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nead man, who invited us in, and kindly enter- 
tained us. About noon, a hospitable dinner was 
prepared, of which, with the additional luxury of 
fresh water, we made a comfortable meal. At two 
o’clock in the afternoon, the people of the place 
were collected outside of the house; and when we 
had requested them to sit down, we held a reli¬ 
gious exercise similar to that in the morning. 
Much conversation followed, on the subject of 
religion. They said they had heard of leho , (Je¬ 
hovah) our God, but had never before heard of 
Jesus Christ; that, until now, they did not know 
there was a Sabbath-day, on which they ought not 
to work, but that hereafter they would recollect 
and observe it. They wished, they said, to be¬ 
come good men, and to be saved by Jesus Christ. 
Between three and four o’clock we took leave of 
them, and pursued our journey towards the sea¬ 
shore. Our road, for a considerable distance, lay 
through the cultivated parts of this beautiful 
valley: the mountain taro, bordered by sugar¬ 
cane and banana, was planted in fields six or eight 
acres in extent, on the sides of the hills, and 
seemed to thrive luxuriantly. 
In our way, we passed over a tahua pdhe , or 
pahe floor, about fifty or sixty yards long, where 
a number of men were playing at pahe, a favourite 
amusement with farmers, and common people in 
general. The pahe is a blunt kind of dart, vary¬ 
ing in length from two to five feet, and thickest 
about six inches from the point, after which it 
tapers gradually to the other end. These darts 
are made with much ingenuity, of a heavy wood. 
They are highly polished, and thrown with great 
force or exactness along the level ground, pre¬ 
viously prepared for the game. Sometimes the 
