A VISIT

TO

THE SOUTH SEAS,

IN THE U. S. SHIP VINCENNES, DURING THE YEARS

1829 AND 1830 ;

WITI

SCENES

IN

BRAZIL, PERU, MANILLA, THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE,

AND ST. HELENA.

BY C. S. STEWART, A. M,
Chaplin in the United States Navy, and author of "A Residence in the Sandwich Islads sy 23 and 1825."

" A principal fruit of these circuits of the globe seems likly to
be the amusement of those that stay at home.”

CowPER'S CORRESPONDENCE.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOLUME II.

NEW YORK:

JOHN P. HAVEN, 142 NASSAU STREET.
Sleight & Robinson, Printers.

igc28,312

HARWATO COLLEGE LIBRARY

GITT OF
GAROPE WELD ALLEN

".??, 1915.

« Entertd according to act of Congress, in the year 1831, by J. P. Haven, in the office of the Clerk of the Southern District of New-York.”

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CONTENTS OF VOLUME II.

LETTER

PAGE

THE GEORGIAN AND SOCIETY ISLANDS.

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I. Arrival at Tahiti

II. Harbor of Papeete

III. A Tahitian sabbath

IV. Visit to Eimeo, and arrival at the Society

Islands

V. Interview with king Tamatoa, and a sab-

bath at Raiatea

VI. Audience with the Queen of Tahiti, and

visit of the chiefs on board ship

VII. Letter of queen Pomare I. to the President

VII. Departure for the Sandwich Islands

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SANDWICH ISLANDS.

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I. Arrival at the island of Hawaii .

II. Visit on shore and description of the scenery

III. A worshiping assembly at Hido

IV. Journey to the volcano of Kirauea, and

account of its present state

V. Cascade of the Rainbow .

VI. The hereditary and last priestess of Pele

VII. First interview with the missionaries at

Oahu

VIII. Reception of Captain Finch and party by

the king and regent

IX. A morning visit to the principal chiefs

X. Evening drive, and visit to the valley of

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XV. An evening, religious meeting, and sabbath

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XVI. Detraction and calumny of foreign resi-

dents.

XVII. Government debt, and state of commerce

XVIII. A ride to the cottage of Governor Boki,

and evening entertainment by the king

XIX. Second visit to Lahaina

XX. Three days at Kearakekua Bay

XXI. Private letter of Captain Finch to the king

XXII. Joint letter of the missionaries to Captain

Finch .

XXIII. Departure from Oahu, and letter of the king

to the president of the United States

XXIV. Retrospective view of the visit at the

Sandwich Islands, by Captain Finch

PASSAGE TO CANTON AND MANILLA.

I. Incidents on board ship

II. Arrival in the Chinese Sea

III. Casualties off the coast of China .

IV. Visit at Macao and Canton

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MANILLA.

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I. Description of the bay and city of Manilla

II. Evening scenes at a Catholic festival, and

call upon a native family

III. Excursion to the village and lake of Pasig

IV. The Campo Santo or Pantheon, the public

burial place :

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE AND ST. HELENA.

1. Description of Cape Town

II. Ride to Constantia, and an evening at

Protea, the cottage of Sir Lowry Cole

III. Arrival at St. Helena, and interview with

the
governor,

the Honorable Brigadier

General Dallas

IV. The tomb of Napoleon, Longwood, and

Plantation House

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