{276} This monster is a cephalopod of the order Dibranchiata, and
has eight flexible arms, each crowded with 120 pair of suckers, and
two longer feelers about six feet in length, differing considerably
from the others in form.
{295} According to the revenue returns for the biennial period
ending March 31, 1874, the revenue derived from awa was over $9000,
and that from opium over $46,000.
{296} The following paragraph from Dr. Rupert Anderson's sober-
minded book on the Sandwich Islands fully bears out the king's
remarks: "The islands all lie within the range of the trade winds,
which blow with great regularity nine months of the year, and on the
leeward side, where their course is obstructed by mountains, there
are regular land and sea breezes. The weather at all seasons is
delightful, the sky usually cloudless, the atmosphere clear and
bracing. Nothing can exceed the soft brilliancy of the moonlight
nights. Thunderstorms are rare and light in their nature.
Hurricanes are unknown. The general temperature is the nearest in
the world to that point regarded by physiologists as most conducive
to health and longevity. By ascending the mountains any desirable
degree of temperature may be obtained.
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