24 THE WHALEMAN'S ADVENTURES. 



The king and his wife, together with the 

 captain, came, one by one, soon after, and we 

 all pulled off to the ship, where the king 

 seemed highly gratified with his entertainment 

 and presents. He is manifestly king but in 

 name, having to promise a recompense even 

 to the men that brought him off to the boat 

 in their canoe. The Gospel has abolished all 

 tyranny, and, as the sailor interpreted it, " all 

 there are for themselves, and without distinc- 

 tions." They are four hundred all told, and 

 live, according to their own telling, in much 

 peace, being visited two or three times a year 

 by whale ships for recruits, whose trade just 

 keeps them (the adults) with a single cloth 

 garment, or kihei, a-piece. 



A roughly-made schooner, of kamanu wood 

 (much like our mahogany), was on the stocks, 

 for which they were very anxious to get tar, 

 oakum, and a compass. No white missionary, 

 we were told, has ever resided upon the island, 

 but all their imperfect Christianization and 

 acquaintance with the arts have been effected 

 by native teachers from Tahiti. White men 



