THROUGH HAWAII. 
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Kamakau is a chief of considerable rank and influ¬ 
ence in Hawaii, though not immediately connected with 
any of the reigning family. He is cousin to Naihe, 
the friend and companion of Tamehameha, and the prin¬ 
cipal national orator of the Sandwich Islands. His 
person, like that of the chiefs in general, is noble and 
engaging. He is about six feet high, stout, well-pro¬ 
portioned, and more intelligent and enterprising than 
the people around him. For some time past he has 
established family worship in his house, and the obser¬ 
vance of the Sabbath throughout his district; having 
erected a place for the public worship of the true God, 
in which, every Lord’s day, he assembles his people for 
the purpose of exhortation and prayer, which he con¬ 
ducts himself. He is able to read, writes an easy and 
legible hand, has a general knowledge of the first princi¬ 
ples of Christianity, and, what is infinitely better, ap¬ 
pears to feel their power on his heart, and evince their 
purity in his general conduct. His attainments are 
truly surprising, manifesting a degree of industry and 
perseverance rarely displayed under similar circum¬ 
stances. His sources of information have been very 
limited. An occasional residence of a few weeks at 
Honoruru, one or two visits of the missionaries and of 
some of the native teachers to his house, and letters 
from Naihe, are the chief advantages he has enjoyed. 
He appears, indeed, a modem Cornelius, and is a 
striking manifestation of the sovereignty of that grace 
of which we trust he has been made a partaker; and 
we rejoice in the pleasing hope that He who has “ begun 
a good work, will perform it until the day of Christ.” 
In the forenoon of the first of July, two posts of 
observation were fixed, and a base line of 200 feet was 
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