WHALING VOYAGE. 
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But not only is this the case, but they are obliged 
also, in many instances, to act as slaves to the mis- 
sionaries. If the Christian white man moves from one 
district to another, he or his family and baggage must 
be carried about in a sort of 44 palanquin,” or <£ settee,” 
of course greatly to the delight of the poor native, who 
frequently gets nothing for his trouble ; for when his 
shoulder aches from the weight he has sustained in a 
hot climate, or perhaps over uneven or broken ground, 
or through an entangled forest, he is repaid with a 
prayer or goodly blessing for his pains, and which is 
considered as a full equivalent for his labour, — and of 
this I will give an instance. 
In 1832, after the missionary of the district of Wai- 
mea, Owhyhee, had returned from an expedition, he 
obtained, although with some trouble, a few of the 
natives to carry his baggage about twelve or fourteen 
miles into the country to the place where he resided, 
and after they had done it, they were handsomely repaid 
by their Christian pastor with a 44 p, a, —pa,” as it is 
termed, being the native alphabet; at a time too of a 
great scarcity of food. The natives in that instance 
treated the affair with disdain, although it was termed 
by the holy man, who presented it to them as a pay- 
ment for their severe toils, the 44 bread of life.” 
I have before mentioned, in Chapter Y. the puritanical 
bigotry which prevented the natives of Owhyhee afford- 
ing a draught of water to our famishing men who landed 
there after a long pull in the boats, exposed to a broiling 
sun, because it was Sunday — faugh ! 
