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native priest, who formerly resided in this village, and 
who, in the time of Tamehameha, told that prince, 
that at his death he would see his ancestors, and that 
hereafter all the kings, chiefs, and people of Hawaii, 
would live again. I asked them how this would be 
effected, and with what circumstances it would be 
attended; whether they would live again on Hawaii, or 
in Miru, the Hades of the Sandwich Islands ? They 
said there were two gods, who conducted the departed 
spirits of their chiefs to some place in the heavens, 
where it was supposed the spirits of kings and chiefs 
sometimes dwelt, and afterwards returned with them 
to the earth, where they accompanied the movements, 
and watched over the destinies, of their survivors. 
The name of one of these gods was Kaonoīiiokaīa, 
the eye-ball of the sun; and of the other, Kuahairo . 
Kapihe was priest to the latter, and, by pretended 
revelation, informed Tamehameha that when he should 
die, Kuahairo would take his spirit to the sky, and 
accompany it to the earth again, when his body would 
be reanimated and youthful; that he would have his 
wives, and resume his government in Hawaii; and 
that, at the same time, the existing generation would 
see and know their parents and ancestors, and all the 
people who had died would be restored to life. These, 
they said, were all the particulars they knew; but 
added, that though at Kapihe’s suggestion many valu¬ 
able offerings were made to his god, he proved a false 
prophet, for Tamehameha died, and did not come to 
life again. 
At eight o’clock, a small pig, nicely baked under 
ground, and a calabash full of potatoes, were brought 
in for breakfast. We were both too ill to partake of 
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