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tainly shows uncommon exertion on the part of some one ; and the 

 fact that the natives are better clad, and more inclined to steady 

 employment when they have no markets for the sale of their produce, 

 speaks much in their favour. Any branch of industry that is likely 

 to produce profit, and that will yield them the means of procuring 

 clothing, is engaged in with avidity. 



There is only one store, where sandalwood, tutui-nuts, beans, corn, 

 palm-leaf hats, and mustard-seed, are exchanged for goods. Corn 

 (maize) is becoming quite an extensive article of commerce, and 

 its cultivation is rapidly extending; cotton is likewise attended to. 

 There is, indeed, little doubt, but that this people, under proper 

 encouragement, will become industrious and prosperous. 



A considerable trade is kept up between the south and north end 

 of this district. The inhabitants of the barren portion of the latter 

 are principally occupied in fishing and the manufacture of salt, which 

 articles are bartered with those who live in the more fertile regions of 

 the south, for food and clothing. 



Some knowledge of the arts has been acquired, and the mass of 

 the people manifest much ingenuity in the manufacture of various 

 articles for convenience and comfort. A few have shown some skill 

 in carpentry, having acquired this knowledge entirely by looking on 

 and practising. Some have in the same way acquired the art of 

 laying stone; and the large house of Governor Adams, heretofore 

 spoken of, was entirely built by natives, under the superintendence 

 of a foreigner. Others have been entirely erected by native work- 

 men. Some have also become blacksmiths, and comb-makers, and a 

 large number of native women are employed in making palm-leaf 

 hats, which are of good quality. 



Governor Adams intends that his cotton manufactures shall super- 

 sede European goods. Such undertakings cannot but excite interest 

 in all who are looking to the general improvement and civilization of 

 the islands of Polynesia. Like all first attempts at manufacturing, it 

 was attended with difficulties ; and as it may possess interest with 

 some, I will give an account of its progress. 



In 1837 an edifice of stone was erected, using mud instead of lime- 

 mortar, for the proposed works, thirty by sixty feet, with a thatched 

 roof, and well lighted with glazed windows. About twenty wheels 

 were made by natives, after a model furnished by a foreign carpenter, 

 except the wheel-heads, which were of American manufacture. A 

 small Chinese gin was employed to free the cotton of the seeds, only 



