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at 5 P.M. People generally, here, eat dinner in the afternoon, taking lunch in the middle of the day. Saturday morning, the family prepared to come to Hilo, to celebrate the American Independence, and attend church, as it was communion Sabbath, and Mrs. Austin and two of her boys are christian. Of course it was some work to get her six boys ready, and two others who are spending their vacation with them, as they must have changes for the Sabbath. They have a cottage to stop in, and have their meals sent to them when they come to Hilo. This is the way they do whenever they go to church, as it is too wearisome, and inconvenient, to come in Sabbath morning, and then return at night. The boys rode in advance as they chose fast riding, and Mrs. Austin and I rode at our leisure, enjoying the scenery, and each other socially. I like Mrs. Austin very much. Saturday evening it was agreed that the boys should enjoy the fireworks, and invite their neighbors, but a Hilo rain spoiled much of their fun, but we all had a good time. I think the people here generally do have when they set about it, and that is quite often. On Monday evening we, at Mr. Forbes, had fire works, which were very enjoyable, as it did not rain till the last rocket was about to be fired. The large verandas were full of neighbors and friends, of all ages, and all seemed to enjoy it very much. You see we are patriots here, and though so far from the mother land, we could easily forget ourselves for a little while, and imagine we were in the land of our birth. I spent the week thus commenced at Father Lyman's. We say Father, as he is an aged patriarch in the missionary field, and also to distinguish him from the sons living near. He has been at the head of a school for native boys, which is preparatory to the Lahainaluna College for Hawaii, for many years. He has been obliged to retire, from failing health and infirmity of age; and yet has a superintending of it, it now being carried on by an educated native man, as principal, with his assistants. On Friday, I, with the four boys and one girl who accompanied me on the cocoanut Island excursion, so I started on foot to go toRainbow Falls. It was quite muddy, but we had little trouble, save that I stepped