(Ouiee) and its Volcanic Regions, ge. 
232 Notice Gt 
home, and just atsct- edge of a fine forest running fronds bh 
the interior—belongs to Kinai, ‘the head man of the thinly shabitd 
district of Ora. The master and his family were absent, at the dis-. 
tance of thirty or forty miles, superintending the cutting of sandal 
wood, and the charge of the houses was left to a few domestics, who, 
however, received us very cindy 3 and, at once, surrendered to us 
- the principal habitation. 
‘Here we were quickly made sensible, that the ineptrvimneadl and 
advancement of the people are not limited to the sea ports or to the 
coast. The house was divided into separate rooms: by screens: of 
native cloth and mats, furnishing distinct sleeping places for the in- 
mates, besides one large and airy apartment, evidently kept as a better 
and principal room. Into this last we were vel and its neatness 
and comfort were a great Juxury to us. 
The finer mats for the floor, were, in the — of. the chief, eco- 
nomically rolled up against one-side of the house, and other derange- 
ments, from the same cause, of the ordinary articles of use, were ob- 
_ servable—so that we did not see the establishment in its best state. 
Still, every thing testified, in my eyes, to a vast improvement in the 
style of living, (since my former visit,) even among the inferior chiefs. 
Among other evidences of advancement were the books printed i in 
the native tongue, (as yet few in number,) well bound and wra 
in covers of native cloth; and a large slate, oe against one 
of the partitions. 
But that which our party hailed with peculiar pleasures was 4 
fine lounge or divan, eight or ten feet in width, and extending the 
whole length of the apartment. It was composed of a great num 
ber of thicknesses of mats, on a platform of wood, elevated about 
‘two feet from the floor; and, surrounded by curtains of neat 
ture chintz, it afforded a couch for the whole of our number, wehich we 
might have coveted under circumstances of much less fatigue. 
Indeed the comfort of the accommodations—a refreshing cup 
tea and a snbstantial supper—the novelty of every thing around— 
freedom from the confinement of the vessel, and with it, from the 
tedium of the night-watch, and other inconveniences of nautical life, 
gave such a flow to the lively spirits of some of our younger compan- 
ions, as to make it a late hour, before we were composed to a 
ude and to sleep. 
Nothing of particular interest occurred the next day, tll 
arrived in the immediate vicinity of the voleano. The smoke @s- 
we had 
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