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ecdote as a proof of the sincerity of some, at least, 

 of those who profess Christianity. One of his young 

 men left him who had been accustomed to read 

 prayers to the rest of the servants. Some weeks 

 afterwards, happening to pass late in the evening 

 by an outhouse, he saw and heard one of his men 

 reading the Bible with difficulty, by the light of the 

 fire, to the others. After this, the party knelt and 

 prayed : in their prayers they mentioned Mr. Bush- 

 by and his family, and the missionaries, each sep- 

 arately in his respective district. 



December 2Gth. — Mr. Bushby offered to take Mr. 

 Sulivan and myself in his boat some miles up the 

 river to Cawa-Cawa, and proposed afterwards to 

 walk on to the village of Waiomio, where there are 

 some curious rocks. Following one of the arms 

 of the bay, we enjoyed a pleasant row, and passed 

 through pretty scenery until we came to a village, 

 beyond which the boat could not pass. From this 

 place a chief and a party of men volunteered to 

 walk with us to Waiomio, a distance of four miles. 

 The chief was at this time rather notorious from 

 having lately hung one of his wives and a slave for 

 adultery. When one of the missionaries remon- 

 strated with him, he seemed surprised, and said he 

 thought he was exactly following the English meth- 

 od. Old Shongi, who happened to be in England 

 during the Queen's trial, expressed great disap- 

 probation at the whole proceeding : he said he had 

 five wives, and he would rather cut off all their 

 heads than be so much troubled about one. Leav- 

 ing this village, we crossed over to another, seated 

 on a hill side at a little distance. The daughter of 

 a chief, who was still a heathen, had died there five 

 days before. The hovel in which she had expired 

 had been burned to the ground ; her body, being en- 

 closed between two small canoes, was placed up- 



