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others that might also be adduced, I feel it due, not 
more to the individual than to the cause in which he 
is embarked 3 to the friends by whom it is supported; 
and even to those who, in consequence of mistaken 
views and misrepresentation, may sometimes be in¬ 
duced to suppose mercenary motives influence those 
who engage in Missionary undertakings. 
In the month of September, 1821, they reached Tahiti. 
The carding machine, looms, &c. were landed, and 
placed under the care of Paiti, a chief residing near 
the harbour of Taone; and in the adjacent village of 
Pirae, Messrs. Armitage and Blossom took up their 
abode. 
Like every other undertaking that has yet been 
made to promote the true interests of the people, the 
cotton factory had to contend with great difficulty. 
At first the king and chiefs, under the recollection 
of the reported design and tendency of the sugar 
manufactory, expressed their wishes that the esta¬ 
blishment should be formed near their principal resi¬ 
dence, that all proceedings connected with it might 
be under their inspection. Subsequently, when they 
entered into its design, and began to consider that 
it would become a source of pecuniary advantage, 
although it was thought that Eimeo would be most 
eligible for its establishment, the chiefs of Pare and 
the adjoining districts refused to allow the machinery 
to be removed. In this state matters remained some 
time, and several of the finer parts of the iron-work 
were destroyed by the rust, and the whole greatly 
injured. 
The deputation and the Missionaries, however, con¬ 
sidering that the island of Eimeo afforded the greatest 
