BOKl’s LETTER TO MR. ELLIS. 
457 
Blonde, those from Boki and Liliha, or, as she 
was frequently called while in England, Madam 
Boki, were of a character so interesting, that I 
think I shall be pardoned for inserting one of 
them. It is from Boki, the chief who was with 
the king in London. I shall translate it very 
literally. 
tc Oahu. The first of the Twins is the month (an¬ 
swering to our October,) 1825. 
" Affection for you, Mr. Ellis, and sympathy with 
you, Mrs. Ellis, in your illness. This is my entreaty: 
Return you hither, and we shall be right. Grief was ours 
on your returning. Heard before this have you of the 
death of the king: but all things here are correct. We 
are serving God: we are making ourselves strong in His 
word. Turned have the chiefs to instruction : their desire 
is towards God. I speak unto them, and encourage them 
concerning the word of God, that it may be well with our 
land. 
u Attachment to you two, attachment to the 
Ministers, and the Missionaries all. 
“ Captain Boki.” 
At ten o’clock in the forenoon of the 9th, I took 
leave of my kind friends at Lahaina, and, in com¬ 
pany with Messrs. Bingham and Richards, went on 
board the Tamahorolani, bound to Oahu. It was, 
however, four o’clock in the afternoon before the 
vessel hove up her anchor. We were becalmed 
till nine in the evening, when a fresh breeze sprung 
up; we passed down the channel between Moro- 
kai and Ranai; and, between nine and ten in the 
forenoon of the 10th, arrived off the harbour of 
Honoruru. 
On landing, I was grateful to meet my family 
m health and comfort, except Mrs. Ellis, who was 
confined by severe indisposition. I united with 
Messrs. Thurston, Bishop, and Goodrich, who 
