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instruction of the people ; many of the natives also 
occasionally visit the Missionary stations in the 
adjacent islands of Oahu and Maui, and partici¬ 
pate in the advantages connected with these in¬ 
stitutions. 
O-a-hu, the most romantic and fertile of the 
Sandwich Islands, resembling, in the varied fea¬ 
tures of its natural scenery, several of the Society 
Islands, lies nearly west-north-west of Morokai, 
from which it is between twenty and thirty miles 
distant. This beautiful island is about forty-six 
miles long, and twenty-three wide; its appear¬ 
ance from the roads off Honoruru, or Waititi, is 
remarkably picturesque: a chain of lofty moun¬ 
tains rises near the centre of the eastern part of 
the island, and, extending perhaps twenty miles, 
reaches the plain of Eva, which divides it from the 
distant and elevated mountains that rise in a line 
parallel with the north-west shore. The plain of 
Eva is nearly twenty miles in length, from the 
Pearl river to Waiarua, and in some parts nine or 
ten miles across: the soil is fertile, and watered by 
a number of rivulets, which wind their way along 
the deep watercourses that intersect its surface, 
and empty themselves into the sea. Though capable 
of a high state of improvement, only a very small 
portion of it is enclosed, or under any kind of cul¬ 
ture ; and in travelling across it, scarce a habitation 
is to be seen. The whole island is volcanic, and, 
in many parts, extinguished craters of large di¬ 
mensions may be seen; but, from the depth of 
mould with which they are covered, and the trees 
and shrubs with which they are clothed, it may be 
presumed that many ages have elapsed since any 
eruption took place. The plain of Honoruru ex¬ 
hibits in a singular manner the extent and effects 
