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MISSIONARY TOUR 
About four o’clock in the afternoon, another party of 
musicians and dancers, followed by multitudes of peo¬ 
ple, took their station nearly on the spot occupied yes¬ 
terday by those from Kaii. The musicians, seven in 
number, seated themselves on the sand; a curiously 
carved drum, made by hollowing out a solid piece 
of wood, and covering the top with shark’s skin, was 
placed before each, which they beat with the palm or 
fingers of their right hand. A neat little drum, made 
of the shell of a large cocoa-nut, was also fixed on the 
knee, by the sideyf the large drum, and beat with a 
small stick held in the left hand. When the musicians 
had arranged themselves in a line, across the beach, 
and a bustling man, who appeared to be master of the 
ceremonies, had, with a large branch of a cocoa-nut 
tree, cleared a circle of considerable extent, two inte¬ 
resting little children, (a boy and a girl,) apparently 
about nine years of age, came forward, habited in the 
dancing costume of the country, with garlands of flow¬ 
ers on their heads, wreaths around their necks, brace¬ 
lets on their wrists, and buskins on their ankles. When 
they had reached the centre of the ring, they commenced 
their dance to the music of the drums ; cantilating, 
alternately with the musicians, a song in honour of 
some ancient of Hawaii. 
The governor of the island was present, accompa¬ 
nied, as it is customary for every chieftain of distinc¬ 
tion to be on public occasions, by a retinue of favourite 
chiefs and attendants. Having almost entirely laid 
aside the native costume, and adopted that of the 
foreigners who visit the islands, he appeared on this 
occasion in a light European dress, and sat on a Can- 
ton-made arm chair, opposite the dancers, during the 
