach, and called out to Paao, and said: 66 "O Paao! let me also be one of those who sail with you." Paao said, "Who art thou?" He answered, "A prophet." "What is thy name?" "Lelekoae," replied the man. Then Paao called to him to fly down. So he sprung from the precipice, but was killed in trying to light on the hard ground below. Then many other prophets came to the top of the cliffs, wanting to sail with Paao; but he giving them one by one an opportunity to try their power of flying in like manner, according to the practice of the prophets, they all perished in the attempt. Then the fleet sailed; and those who waited to see them off went back to their homes, where they met Makuakaumana, and said to him: "Paao has sailed, and with him the chief Pilikaaiea.” He answered: "I am one who was to have sailed with him." The men replied: "They have gone off straight out to sea; thou canst not reach them." Then Makuakaumana ran quickly and stood up on the top of Kaakoheo. And he looked in the direction they had gone, and the canoes were like specks, and only the sails could be seen above the sea. Then he shouted with a very great shout: "O Paao! I too." Two, or perhaps three times he shouted; and Paao heard the far distant sound faintly, like the echo of a whisper; and he bent his head and listened, and it was as if the sobbing of spirits rose on the air. Then he called out, "Who art thou?” "A prophet." "What is thy name?" "Makuakaumana." Paao said: "The canoe is full, but there is room for one more on the momoa." "That place is mine," cried the prophet. Then Paao told him to fly along. And he flew from the cliff, and over the sea, and came down on the momoa of the canoe; and the men of the canoe stretched out their hands to help him. His flying was like the flying of a bird. Then he spake and said: "Here am I. Where art thou?" "On the pola," 1 answered Paao. Thus sung the wise men of Kalaikuahulu of the deeds of Makuakaumana :— "Thou art the many pronged flying fish, Compassed on all sides by the circle of the sky; Makuakaumana, the great astrologer, Thou hast encircled the horizon of Tahiti, Soaring over the sea, thou didst light on Kaulia." When Lonopele knew that Paao had sailed, he sent against him tempestuous winds and storms, the roaring Kona, with gust following gust, and rain squalls, and the typhoon that tears down villages. And they lost the land, and were driven about without being able to steer, and they drifted into the clouds of imaged shapes and forms. And when the storm was the worst, the fish Aku appeared and assisted them in propelling the canoes; and the fish Opelu, by swimming around the canoes broke the force of the waves and calmed the sea. At length the storm ceased. Then Lonopele looked, and they were not destroyed. So he sent howling winds from the north with driving rain, and they were tossed almost to the stars, and thrown down almost to the bottom of the sea. And when Lonopele saw that they still floated, he sent the Kikahakaiwainapali, a huge bird, to vomit over the canoes, and thus sink them. But Paao had prepared for all of these things when he was making ready for the voyage, and had covered the canoes with matting; so they escaped this danger also. And Lonopele persevered in his efforts, but Paao escaped every danger. And thenceforth the Aku and the Opelu were sacred in 1 Pola, the raised platform between the two canoes, in double canoes. the family of Paao, and in the line of his descendants to the time of Hewahewa, the priest of Kamehameha. After a long and dangerous voyage, he first saw land at Puna, on the island of Hawaii, and there he landed and built a dwellingplace for his God; and he called it the temple of Ahaula. From Puna they coasted along the shore and landed at Puuepa in Kohala. There they built the heiau of Molokini, which is called the temple of Paao. At that time Hawaii was without chiefs, which thing had lasted for seventeen generations, or I should think for about eight hundred years. There were, indeed, some chiefs, but they did not belong to the line of the royal blood, and this is the reason why the men of Hawaii sought for chiefs in Tahiti, and in other places. During this long period, sometimes men of the people were the rulers, and sometimes there were no rulers, and part of the time they had chiefs from Maui, and from Molokai, and from Oahu, and from Kauai, to govern them. And thus it happened that Pili, who came with Paao from Upolu, became the king of Hawaii, and the progenitor of the Hawaiian line of kings. And Paao increased in influence and power, and made changes in the religion of the people; he