FIRE FOUNTAINS

THE

KINGDOM OF HAWAII

ITS VOLCANOES, AND THE HISTORY OF ITS
MISSIONS

BY

C. F. GORDON CUMMING

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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

All Rights reserved

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, . 17

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

OF THE MISSION A BLIND DANCER-KING AND QUEEN

VISIT ENGLAND AND DIE PERNICIOUS INFLUENCE OF

CERTAIN FOREIGNERS,

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CHAPTER XVIII.

GRADUAL WORKING OF THE CHRISTIAN LEAVEN" THE IRON

CABLE"-KAPIOLANI DEFIES THE GODDESS OF THE VOL-

CANO -A TIGER-LIKE CONVERT-HOW THE COLLEGE WAS

BUILT-TEMPERANCE LEAGUE-BAD FOREIGN INFLUENCE-

SCHOOLS FOR GIRLS, .

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CHAPTER XIX.

THE GREAT AWAKENING,

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CHAPTER XX.

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 1881-THE STORY OF A

GREAT DELIVERANCE,

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