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on their backs to the place of building. The lime and sand were 

 brought from a distance of two or three miles, and the timber was 

 dragged from four to six miles. In putting on the roof, it fell in 

 twice, after nearly all the timbers were up, and broke them to pieces; 

 but they persevered until they had completed the edifice, which will 

 contain about one thousand people. Tlie whole amount of money 

 laid out was sixteen dollars ! At Wailuku the building-stone used 

 was vesicular lava. 



The following may give some idea of the duties of a missionary at 

 these islands. Their labours on the Sabbath are, a sermon at sunrise, 

 Sabbath-school at eight o'clock, sermon again at eleven o'clock, Bible- 

 class at one, and lecture at four. On week-days, going to adjacent 

 villages, lectures, schools, and visiting the poor and needy, besides 

 acting as physician for a whole district, which alone is a work of no 

 trifling labour. 



In Wailuku, the population is thought to be decreasing at the rate 

 of about one hundred and thirty annually, but no adequate causes are 

 assigned for this diminution. The climate of Maui is healthy, and 

 no diseases prevail. Infanticide may be said not to exist. In speak- 

 ing with Mr. Richards upon this subject, he mentioned to me that 

 there had undoubtedly been very erroneous computations prior to the 

 last census, of 1840 ; and a case had come to his knowledge in one 

 district, in which it appeared that the deaths had been registered, 

 but not the births : in this case, if the births had been noted, it 

 would have led to a directly contrary conclusion ; for, instead of 

 showing three per cent, decrease, it would have given that amount 

 of increase. 



I have before stated, that Messrs. Pickering, Drayton, and Bracken- 

 ridge were ordered to visit Maui. They embarked on board the native 

 schooner Kahalia, and with them went Dr. Judd. They had a long 

 and tedious passage, and instead of reaching Maui in a few hours, as 

 they had expected, they were several days, owing to a strong south- 

 west gale blowing. By this they were obliged to take shelter under 

 the lee on the north side of Maui, where Dr. Judd and Mr. Drayton 

 landed, for the purpose of passing over land to Lahaina. 



The north coast of East Maui is a succession of deep ravines, 

 which gradually diminish in breadth as they ascend, and are finally 

 lost on the flanks of the mountains : travelling along the coast, in 

 consequence, becomes almost impossible. Cascades are seen falling 



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