140 POLYNESIAN RESEARCHES* 
Mr. Bishop and myself, having procured a canoe 
from Kamakau, passed over the bay about nine 
a. m. Messrs. Thurston, Goodrich, and Har¬ 
wood, remained at Kaavaroa, where Mr. Thurston 
preached to attentive congregations, both in the 
morning and afternoon. The good chief Kama¬ 
kau was so anxious that his , people might profit 
by the word spoken, that he could not forbear 
interrupting the preacher, to request them to be 
attentive. After the conclusion of the services, he 
also addressed them, and exhorted them to be in 
earnest in seeking salvation through Jesus Christ; 
and during the day he was frequently engaged in 
affectionate conversation on religious subjects, 
with his people. 
Landing on the southern shore of Kearake’kua, 
Mr. Bishop and I passed through the villages of 
Kiloa, Waipunaula, and Kalama, inviting the 
people, as we went along, to attend a religious 
exercise. At the latter place we entered a large 
house, built by Karaimoku's mother, Kamuaoka- 
lani, but at present belonging to Kekauonohi, his 
niece. It was the largest in the place, and was 
ninety-three feet by thirty in the inside. Here 
about three hundred people collected; and I 
preached to them from Psalm xxv. 8. After the 
service, they seemed desirous to enter into conver¬ 
sation on what they had heard. One man stood 
up, and called out aloud, 66 1 desire Jehovah, the 
good Lord, for my God! but we have no one to 
tell us about him/' In the afternoon we sent the 
head man word to collect the people, that they 
might hear the word of God again. It rained, but 
a considerable number soon assembled in the 
large house, and I preached to them from 1 Tim. 
i. 15. Many kept arriving half an hour after the 
