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knowing that any other was under the dominion of the 
same sensation. Recollecting that I had in the first 
instance set them the example^ I could not much censure 
their conduct. I therefore directed their attention to the 
mountains in the vicinity of Matavai and Papeete^ on 
Wilks' Harbour^ far in our rear; and as Burder's Point 
was the nearest part of the coast^ urged them to apply 
with vigour to their oars^ that we might reach it before 
the wind became so strong as to arrest our progress. 
The men^ refreshed by their slumbers^ which had 
been created by the undulating motion of the boat on 
the water, and having broken a few cocoa-nuts, and drank 
the milk, cheerfully grasped their oars, and pulled 
steadily towards the shore. After about five hours' hard 
rowing, we reached the beach, and were cordially wel¬ 
comed by our friends, Messrs. Darling and Bourne, 
resident Missionaries at Burder's Point. In the after¬ 
noon, several of the natives, who had accompanied me to 
Tahiti, set out for Papara, in order to visit their friends, 
who had accompanied Mr. Davies from Huahine to that 
station during the preceding year. 
I spent this and the following day at Burder's Point. 
The respect and affection manifested by the people 
towards their teachers was gratifying, and the general 
improvement in the habits of the people, and the appear¬ 
ance of the settlement, highly encouraging. Newly 
planted gardens and enclosures appeared in every direc¬ 
tion ; several good houses were finished j a number also 
were plastered and thatched; and others, though only in 
frame, and presenting the appearance of mere skeletons 
of buildings, indicated a state of pleasing and progressive 
improvement. The public burying-ground, situated on 
the border of the settlement, was kept remarkably neat. 
