HAWAIIAN GROUP. 



water is not perfectly fresh, and many persons have that which they 

 drink, brought from the valley of Nuuanu. 



I also had the pleasure of visiting the missionaries ; and as many 

 misrepresentations have been published, and much misunderstanding 

 exists, relative to their domiciles, I trust I may be excused if I give a 

 short description of their interior, to set the matter at rest. It will I 

 think be sufficient to satisfy any one that they are not as luxurious 

 in their furniture as has been sometimes represented. Their houses 

 are generally one story and a half high, situated fifteen or twenty 

 paces within an unpretending gate, and the garden is surrounded by 

 adobe walls about seven or eight feet high. Some of the houses are 

 of stone, but most of them are of wood ; they are from twenty to 

 thirty feet square, and twenty feet high, and have the appearance of 

 having been added to as the prosperity of the mission increased. The 

 front door opens into the principal room, which is covered with a mat 

 or common ingrain carpeting, and furnished with a table, a few 

 Windsor chairs, a rocking-chair, and sofa, all of wood. There is a very 

 high mantel, but no fire-place, the latter not being needed. On the 

 mantel are placed four glass lamps, each with one burner, and m the 

 centre a small china vase, with a bunch of flowers in it. Several 

 coloured scriptural prints hang on the walls about a foot below the 

 ceiling ; on the table were a few devotional books. 



The eating-room adjoins the principal room, and in one corner 

 stands a cupboard, or an old sideboard, very much the worse for wear. 

 This contained the common earthenware used at meals. A native 

 girl, or woman, is all the "help;" and both the master and mistress 

 take a part in many of the domestic duties. As to their fare, it is 

 plain, simple, and wholesome, and always accompanied with a 

 hearty welcome and cheerful, contented faces, — at least, I found it 

 so. The salaries of all, both clerical and secular members, are the 

 same, namely, four hundred dollars for a family. How it is possible 

 for them to clothe and maintain a family on such a stipend at Hono- 

 lulu, I am unable to conceive. They receive no other compensation, 

 nor are they allowed to hold any property for themselves, not even a 

 cow. All must belong to the mission, and be paid for by it. 



To several of the missionaries I feel indebted for unsolicited 

 kindnesses, and I spent many agreeable hours in their society. I 

 must bear testimony that I saw nothing but a truly charitable and 

 Christian bearing towards others throughout my intercourse with 

 them, and heard none but the most charitable expressions towards 



