02 
MISSIONARY TOUR 
host. His fingers swept no “ classic lyre,” but beat, 
in a manner responsive to his song, a rustic little drum, 
formed of a calabash, beautifully stained, and covered 
at the head with a piece of shark skin. The governor 
and his friends were evidently pleased with his lay, 
and the youth seemed repaid by their approbation. 
In the morning of the 16th, Messrs. Goodrich and 
Harwood endeavoured to ascertain the height of Mouna 
Huararai, by means of two observations at the extre¬ 
mity of a base line of 2230 feet. They made the height 
of the mountain to be 7822 feet; but their quadrant 
being an inferior one, we thought the height of the 
mountain greater than that given above, though it is 
never covered with snow. 
The accounts the natives gave us of the roads we 
were to travel, and the effects the short journeys alrea¬ 
dy made had produced on our shoes, convinced us 
that those we had brought with us would be worn out 
before we had proceeded even half way round the 
island. We therefore provided a substitute, by pro¬ 
curing a tough bull’s hide from the governor’s store¬ 
house, and making ourselves rude sandals ; which we 
afterwards found very serviceable, as they enabled us 
to travel over large tracts of lava with much more _ 
expedition and comfort than we could possibly have 
done without them. 
At four p. m. the musicians from Kaii again collect¬ 
ed on the beach, and the dancer commenced a hum, 
similar to that exhibited on Monday evening. We 
had previously appointed a religious meeting for this 
evening, and, about an hour before sun-set, proposed 
to the governor to hold it on the beach, where the 
people were already assembled. He approved, and 
