Crawford Esq. The doctor read the lesson in unintelligible fashion, showing that the perfect Oxford accent can be wholly as strange as that of Brooklyn,N.Y.On the whole the religious exhibition was dull and inadequate.Why not organize a choir,as suggested by H.A.Eccles,a delightful doctor from Cornwall. "They played a tune on that beastly harmonium that no one had ever heard before,and nothing happened." The orchestra quite outdid themselves in an evening concert on the verandah cafe:stuff they could play- Gilbert & Sullivan and English folk-dances. August 1 Lat.27-22 N. Long.152-24 W. Run 408 Weather and sea continue favorable with prevailing winds SSW.Both wrote many letters in anticipation of Hawaii. August 2 Lat.22-1 N. Long.156-53 W. Run 408 Raised the island of Molokai shortly after 1 P.M. and a consequent rush of humanity to the boat-deck.A few gulls and terns about the ship.The approach to Honolulu harbor is a rhap- sody in blue;beautifully protected by reefs,the surf rolling in,great combers in line.Over in the inlet to Pearl Harbor lay a three-masted schooner, the name of which I have forgotten,but which was later pointed out as the carrier of numerous scien- tific expeditions.She is privately owned.Diamond Head lies off to your right and the town loses itself in the sloping hill- side which is finally surmounted by volcanic ridges.There are very few peaks;the group is volcanic in origin. By 6:30 we were in the surf at Waikiki beach off the Moana Hotel.We decided to spend the night.Governor Wallace Farrington was cordial(classmate of Cy Hamlin at the Univer- sity of Maine);his married daughter particularly so.His offi- cial residence is the former home of the last queen,Liliokil- anea.Built of coral,it has been added to and improved by Ameri- can comforts.We were received in a large piazza-like room where green plants peeped in on all sides.Mrs.Whittemore(the daughter) as we were about to leave invited us to what she termed"a rare Hawaiian party".It was.There we stepped into the midst of a fast younger set that would rival that of New York's suburbia and experienced the native drink okuleou(phonetic). Music was provided by two Hawaiian orchestras,one jazz and the other a typical trio.The singing was enchanting.A native girl danced the hula kui in full regalia with such grace and spirit that most of the female guests were induced to emulate her re- markable movements.The governor's daughter was particularly effective.In a group of three they danced a liliu-e which is designed to present a graphic description of the departed queen's anatomy.To the hotel after a late supper. August 3 Up at 7 and into the luxurious surf.At 7:30 Dr. Bryant of the Bishop Museum telephoned and later appeared in his Ford to take us for a ride.We visited the Aquarium and then circled Diamond Head;up on Pale the wind blows 70 miles an hour as a casual thing;it is a driveway that leads up to the historic scene of the battle in which Kamanemea pushed the defenders over the cliff and asserted superiority over the whole group of Hawaii.The view takes in the naval base and an arc of the coast for something like 20 miles.We met the director of the Aquarium,Dr.Edmondson.The best part of the plant is its labor- atories;the students can bring specimens in right off the reefs.The collection is small but very beautiful,and quite rep-