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I also had the pleasure of visiting the missionaries; and as many 

 misrepresentations have been published, and much misunderstanding 

 exists, relative to their domiciles, I trust I may be excused if I give a 

 short description of their interior, to set the matter at rest. It will I 

 think be sufficient to satisfy any one that they are not as luxurious in 

 their furniture as has been sometimes represented. Their houses are 

 generally one story and a half high, situated fifteen or twenty paces 

 within an unpretending gate, and the garden is surrounded by adobe 

 walls about seven or eight feet high. Some of the houses are of stone, 

 but most of them are of wood ; they are from twenty to thirty feet 

 square, and twenty feet high, and have the appearance of having been 

 added to as the prosperity of the mission increased. The front door 

 opens into the principal room, which is covered with a mat or common 

 ingrain carpeting, and furnished with a table, a few Windsor chairs, a 

 rocking-chair, and sofa, all of wood. There is a very high mantel, 

 but no fire-place, the latter not being needed. On the mantel are 

 placed four glass lamps, each with one burner, and in the centre a 

 small china vase, with a bunch of flowers in it. Several coloured 

 scriptural prints hang on the walls about a foot below the ceiling ; on 

 the table were a few devotional books. 



The eating-room adjoins the principal room, and in one corner 

 stands a cupboard, or an old sideboard, very much the worse for wear. 

 This contained the common earthenware used at meals. A native girl, 

 or woman, is all the " help ;" and both the master and mistress take a 

 part in many of the domestic duties. As to their fare, it is plain, 

 simple, and wholesome, and always accompanied with a hearty wel- 

 come and cheerful, contented faces, — at least, I found it so. The 

 salaries of all, both clerical and secular members, are the same, 

 namely, four hundred dollars for a family. How it is possible for them 

 to clothe and maintain a family on such a stipend at Honolulu, I am 

 unable to conceive. They receive no other compensation, nor are they 

 allowed to hold any property for themselves, not even a cow. All 

 must belong to the mission, and be paid for by it. 



To several of the missionaries I feel indebted for unsolicited kind- 

 nesses, and I spent many agreeable hours in their society. I must bear 

 testimony that I saw nothing but a truly charitable and Christian 

 bearing towards others throughout my intercourse with them, and 

 heard none but the most charitable expressions towards their assailants. 

 Heedless of the tongue of scandal, they pursued their duties with even- 

 ness of temper, and highly laudable good-will. 



Near the missionaries' dwellings is their printing establishment 

 under the superintendence of Mr. Rogers. Here they have three 



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