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MISSIONARY TOUR

manner in which they should keep the Sabbath -day,again embarked on board my canoe, and sailed toWainanarii, where I landed, repaired to the house ofWaipo, the chief, who, as soon as the object of myvisit was known, directed the people to assemble athis house.

At Kaparaoa I saw a number of curiously'carvedwooden idols, which formerly belonged to an adjacenttemple. 1 asked the natives if they would part withany? They said, Yes ; and I should have purchasedone, but had no means of conveying it a way, for itw as an unwieldy log of heavy wood, tw elve or four-teen feet long, curiously carved, in rude and frightfulimitation of the human figure.

After remaining there till tw 7 o p. m. I left them makingpreparation fo keep the Sabbath -day, according to theorders they had received from the governor.

About four in the afternoon I landed at Kihoro, astraggling village, inhabited principally by fishermen.A number of people collected, to whom I addressed ashort discourse, from 1 John i. 7.—This village exhibitsanother monument of the genius of Tamehameha. Asmall bay, perhaps half a mile across, runs inland aconsiderable distance. From one side to the other ofthis bay, Tamehameha built a strong stone wall, sixfeet high in some places, and twenty feet wide, bywhich he had an excellent fish-pond, not less than twomiles in circumference. There were several arches inthe wall, which were guarded by strong stakes driveninto the ground so far apart as to admit the water ofthe sea, yet sufficiently close to prevent the fish fromescaping. It was well stocked w ith fish, and water -finvl were seen swimming on its surface.