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sued rather tends to republican forms; a good, practical, religious edu- 
cation, however, may be the result. How far it is intended to carry it, 
I did not learn. I have seldom seen better behaved children than those 
in this school. 
Connected with Mr. and Mrs. Cooke, I must not omit to mention 
John li, who is their guardian and protector. During my stay I saw 
them frequently. The Saturday after my arrival, I had them on board 
the ship, with their tutors. They were hardly to be distinguished from 
well-bred children of our own country; were equally well dressed, and 
are nearly as light in colour. 
After a further acquaintance with Honolulu, it appeared much more 
advanced in the scale of civilization than I thought it at first, and I 
found some difficulty in being able to realize that I was among a Poly- 
nesian nation, so different are they from the other islanders in the scale 
of improvement. 
One cannot but be struck with seeing the natives winding their way 
along the different thoroughfares, laden with all kinds of provisions, 
wood, charcoal, and milk, to supply the market and their regular cus- 
tomers. Indeed, there are quite as many thus employed as in any place 
of the same number of inhabitants in our own country. 
MODE OF CARRYING BURDENS. 
Their usual mode of carrying burdens is to suspend them with cords 
from the ends of a stick; this is laid across the shoulders, and so ac- 
customed are they to carry the load in this manner, that they will 
sometimes increase the weight by adding a heavy stone, in order to 
balance it. The stick on which they carry their load is made of the 
Hibiscus tiliaceus, which is very light and tough. Instead of baskets, 
