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pleased with the numbers and attention of the 
assemblies for worship. At the close of the native 
services, Mr. Tyerman preached in English, after 
which we spent a pleasant evening with the Mis¬ 
sionaries and people. 
On the following day we sailed for Borabora, 
accompanied by Tamatoa, the king of Raiatea, and 
Faariri, one of the principal chiefs. Two ships 
were sailing in the straits between Tahaa and 
Raiatea, and appeared bound to the former. At 
five in the afternoon we saw the settlement at 
Borabora; but the entrance to the harbour is so 
circuitous, that it was sunset before we reached the 
shore. At the extremity of a pier built in the sea, 
to the edge of the deep water, we were met by 
Mr. Orsmond, who cordially welcoming our arrival, 
led the way to his own dwelling. The sides of the 
road along which we passed, was thronged with 
healthy-looking children, whom curiosity had 
brought to gaze at the strangers. 
On the following day we viewed the settlement, 
to which the people had given the appellation of 
Beulah, gratified no less with the reception we 
experienced, than with the evident improvement 
among the inhabitants. The school was regularly 
attended, and many were well informed in the 
great truths of revelation ; the observance of the 
Sabbath, we learned, was strictly regarded. There 
was a road about eight feet wide, extending nearly 
a mile and a half; four or five neat plastered 
houses were finished, others were in progress. 
Three causeways, upwards of six feet wide, and 
elevated two or three feet above the water, ex¬ 
tended about three hundred and sixty feet into the 
sea, and united at the extremity. The chapel, 
which was one of the best that had been erected in 
