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the Cleopatra’s barge, soon after hove in sight; she did 
not, however, come up with them, but tacked, and stood 
for Lahaina. In the evening, the wind, usually fresh in 
the channel between Maui and Hawaii, blew so strong, 
that they were obliged to lay-to for about three hours ; 
when it abated, and allowed them to proceed. 
On the 26th, at 4 p. m. the vessel came to anchor in 
Kairua bay. The missionaries soon after went on 
shore, grateful for the speedy and comfortable passage 
with which they had been favoured, having been only 
forty-nine hours from Oahu, which is about 156 miles 
to the leeward of Kairua. They were heartily wel¬ 
comed by the governor, Kuakini, usually called by the 
foreigners, John Adams, from his having adopted the 
name of a former president of the United States of Ame¬ 
rica. They took tea with him ; and after expressing 
their gratitude to God in the native language with the 
governor and his family, retired to rest in an apart¬ 
ment kindly furnished for them in his own house. 
The next morning their baggage was removed from 
the vessel, and deposited in a small comfortable house, 
formerly belonging to Tamehameha, but which the 
governor directed them to occupy so long as they 
should remain at Kairua. He also politely invited 
them to his table, during their stay ; in consequence of 
which, without forgetting their character, they sat 
down to their morning repast. Their breakfast room 
presented a singular scene. They were seated around 
a small table with the governor and one or two of his 
friends, who, in addition to the coffee, fish, vegeta¬ 
bles, &c. with which it was furnished, had a large 
wooden bowl of poe, a sort of thin paste made of baked 
taro, beat up and diluted with water, placed by the 
