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The outline of the grave was defended by a curb, or 
border, of large fragments of coral planted in the ground, 
while the grave itself was covered with small pieces of 
white coral and shells, brought from the adjacent shore. 
The school was a good building; and the chapel, erected 
near the ruins of the ancient marae, which I visited during 
my stay, was one of the most compact I had seen in the 
Georgian or Society Islands. The walls were framed 
and boarded; the roof thatched with far a, or palm-leaves. 
The floor was boarded, the pulpit and appendages re¬ 
markably neat, and the whole area of the chapel filled 
with seats. It was also fitted up with a gallery, the first 
ever erected in the South Sea Islands; the gallery, and 
other parts of the interior, which had been finished 
under the direction and by the assistance of Mr. Darling, 
were neater, and more European in appearance, than 
any I had hitherto beheld. 
The advancement in civilization had not been so strik¬ 
ing or rapid at this station as at some others; the effects 
of its progress were, however, such as to afford great 
encouragement, and to warrant the anticipation of its 
ultimately extending throughout the entire population of 
a district that had felt the ravages of war, and the 
demoralization of paganism, as much as any in the South 
Sea Islands. 
About ten in the morning of the 21st, we took leave of 
our friends at Burder’s Point, and, after rowing about four 
hours between the reefs and the shore, reached Pa¬ 
peete, or Wilks’ harbour, where the queen and her sister 
were residing. On landing, the deputation from the 
Huahinean chiefs repaired to the abode of Teriitaria, and 
Matapuupuu delivered their message. She replied, ^Hhat 
slie was anxious to remove to Huahine, and would return 
