FIRE FOUNTAINS

THE

KINGDOM OF HAWAII

ITS VOLCANOES, AND THE HISTORY OF ITS
MISSIONS

BY

C. F. GORDON CUMMING

AUTHOR OF 'A LADY'S CRUISE IN A FRENCH MAN-OF-WAR'
AT HOME IN FIJI,' ETC.

IN TWO VOLS.-VOL. II.

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS

WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS

EDINBURGH AND LONDON

MDCCCLXXXIII

203. i. 15

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HAWAII SIXTY YEARS AGO-MYTHOLOGY-THE GOD OF WAR-

SACRIFICES-GODS OF THE VOLCANO-CAPTAIN COOK WOR-

SHIPPED IN MISTAKE FOR THE EXPECTED GOD ORONO,

HAWAIIAN HISTORY

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CHAPTER XVI.

THE GREAT KING THE FIRE-GODS DE-

CLARE IN HIS FAVOUR-ABOLITION OF IDOLATRY, .

CHAPTER XVII.

HAWAIIAN MORALS-DRESS-HAIR-DRESSING-COMMENCEMENT

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INFLUENCE OF

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CHAPTER XVIII.

GRADUAL WORKING OF THE CHRISTIAN LEAVEN-" THE IRON

CABLE"-KAPIOLANI DEFIES THE GODDESS OF THE VOL-

CANOA TIGER-LIKE CONVERT-HOW THE COLLEGE WAS

BUILT-TEMPERANCE LEAGUE-BAD FOREIGN INFLUENCE-

SCHOOLS FOR GIRLS, .

CHAPTER XIX.

THE GREAT AWAKENING,

CHAPTER XX.

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THE STORY OF HAWAII'S FOREIGN MISSIONS-THE HAWAIIAN

CHURCH DECLARED INDEPENDENT OF AMERICA-PROGRESS

OF MORALITY,

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CHAPTER XXI.

ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC MISSION-THE LA-

PLACE TREATY-UNJUST CLAIMS BY FRENCH AND ENGLISH

SHIPS-DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE-THE REFORMED

CATHOLIC MISSION-DEATH OF THE PRINCE OF HAWAII AND

OF KAMEHAMEHA IV.,

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CHAPTER XXII.

THE LAST OF THE KAMEHAMEHAS

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LUNALILO THE WELL-

BELOVED HIS FUNERAL-ELECTION OF KING KALAKAUA

-HIS TRAVELS-SUMMARY OF ROYAL AGE,

CHAPTER XXIII.

CONCLUSION-THE RIVER OF FIRE OF 1831-THE STORY OF A

GREAT DELIVERANCE,

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