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POLYNESIAN RESEARCHES. 
CHAP. IV. 
Schools erected in Huahine—Historical facts connected with the site of 
the former building—Account of Mai, (Omai)—His visit to England 
with Captain Furneux—Society to which he was introduced—Objects 
of his attention—Granville Sharp—His return with Captain Cook— 
Settlement in Huahine—His subsequent conduct—Present proprietors 
of the Beritani in Huahine—House for hidden prayer—Cowper’s lines 
on Omai—Royal Mission Chapel in Tahiti—Its dimensions, furniture, 
and appearance—Motives of the king in its erection—Description of 
native chapels—Need of clocks and bells—Means resorted to for 
supplying their deficiency—Attendance on public worship—Habits of 
cleanliness—Manner of wearing the hair—Process of shaving—Arti- 
ficial flowers—Native toilet. 
As soon as the new building in Huahine was finished, 
and appropriated to the sacred use for which it had been 
reared, the original chapel was converted into a school, 
and was scarcely sufficient to accommodate the increas¬ 
ing number of scholars. 
Two new places, upon the same plan as the chapel, 
and built with similar materials, were afterwards erected 
one for the boys’ school, and the other for the girls’; 
these, when finished, greatly facilitated the instruction 
of the people—the accommodation they afforded, en¬ 
couraging those to attend who had before been deterred. 
The spot on which the old chapel and subsequent 
school had been erected, was connected with an import¬ 
ant event in the modern history, not only of Huahine, 
