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Towards evening we examined another buoa* 
similar to the one we had passed at Hokukano. 
On entering it, we found part of a canoe, several 
calabashes, some mats, tapa &c. and three small 
idols, about eighteen inches long, carefully wrap¬ 
ped in cloth. The man who accompanied us said, 
“ My father lies here, don’t disturb him; I have 
not yet done weeping for him, though he has been 
dead some years.” We assured him of our sym¬ 
pathy with him in the loss of his father; and having 
satisfied our curiosity, which he was willing to 
gratify by allowing us to enter the tomb, we re¬ 
turned to Kamakau’s, in conversation with whom 
we passed the evening. He made many inquiries; 
such as, if he should bathe on the Sabbath, or eat 
fish that was caught or brought to him on that 
day; -whether the same body would rise again at 
the last day; and if the spirit proceeded into the 
presence of God immediately on quitting the 
body. 
During our journey to-day, we have numbered 
443 houses, and eight heiaus. In the shade, the 
thermometer at sun-rise stood at 71.—at noon 
76.—at sun-set 71. 
Much rain fell during the night, but the fol¬ 
lowing morning was bright and serene. It was 
the Sabbath, and a wide field of usefulness pre¬ 
sented its claim to our attention on this holy day, 
which we felt was to be specially employed in 
exhibiting to the heathen around the unsearchable 
riches of Christ. 
The village of Kaavaroa, where we lodged, 
stretched along the north shore of the bay. A 
number of villages with a considerable population 
were scattered on the southern shore, and it ap¬ 
peared our duty to go over and preach to them. 
