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four turkies, and several pairs of chickens, all living; with 

 vegetables in great abundance, taro, sweet-potatoes, melons, &c. 

 I thought the man must certainly have made a mistake, but he 

 assured me that it was right : " the king had sent them to the 

 ' kauris' (foreigners) who had just arrived, and wished him to 

 say that in tree days he would send them as much more." His 

 majesty had evidently measured our appetites by the standard oi 

 his own people, and we determined to see him immediately, and 

 countermand the sumptuous order v/hich he had given. It may 

 be proper here to remark, that when the king, or chiefs, wish a 

 supply of provisions, or any other articles in which the common 

 people deal, or of which they are possessed, a messenger is sent 

 to demand such things in the name of the master, and a levy is 

 made upon the property of the poor native, without any kind of 

 compensation being ever offered. We were aware that our pro- 

 vision had been obtained in this way, and were unwilling that the 

 industrious poor should lose their labor to contribute to our wants, 

 preferring to buy from them the necessary supplies. \/ 



The next day we paid another visit to Mr. Gulick, and ac- 

 cepted a pressing invitation to make our home with him, his 

 house being much more convenient to the valleys, which we 

 wished to explore in search of birds and other natural objects. 

 Here we had another interview with the king, who insisted upon 

 our occupying a fine large house in the neighborhood of Mr. 

 Gulick's residence, as a depository for our collections. We 

 accepted this offer with pleasure, and the missionary's accommo- 

 dation being somewhat contracted, we used the king's house 

 as our study and sleeping apartment, taking our meals with the 

 family of our kind friend. 



We made here several long excursions over the hills and 

 through the deep valleys, without much success. The birds are 

 the same as those we found and collected at Oahu, but are not so 

 numerous. They are principally creepers (Certhia) and honey- 



