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year ; a large proportion of them died at from six to ten months old ; 

 six died between two and ten years, and fourteen died when over ten 

 years old. 



The dwellings of the natives are a little improved, and Governor 

 Adams has the best-built stone house in the Hawaiian Islands. He has 

 also a cotton factory constructed of stone, and by his influence there 

 has been erected a large stone church and a school-house. He also 

 gives much attention to the schools, and has twenty-three in his dis- 

 trict for adult scholars, who are six or seven hundred in number ; and 

 thirteen for children, with about five hundred pupils : all of these are 

 taught by natives. To these is to be added a school for girls, taught by 

 the ladies of the mission, numbering fifty-five scholars. 



Governor Adams, like all individuals of his class who are desirous of 

 improving his countrymen, is represented by the low foreigners to be 

 of a miserly and grasping disposition, and they say that he has ac- 

 quired large stores of wealth, which he hoards up. He is certainly 

 much respected by all those not engaged in trade, and spoken highly 

 of by the natives over whom he rules. He is admitted, however, by 

 both foreigners and natives, to be one of the most shrewd and intelli- 

 gent of the nation, and desirous of turning all things to account, com- 

 peting even with foreigners. I had not the pleasure of meeting with 

 him, of which I was desirous ; for, owing to our unexpected detention 

 at Oahu, we did not reach Hilo so soon as we had intended, and he 

 was obliged to return to his home on the opposite side of the island. 

 Being a man of large dimensions, as the chiefs usually are, he was 

 deterred from performing so toilsome a journey again during our 

 stay. 



The industry which prevails in his own particular district certainly 

 shows uncommon exertion on the part of some one ; and the fact that 

 the natives are better clad, and more inclined to steady employment 

 when they have no markets for the sale of their produce, speaks much 

 in their favour. Any branch of industry that is likely to produce 

 profit, and that will yield them the means of procuring clothing, is en- 

 gaged in with avidity. 



There is only one store, where sandalwood, tutui-nuts, beans, corn, 

 palm-leaf hats, and mustard-seed, are exchanged for goods. Corn 

 (maize) is becoming quite an extensive article of commerce, and 

 its cultivation is rapidly extending; cotton is likewise attended to. 

 There is, indeed, little doubt, but that this people, under proper en- 

 couragement, will become industrious and prosperous. 



A considerable trade is kept up between the south and north end 

 of this district. The inhabitants of the barren portion of the latter 



