Note 34 — CONTENTS. (continued 3)
Reading edition
In the olden time the sugar-canes were different; they were not like the sugar-canes which we now see. Therefore, the subject of our inquiry concerns the indigenous canes34 of Hawaii. We had better consider the names of these canes, the reasons for assigning these names to the different varieties of canes, and the explanations relating to them. Here are the names of the old canes of Hawaii nei.