Before we reached Diamond Head
the supper gong sounded, and the pis
sengers hurried down to finish the
meal before we entered vhe channel, as
the chances were we wuld not enjoy
it an hour later. The channels between
the islands are never smooth, and seem
to be more dreaded by the inhabitants
of the islands than a voyage to Japan
or San Francisco. The vessels which
ply between the inlands are small, the
sea "choppy," and if one can make the
tour of the islands in them without
getting seasick, he is proof against that
malady. I had made seven ocean voy
ages without feeling any of the dis
agreeable effects of seasickness, and
had begun to boast myself a born
sailor, but, alas, the channel between
Kauai and Oahu took the conceit out
of me.
