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It was no longer a subject of surprise to me that the establishment 

 had obtained the name of being unhealthy, or that several of the girls 

 had died.* 



While Mr. Greene gives the scholars instruction in the various 

 departments of education, Miss Ogden teaches them all kinds of 

 useful employments, such as spinning, weaving, knitting, sewing, 

 quilting, millinery, &c. She has, also, the superintendence of their 

 eating apartment, and no place could be better arranged than this 

 part of the establishment : every thing has a useful purpose, and 

 one readily sees the practical operation of all that is doing. I had 

 the pleasure of seeing the scholars at their meals, where all was 

 regulated and went according to rule : those who were appointed to 

 " wash up" kept their places while the rest left the table. They 

 made a better appearance at their morning meal than they had done 

 on the day of our arrival, wearing now neat white capes ; but I still 

 saw^ the same frocks. I do not, however, wish to give the idea that 

 they are not in reality clean : they are so beyond a doubt, as I under- 

 stood they bathed almost every day ; but they did not look tidy. Miss 

 Ogden took her place at a small table, whence she was enabled to 

 overlook the whole. Their food is that of the country, consisting 

 principally of poe and fish, and they are occasionally indulged with 

 molasses. 



Baths and walking-grounds are prepared for them, where they can 

 take exercise. The avowed object of this establishment is to edu- 

 cate the daughters of Hawaii as wives for the young men who are 

 educated at Lahainaluna. They are fed and clothed by the Mis- 

 sionary Society, and it is proposed that they shall remain at the 

 establishment until they be married. 



One courtship has already taken place by letters ; and I was in- 

 formed these were the first love-letters that had ever been written in 

 this group. I was extremely desirous of obtaining the originals or 

 copies, but was not successful. The correspondence appears to have 

 been carried on under the eye of the missionaries, and the expres- 

 sions they contained were very common-place. 



This whole establishment does great credit to those who are en- 

 gaged in rearing it vip, on account of the method and perseverance 

 with which it is carried on. It is extremely gratifying to see efforts of 



* I have since understood that this defect has been remedied, the scholars having 

 been provided with bedsteads and bedding, and that no cases of siclcness have since 

 occurred. 



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