mit-as, they say, some who have gone there have been turned to stone. We do not know that any have ever been frozen to death; but neither Mr. Goodrich nor Dr. Blatchely and his companion could persuade the natives, whom they engaged as guides up the sides of the mountain, to go near its summit.

We could not but regret that we had no barometer, or other means of estimating the actual elevation of this mountain, either here or at Waiakea.

When the missionaries Bishop and Goodrich reached Kairua, the governor welcomed their return, and they were agreeably surprised to find him engaged in erecting a building for the worship of the true God. They learned that he had during the preceding week collected his people at Kairua, and addressed them on the duty of observing the Sabbath according to the laws of Jehovah. He also told them it was his desire that they should cease from work or amusement on that day, and attend divine service at his house. The people assented to his proposal, and when the Sabbath arrived, such numbers assembled, that hundreds were obliged to stand outside. Numbers also repaired to the house of Thomas Hopu, to be instructed in what they termed the "new" religion.

The next day the governor directed the people of Kairua to commence building a house in which they might all meet to worship God; and in the morning on which Messrs. Bishop and Goodrich arrived, they had commenced their heart-cheering work.

In the afternoon they walked to the place where the men were at work. Upwards of fifty persons were employed in carrying stones from an old heiau, which they were pulling down, to raise the ground and lay the foundation of the place of worship. It was a pleasing sight to view the ruins of an idol's temple devoted to such a purpose; and they could not but hope that the spirit of Christianity would soon triumph over the superstition, prejudice, and wickedness of idolatry.

The place of worship is sixty feet long and thirty broad, erected in the native manner, and thatched with the leaves of the pandanus. The walls are ten feet high, with doors at each end, and four windows on each side. It was impossible to behold the work without contemplating it as an intimation of most benevolent designs on the part of the Lord of missions towards the benighted

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tribes around, or without praying that the time might soon arrive when houses for the worship of the living God shall be erected in every district in the islands.*

On the 23d Mr. Bishop visited the well, and found that the men had not made much progress. The rocks of lava, though hard, are cellular, so that powder has very little effect, and therefore they proceeded but slowly by blasting it.

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The morning of the 24th was the Sabbath, and was unusually still; not a canoe was seen in the bay, and the natives seemed to have left their customary labours and amusements, to spend the day as directed by the goverMr. Bishop spent half an hour with him this morning, explaining in English the 21st and 22d chapters of Revelation. I joined them at breakfast, having arrived at Kairua about an hour before daylight. I had left Towaihae on the preceding day at six in the morning, in a canoe kindly furnished by Mr Young.

About nine A. M. I stopped at Kaparaoa, a small village on the beach, containing twenty-two houses, where I found the people preparing their food for the ensuing day, on which they said the governor had sent word for them to do no work, neither cook any food. When the people were collected I addressed them, and, after answering a number of inquiries, proceeded.

At Kaparaoa I saw a number of curiously carved wooden idols, which formerly belonged to an adjacent temple. I asked the natives if they would part with any? They said, Yes; and I should have purchased one, but had no means of conveying it away, for it was an unwieldy log of heavy wood, twelve or fourteen feet long, curiously carved in rude and frightful imitation of the human figure.

After remaining there till two P. M., I left them making preparation to keep the Sabbath-day, according to the orders they had received from the governor.

About four in the afternoon I landed at Kihoro, a straggling village, inhabited principally by fishermen. A number of people collected, to whom I addressed a short discourse, from 1 John i. 7. This village exhibits another monument of the genius of Tamehameha. small bay, perhaps half a mile across, runs inland a con

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siderable distance. From one side to the other of this bay Tamehameha built a strong stone wall, six feet high in some places, and twenty feet wide, by which he had an excellent fish-pond, not less than two miles in circumference. There were several arches in the wall, which were guarded by strong stakes driven into the ground so far apart as to admit the water of the sea, yet sufficiently close to prevent the fish from escaping. It was well stocked with fish, and water-fowl were seen swimming on its surface.

The people of this village, as well as the others through which I had passed, were preparing to keep the Sabbath, and the conversation naturally turned on the orders recently issued by the governor. They said it was a bad thing to commit murder, infanticide, and theft, which had also been forbidden; that it would be well to abstain from these crimes; but, they said, they did not know of what advantage the palapala, instruction, &c., would be.

