288 POLYNESIAN RESEARCHES. 
We endeavoured in the evening to convince 
those who crowded our dwelling, of their mistake 
respecting the objects of their worship, spoke to 
them of Jehovah, the only being to whom reli¬ 
gious homage should be rendered, and of that 
life and immortality revealed in the sacred 
scriptures. 
Before we retired, we wrote a letter to the 
governor, informing him of our progress, the hos¬ 
pitality of the people in general, and the kind 
attention we had received from Mauae, who in¬ 
tended to return from this place to Kairua. 
Early the next morning, after travelling nearly 
two hours, we arrived at Keouohana, where we sat 
down to rest beneath the shade of some cocoa-nut 
trees. Makoa, our guide, spoke to the head man, 
and he directed the people to assemble near his 
house. About one hundred soon came ; and when 
we had explained to them, in few words, the object 
of our visit, we requested them to sit down, and 
listen to the tidings we had brought. They im¬ 
mediately obeyed. We sang a hymn in their 
language, after which an address was given, and 
the service concluded in the usual manner. As 
soon as it was finished, they began to talk about 
what we had told them. Some said it was very 
good : they had never heard before of a God who 
had sent his Son to save men. Others said, it 
was very well for the haore (foreigners) to believe 
it, but Tane , Rono, Tanaroa , and Tu were the 
gods of the Sandwich Islanders. Makoa, who was 
a chief speaker among them on such occasions, 
said they must all attend to the new word, must 
forsake thieving and drunkenness, infanticide and 
murder, and do no work on the la tabu (day 
sacred); adding, at the same time, that the king 
