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Christ, and on her great desire to have a new heart, 
and become a true follower of the Redeemer. He in¬ 
formed us, that after most of the attendants had re¬ 
tired, she had several times sent for him, at nine or ten 
o’clock in the evening, to engage in prayer with her and 
her husband, before they retired to rest. This account 
was truly gratifying, and tended much to strengthen 
the pleasing hope, which, from her uniform, humble, 
and Christian conduct, had for some time been in¬ 
dulged, that a saving change had taken place in her 
heart. 
In the afternoon of the 7th I walked to the sea side 
with Mr. Richards, and waited on the queen Keopuo- 
lani, to converse with her respecting the houses and 
fences which she had kindly engaged to erect for the 
missionaries. The interview was satisfactory. Keo- 
puolani seemed anxious to make them comfortable, 
and assured Mr. Richards that the houses would soon 
be ready for them. We then visited Mauro, the chief 
of Waiakea, a large district on the eastern side of Ha¬ 
waii. He had been on a short visit to the king, at 
Oahu, and was returning to his land in the Ainoa. He 
received us kindly, and, when informed that I wished 
to proceed in the vessel to Hawaii, said, “ It is good 
that you should go; we shall sail to-morrow.” The 
eastern part of Lahaina, in which he had his encamp¬ 
ment, was highly cultivated, and adorned with some 
beautiful groves of kou trees and cocoa nuts. There 
were also several large ponds, well stocked with excel¬ 
lent fish. 
On returning from our visit to Maaro, we found the 
people collecting under the cool shade of their favourite 
trees, in front of Keopuolani’s house, for the purpose 