also added two idols, which he brought with him from Upolu, to the number of those worshipped by the Hawaiians. Paao's descendants held the office of high priest to the time of Kamehameha. PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION OF SUGAR. SENOR RAMON DE LA SAGRA, the well-known correspondent of the Diario de la Marina, furnishes some interesting statistics relative to sugar. The estimates, given in kilogrammes, were carefully made up by M. Dureau from data obtained during the late Exposition in Paris. In 1866, the total product of sugar from cane was 3,159,424,840 lbs., of which Cuba produced for export 1,205,855,560 lbs., and the Hawaiian Islands 17,729,161 lbs. Europe produced 1,490,313,500 lbs. of beet sugar. In 1867, the production was 5,151,289,500 lbs., of which Cuba produced nearly one-third, and the Hawaiian Islands 17,127,187 lbs., or 601,974 lbs. less than the year before. During 1866, the world consumed 4,305,809,963 lbs. of both beet and cane sugar, of which Great Britain and her colonies used 1,328,020,382 lbs., and the United States 884,000,000 lbs. In 1867, the consumption was 4,497,350,000 lbs., and one-half of this was by the United States and Great Britain and her colonies. HAWAII AT THE “EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE” PARIS, 1867. THE exhibition of Hawaiian products, made at Paris in 1867, being probably the largest ever made outside the Islands, and the most important general evidence in regard to them ever presented to the world, it seems well to arrange some account of the various material forming that evidence. In the Palace of the Exhibition, Hawaii occupied two square apartments, each measuring fifteen to twenty feet in length and width. These apartments were lined by cases having glazed fronts, and wood-work painted cane-color, and were shaded by cloth canopies suspended above them. In the Park, forming portion of the collective exhibition by the Protestant Missionary Societies, was, also, a valuable display of books relating to Hawaii -mostly published at the Islands, and in the native language. Besides these were many articles of early native manufacture. Visitors to the Palace were freely offered a printed sheet of four pages, giving in French an account of Hawaii, intended for their information. A translation of this account is here given to show the nature of that information, containing, as it does, some statements that may have novelty to more than one class of readers. Another, and the chief aid to opinion of this exhibition of Hawaii, is given in a list of persons and articles represented in it. The writer is not aware that such a list has been connectedly published. That following is compiled from the "Catalogue Général," a work of nearly sixteen hundred pages, and the "Authorized English Version," a work of about one thousand pages, professing completeness, but differing much from the former. Through these twenty-six hundred pages is scattered, in sections, the account numbered II., following the description of the Islands translated upon the next four pages, and numbered I. THE Hawaiian Archipelago is composed of twelve islands situated in the Pacific Ocean, between North America and China, in longitude 157° to 164° west, and latitude 19° to 22° north. These islands are, in going from S.E. to N.W.: Hawaii, capital Hilo, superficies 187 geographical square miles; Maui, cap. Lahaina, sup. 28.49; Molokini, an islet; Kahoolawe, sup. 2.82; Lanai, sup. 4.71; Molokai, sup. 8; Oahu, cap. Honolulu (cap. of the kingdom, about 13,000 inhabitants), sup. 24.69; Kauai, cap. Hanalei, sup. 24.89; Lehua, an islet; Niihau, sup. 3.29; Kaula, an islet. Total superficies, about 285 geographical square miles. = The Soil is in a high degree volcanic, but very fertile. The island of Hawaii has two enormous active volcanoes; Mauna Loa (height 4,195 mètres [13.763 feet, English], circumference of the crater = 30 kilomètres [about 18 miles, English], depth 238 mètres [781 feet, English), and Kilauea (circumference of crater 24 kilomètres, [about = = 141 miles, English], depth, 330 mètres [1,083 feet, English]. = The principal Mountains are: Mauna Kea (the White mountain, on account of its cap of perpetual snow), height, 4,250 mètres [13,944 feet, English], Mauna Loa, 4,195 mètres, Hualalai, 3,050 mètres [10,007 feet, English], all the three on the island of Hawaii; and Haleakala, 3,070 mètres [10,072 feet, English], on the island of Maui, presenting a crater, at this time extinct, 50 kilomètres [31.05 miles] in circumference, and more than 600 mètres [1,968 feet, English] in depth. The archipelago |