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at Somu-somu, was confirmed; and apprehensions appeared to be 
entertained that King George and his forces, or the Christian party, 
would have to abandon their attempt to reduce the Devil’s town, and 
force the inhabitants to become Christians. 
The natives of Vavao were equally good-looking with those of 
Tonga, and some of the women and children were thought by the 
officers quite faultless in form and feature. 
Lieutenant-Commandant Ringgold received on board the Porpoise 
three of the shipwrecked crew of the Shylock, two young Americans 
and an Irishman; the remaining two of the five preferring to stay on 
shore. Both of the latter were foreigners, one an Englishman, shipped 
at New Zealand, and a deserter from a British ship of war, the other 
a Portuguese, shipped at the Azores. 
After getting chronometer sights and dip observations at the village, 
they returned on board and prepared for their departure. At 11 p. m. 
they got under way, and by four o’clock they had passed the heads, 
and discharged the pilot. They now stood northeast, for the Samoan 
Group. On the afternoon of the 4th of September, they made Tutuila 
and Upolu, and at night hove-to, to windward of the harbour of Apia. 
At daylight on the 5th, they made sail along the island of Upolu, 
and saw a ship at anchor in the harbour of Saluafata. A boat soon 
after boarded the brig from the American whale-ship Lorne; and one 
of the Porpoise’s boats was despatched to her, in the hopes of obtaining 
a small supply of provisions; but without success. At nine o’clock the 
brig came to anchor at Apia, and a messenger was at once despatched 
for Mr. Willams, our consul, who lives at Fasetootai, twenty miles 
down the coast to the westward. 
The missionaries were visited, from whom they met a kind recep- 
tion. There appeared some little improvement in the village; the 
stone church had been finished, and its white walls were seen through 
the deep green groves of bread-fruit trees. This building was con- 
structed by the Rev. Mr. Mills and his flock, and he was constantly 
seen engaged in the manual labour of its erection, the natives all assist- 
ing him cheerfully in the task. He thus not only exhibited a good 
example, but effectually taught them how to perform all the operations 
in carpentry and stone-masonry, as well as the use of the tools, in all 
of which they had acquired much adroitness. It was contemplated 
that the church would be finished by the first of the year. An anec- 
dote of the cause which gave rise to the building of the church was 
related by Mr. Mills. 
When the missionaries first came and settled, they were allowed to 
hold their service in the fale-tele, or town-house ; but Pea, the chief of 
