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APPENDIX. 



But, to stand at variance with, and to confine tliat company, they 

 have never spoken like that since the time of Kaahumanu I. down to 

 the time that the Romish priest was confined on board the Europa. 



I think, perhaps, those things are not clear to you ; it would perhaps 

 be proper, therefore, that the American missionaries should be exa- 

 mined before you and Commodore Read, and us also. 

 Thus I have written you with respect, 



(Signed) Kamehameha III. 



II I. 



CEREMONIES ON FOUNDING HEIAUS. 



The following ceremony was performed at the building of the 

 heiau, or temple of Kohala, in Hawaii, by Kamehameha. Imme- 

 diately afterwards the king departed, in order to effect the conquest of 

 Oahu. 



On the 27th (Kane) of January (Kaulua), the ceremony began. 



On the 2Sth, a calabash of red ochre was mixed. 



On the 29th, the priest, leaning on a spear, repeats prayers and 

 begs lands. 



On the 30th, palm-leaves are spread on the roof of the house in the 

 heiau. On the first day of the month (Nana), the people are placed 

 in eight rows, when prayers and benedictions are offered, together 

 with a sacrifice of pigs and fruit. Then the priest of Nukuokea 

 appears, and asks of the king an offering of three fowls to bake at 

 night; one for the king, one for the priest, and one for the god. 



On the second day, they go to the mountains in search of the okea 

 idol, when a man was killed : at the time of the cutting down the okea 

 tree the priest prayed for land, and the sacrifice was offered, with a 

 hog and tapas, and the image carved ; the direction in which the tree 

 fell, land was sought for, and the people on it were stripped of all 

 they had and killed ; when the company returned home bearing the 

 image and singing, " Kuamu, Kuawa, wa — Kuawuwa lauakila la 

 Uwa." After prayers, the priests each take a fowl, the chief two, 

 and two are given to the god Kaili : these are eaten by them, the 

 god's by his keeper, after which they went to sleep. If it rained 

 during the night, it was considered a good omen. 



On the third day, at an early hour, the people came with materials 



