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"Breeches buoy" is a a term I haven't heard before. I've gotten different descriptions of the mechanism that was used to transport people to and from that [Hakalau] landing. Aunty Kate and Aunty Caryrie Patten (when she was pregnant with Eleanor) both have described being in a kind of cage or box. Erling Hedemann has a marvelous picture of a crane-like arrangement hoisting cargo from boat (not sure whether it was large steamer or small boat) to landing, with a Hawaiian riding on top of the netted cargo, as it's suspended in mid-air. But I think the cranes is different from what people rode.
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