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50 RALPH S. KUYKENDALL and asked only that Quimper give him a copy of his passport so that he might have something to show his company. With this modest request Quimper readily complied. He then returned on board the Princess Royal, the two vessels exchanged salutes, and the controversy was at an end. On the sixth of April Quimper set sail for the leeward islands, leaving the Argonaut at Kailua. During the pre- ceding night one of the Spanish sailors, whose name is given as Martin Mariano, deserted from the Princess Royal and could not be apprehended. Quimper rather broadly intimates his belief that Colnett connived at this escape, but the English captain alleged that the missing sailor was not on the Argonaut and denied all knowledge of the matter. The Princess Royal passed by the islands of Maui and Molokai without stopping and on the tenth came to anchor on the south side of Oahu. On account of the heavy east wind no landing was made, but the natives supplied the sloop with water, wood and pro- visions of various kinds. The chief of the district, named Manono, 29 presented various gifts, including some pearls, 80 and gave Quimper an account of some recent happenings at the islands. Two days were spent here, two days in the passage to Kauai, and two days at anchor off the present village of Waimea in that island. On the sixteenth the Princess Royal crossed over to the island of Niihau, where the Argonaut was found at anchor. Quimper renewed his inquiries in reference to 29 This may have been Manono-Kauakapekulani, son of Kehekili, the famous king of Maui. Kahekili ruled Oahu also at this time, but was probably not on that island at the moment of Quimper's visit. 30 These pearls probably came from the arm of the sea now known as Pearl Harbor, the location of the U. S. naval station.