MISSIONARY TOUR 
THROUGH 
HAWAII. 
CHAP. I. 
Correctness of Captain Cook's Narrative—Remarks on the im¬ 
pressions produced by its perusal—Actual state of the people 
— General account of Hawaii, Maui, Tahaurawe, Moro- 
kini, Ranai, Morokai, Oahu, Tauai, Niihau, and 
Taura — Climate , Population , and Natural History , of the 
Sandwich Islands—Importance of their local Situation — 
Establishment of a Christian Mission among them—Present 
from the British Government — Visit of the Deputation- 
Motives for removing thither—Arrival of Missionaries —• 
Objects of the projected Tour of Hawaii—Remarks on the 
Orthography of native Words. 
It is nearly half a century since Captain Cook, in 
search of a northern passage from the Pacific to the 
Atlantic, discovered a group of islands, which, in honour 
of his patron the Earl of Sandwich, first lord of the 
Admiralty, he called the Sandwich Islands. The 
importance he attached to this discovery may be 
gathered from his own words; for, when speaking of the 
circumstances under which the vessels anchored for the 
first time in Kearake’kua bay, the appearance of the 
natives, &c. he remarks, “We could not but be struck 
with the singularity of this scene; and, perhaps, there 
were few on board who now lamented our having failed 
in our endeavours to find a northern passage homeward 
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