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their assailants. Heedless of ttie tongue of scandal, they pursued 

 their duties with evenness of temper, and highly laudable good-will. 



Near the - missionaries' dwellings is their printing establishment, 

 under the superintendence of Mr. Rogers. Here they have three 

 presses, which are generally in active employment. The workmen 

 are all natives, and, from Mr. Rogers's account, they work very 

 steadily, during the hours of labour, throughout the 3'ear. This 

 occupation is considered as the road to preferment; for the know- 

 ledge and habits of industry they acquire in it naturally raise them 

 above their fellows, and they are soon required for the wants of the 

 country, either in teaching schools or other employments under the 

 government. 



I Avas told that upwards of four reams of paper are printed daily, 

 affording an extensive circulation of books in the native language. 

 Eleven thousand copies of the whole Bible have been printed, and 

 two weekly papers are published, one in English, called the Polyne- 

 sian, the other in the Hawaiian language, which the natives generally 

 read. They have likewise a book-bindery, under the direction of the 

 society. Many tracts are also published, some of which are by native 

 authors. Of these I cannot pass at least one without naming him. 

 This is David Maro, who is highly esteemed by all who know him, 

 and who lends the missionaries his aid, in mind as well as example, 

 in ameliorating the condition of his countrymen, and checking licen- 

 tiousness. At the same time he sets an example of industry, by 

 farming with his own hands, and manufactures from his sugar-cane 

 an excellent molasses. 



Though not actually connected with the mission, the Seaman's 

 Chapel, and its pious and enlightened pastor, the Rev. Mr. Diell, 

 assist in doing great good among the sailors who frequent the port. 

 The chapel is a neat wooden building, and is chiefly frequented by 

 the foreign residents and sailors in port. From its cupola, on the 

 Sabbath, always waves the Bethel flag; and it is generally well 

 attended. The Rev. Mr. Diell, to the regret of all, was about return- 

 ing home. He was in the last stage of consumption, but hoped to 

 reach his native land before his dissolution, which he felt and knew 

 was rapidly approaching. I regretted to hear that in this hope he 

 w-as disappointed, having died on the homeward passage. He was 

 truly a pattern of resignation, and was beloved by the wdiole commu- 

 nity. He had done much, I have been told, to soften the asperities 

 between the contending factions, and to arrest the course of vice, 