At breakfast the governor seemed interested in the narrative of the tour, particularly of the interview we had with the priestess of Pélé at Waiakea.

At half-past ten the bell rang for public worship, and about eight hundred people, decently dressed, some in foreign, others in native clothing, assembled under a large ranai, a place sheltered from the sun, formed by two large canvass awnings and a number of platted cocoanut-leaves, spread over the place from posts fixed in the fence which enclosed the court-yard around the house of the governor's wife. The governor and his attendants sat on chairs; the rest of the congregationreclined on their mats, or sat on the ground. After singing and prayer, I preached from Acts xvi. 30, 31. The history of the Philippian jailer appeared to interest them, and after the conclusion of the service the governor, in particular, made many inquiries.

At half-past four in the afternoon the bell rang again, and the people collected in the place where the services had been held in the forenoon, and in equal numbers seated themselves very quietly. The exercises commenced in the usual manner, and I preached on the occasion from Acts v. 14. They were attentive, and appeared much affected with the account of the awful end of Ananias and Sapphira.

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visited Thomas Hopu's house, where a small congregation was assembled for conversation and prayer. Bishop gave them a short exhortation; and many of the people remained afterward to hear more from Thomas about Jesus Christ.

The Sabbath was spent in a manner truly gratifying. No athletic sports were seen on the beach; no noise of playful children, shouting as they gambolled in the surf, nor distant sound of the cloth-beating mallet, was heard through the day; no persons were seen carrying burdens in or out of the village, nor any canoes passing across the bay. It could not but be viewed as the dawn of a bright sabbatic day for the dark shores of Hawaii. Family worship was held at the governor's house, in the native language, in the evening.

Having heard of the arrival of the brig Nio at Towaihae, Mr. Bishop left Kairua in the evening, to return to Oahu.

The natives possess no inconsiderable share of maritime and commercial enterprise. The king and chiefs own fifteen or sixteen vessels, several of which, like the Nio, are brigs of ninety or a hundred tons burden.

The greater part of them, however, are schooners of a smaller size. The larger ones, on a long voyage, are commanded by a foreigner; but among the islands they are manned and navigated by the natives themselves. A native captain and supercargo are appointed to each; the former navigates the vessel, while the latter attends to the cargo. The natives in general make good sailors;

and although their vessels have greatly multiplied within the last few years, they find constant employ for them, particularly the small craft, which are continually plying from one island to another, while their larger ones are either chartered to foreign merchants, or make distant voyages on their own account. They have once sent a vessel to Canton, loaded with sandal-wood, under the care of an English captain and mate, but manned by natives. They have also traded to Kamtschatka and other parts of the Pacific, and have, within the last few years, made one or two successful voyages for the purpose of procuring seal-skins. The national flag of the islands (see preceding page), which is an English jack, with eight or nine horizontal stripes of white, red, and blue, was given them by the British government many years ago, accompanied by an assurance that it would be respected wherever the British flag was acknowledged. Although they are so expert in the manufacture of their canoes, they have made but little progress in building and repairing their ships, or in any of the mechanic arts. They seem much more fond of the pursuits of commerce, and are tolerable adepts in bartering. In exchange for foreign articles, they not only give sandalwood and salt, but furnish supplies to the numerous vessels which visit the islands for the purpose of refitting or procuring refreshments. In the months of March and April, and of September and October, many vessels, principally whalers, resort to the Sandwich Islands for fresh provisions, &c.—we have seen upwards of thirty lying at anchor off Oahu at one time. The farmers in many places dispose of the produce of their land to these ships; but in Oahu and some other harbours this trade is almost entirely monopolized by the king and chiefs. There is, indeed, a public market, in which the natives dispose of their stock; but the price is regulated by the chiefs, and two-thirds of the proceeds of whatever the natives sell is required by them.

This is not only unpleasant to those who trade with them, but very oppressive, and retards in no small degree the industry, comfort, and civilization of the people. In return for most of the supplies which they furnish to the shipping, they receive Spanish dollars; but the sandal-wood, &c. they usually exchange for articles of European or Chinese fabrication: the silks, crapes, umbrellas, furniture, and trunks of the latter are most