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that the Christian faith was the best ; and that, 

 seeing how far the Europeans and Americans, 

 who were all Christians, surpassed her com- 

 patriots in knowledge, she concluded that their 

 belief must be the most reasonable. " If, how- 

 ever," she added, " it should be found unsuited 

 to our people, we will reject it, and adopt 

 another." 



Hence it appears that the Christianity of the 

 missionaries is not regarded with the reverence 

 which, in its purity, it is calculated to inspire 

 in the most uncultivated minds. In conclusion, 

 Nomahanna triumphantly informed me, that 

 the women might now eat as much pork as they 

 pleased, instead of being, as formerly, limited 

 to dog's flesh. At this observation, an intru- 

 sive idea suddenly changed her tone and the 

 expression of her features. With a deep sigh, 

 she exclaimed — " What would Tameamea say 

 if he could behold the changes which have taken 

 place here.'^ No more Gods — no more Ma- 

 rais : all are destroyed ! It was not so in his 

 time : — we shall never have such another king !" 

 Then, while the tears trickled down her cheeks, 

 she bared her right arm, and showed me, tat- 



