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a course, and the school would, in this way, become more popular. 

 Parents of this rank would, also, be enabled to assist in its mainte- 

 nance, and the lower orders, as elsewhere, would imitate the higher. 



I must do full justice to the good fare and kind attention of Mrs. 

 Greene ; and from the appearance of the supper-table, I could readily 

 have believed myself in New England instead of the Hawaiian 

 Islands. 



Early the next morning, Mr. Drayton and myself went to breakfast 

 with Mr. Baily and his wife. He is the assistant missionary at this 

 station, and superintends the school for boys. It being Saturday, and 

 a holiday, we had not the pleasure of seeing the scholars. 



Mr. Baily had provided bountifully for us, and there was ample 

 evidence here that this was a land of plenty, to all those who exercised 

 ordinary industry. 



After breakfast, Mr. Greene was obliging enough to accompany us 

 to see the sugar-mills and taro-plantations, in the valley of the Wai- 

 luku. The sugar manufactory is an experiment of the king, and is 

 now under the superintendence of a Chinese. By some awkward 

 mistake in making the agreement, his majesty's interests were 

 entirely lost sight of, and it is said that he will lose money, although 

 his agents have a prospect of considerable gain. The iron-work of 

 the mill was imported from the United States, and is turned by 

 water-power. The water-wheel is badly constructed : it is a breast- 

 wheel, with great loss of power. 



There appears but little economy about the establishment : as an 

 instance of this, instead of drying and preparing the cane for fuel, 

 they use wood altogether, which is very scarce, and costs much to 

 transport it. The sugar appears to be of good quality, and with 

 proper attention, the manufacture could no doubt be made profit- 

 able. I understood, from the Chinese who had charge, that the sugar 

 could be sold at four cents per pound, and that with a proper economy 

 as to fuel, might be reduced to half that sum. 



Both the king and chiefs have a desire to encourage the arts and 

 agriculture. Unfortunately, however, after they have incurred ex- 

 penses, they are obliged to give the sole direction into the hands 

 of those who have nothing but their own interests in view. The 

 consequence is, that in all these undertakings, the king and chiefs 

 have found themselves deceived, by listening to foreigners by whom 

 they have been defrauded. 



We now rode down the valley among the taro-patches, and over to 

 the Sand-hills. In passing over them we saw some remarkable con- 



