WHALING VOYAGE. 
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liana ino aku au ia oe, e k ou hoa launa ke, aloha aku 
hei no au ia oe, Pan ia. 
Eia keia nanao ou ia oe eia mai kuu wahi komo, e 
hana iho oe i kuu, komo i mea kala, ahoi aku au uku 
aku au ia oe. 
Aloha ino oe, e kau ai kane a me kou hoa launa. 
E hai aku oe i kuu aloha ia mi ka peka. 
Timothy Haalilio. 
The following is the translation : 
To Rooke, Hido , October 31, 1836. 
Great love to you, my friend— love to you. Do not 
you think that I have wronged you— O, my neighbour, 
I send love to you. Let there be no more said. 
Here is this thought of mine of you. I have sent you 
my ring ; get it studded with silver, and when I return I 
will pay you. Kind love to you, my friend and neigh- 
bour, and convey my regards to Mr. Peck. 
Timothy Haalilio. 
The Sandwich islanders appear to possess a natural 
wish for progressing in knowledge. Possessing a 
delightful climate, they have every opportunity of be- 
coming a happy, as they have every capacity for be- 
coming an intellectual, race. The climate appears 
to agree with English constitutions remarkably well, 
although situated within the tropics ; the north-east 
trade winds, which almost constantly blow here, cooling 
the land, and making the atmosphere exceedingly con- 
genial and pleasant ; and moreover, from the position 
