POLYNESIAN RESEARCHES. 
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In the month of March^ 1814^ Mr. Nott, accompanied 
by Mr. Hayward^ visited Huahine^ Raiatea^ and Tahaa, 
the principal of the Society Islands^ conversing with the 
inhabitants, travelling round the islands, and preaching 
to the people wherever it was convenient. In every 
place they were welcomed and entertained with hos¬ 
pitality. The inhabitants frequently assembled to hear 
their instructions, as soon as they knew of their arrival 
in a district or village | whereas, on every former 
occasion, it had required much time and labour, by 
personal application, to assemble the smallest congre¬ 
gations. Many appeared to listen with earnestness and 
satisfaction to the message they delivered, called God 
the good spirit, and scrupled not to designate their 
own gods as varua maamaa^ and varua ino^ foolish 
spirits, and evil spirits. 
In the autumn of the same year, Mr. Wilson went on 
board a vessel at Eimeo, which was driven to the 
leeward islands, where contrary winds detained him 
and his companions for three months. During this 
period he was much among the people, preached to 
attentive congregations on the Sabbath and other days, 
and was happy to find that those whose names had been 
written down at Tahiti continued steadfast. He also 
added to their number thirty-nine others, whose names, 
at their own desire, were recorded as the professed wor¬ 
shippers of the true God. When he left them, they 
expressed the deepest regret, and requested that one of 
the Missionaries would come and reside among them. 
Before Mr. Nott visited the Society Islands, he 
finished the translation of the Gospel of Luke '; and, in 
the course of the sanle year, the Missionaries sent a 
copy of their catechism to New South Wales, to be 
