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HAWAII. 



[letter XXVII. 



and some legal books with him ; and, doubtless, in considera- 

 tion of the prominent positions he has filled, specially that of: 

 interpreter to the Legislature, unusual indulgence will be 

 granted to him. 



At the weekly prayer meeting held this evening, the medical j 

 officer gave a very pathetic account of his interview with him i 

 this morning, in which he had feelingly requested the prayers of; 

 the church. It was with unusual fervour afterwards that prayer: 

 was offered, not for him only, but for " all those who, living, 

 have this day been consigned to the oblivion of the grave, and 

 for the five hundred of our fellow-subjects now suffering on 

 Molokai." A noble instance of devotion has just been given 

 by Father Damiens, a Belgian priest, who has gone to spend 

 his life amidst the hideous scenes, and the sickness and death 

 of the ghastly valley of Kalawao.* 



I. L. B. 



* A chapter on Leprosy and the Leper Settlement is given at the close; 

 of these Letters. 



