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shape of scholars, or as they are now termed, students of the 

 university. Most of them were dressed in trousers and shirts, the 

 latter partly within and partly without their waistbands. They had 

 no shoes or handkerchiefs, and as the light colour of their clothes 

 showed spots of grease distinctly, they appeared dirty enough. The 

 exercises were continued, but as they were in the Hawaiian language, 

 it was impossible to judge of their explanations of the questions put to 

 them : they seemed, however, to satisfy the tutor. 



I then went to the lower rooms, and was shown the process of 

 teaching : among other branches in which they were instructed, was 

 music. We next visited the dormitories, which, as I have stated 

 above, were small separate grass-huts. The scholars sleep as they 

 choose, either within or without the hut, and always in their clothes, 

 which I had surmised was the case from their appearance. The 

 whole struck me as being badly planned and loosely conducted : the 

 buildings are much too large and expensive ; consequently to keep 

 them in repair, and meet the other expenses of the establishment 

 without additional aid, is impossible; and like all attempts on too 

 large a scale, it must fail. 



I am well aware that the gentlemen who have the matter in charge 

 are doing all that they can to meet their own wishes, and the expecta- 

 tions of the community, both at home and in the other islands ; but I 

 look upon their exertions as thrown away ; for it requires practical 

 men and artisans to instruct the natives, and some plan is essential by 

 which their habits and customs can be changed. I was told here that 

 their character combines idleness and unclean habits ; that they are 

 deceitful, obstinate, indifferent to truth, and have no social qualities. 



Each scholar now costs the society twenty dollars per annum, 

 seven dollars and fifty cents of which provides them with food ; the 

 remainder, twelve dollars and fifty cents, is for clothing. But besides 

 this, they are paid twenty-five cents per day when they are allowed 

 to work, which amounts to as much more during the year. Why 

 this premium has been adopted to induce them to work, I could not 

 see ; and I look upon it as one of the very worst features of the 

 establishment, particularly when the scholars must see that their 

 labour is frequently of no account, as when employed in building 

 stone walls to enclose lands that are not worth fencing in. 



That this institution is not popular among the natives, is little to 

 be wondered at. Many of them complain, as I have already said, 

 that it is impossible for them to get their children there ; for to do 



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