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succeeded in nearing the shore, but the calm again detained
us at the sea and we were forced to remain another 24 hours under
sail, in sight of the quiet, beautiful harbor.

On the 21st we were so close to shore that we were able
to take advantage of the rising sea breeze* and enter the har-
bor, but as it was formed of a coral reef covered with water
during high tides and extending in a wide arc from north to
south--and we knew that the entrance was loctaed only on this
latter side--then our captain, for safety, ordered our raising
the kaiser flag on the fore-topgallant mast and firing a cannon
to request a pilot.

Soon we saw several pirogues rowing toward us from the
harbor. On one of them were two Englishmen, the sailors,
Bottle [Harbottle] and Yorn. The first one, coming on deck,
introduced himself as the pilot of His Hawaiian Majesty in
Hanaruro [ Honolulu ] Harbor, and introduced Yorn as his appren-
tice. The latter immediately returned ashore to report to
the governor of the island by name of Poki [Boki] about the
arrival of a Russian naval vessel, and to request permission
to guide it into the harbor. Meanwhile, the wind started to


*Near the shore of the southern regions of the globe,
generally, if not prevented by severe storms or hurricanes,
the wind blows from the shore at night and to the shore in
the daytime, reaching its greatest velocity toward midnight
and noon.

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