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one end, exposed us by night as well as by day to the 
unwelcome intrusion of hogs and dogs of every descrip¬ 
tion. As I was able to walk out on the 23d, we resolved 
to change our lodgings that evening; and about five 
o’clock in the afternoon we removed nearly half a mile, 
to a place called Keokea, where we put up in the best 
house we saw, in hopes of procuring at least a com¬ 
fortable night’s rest. In this, however, we were disap¬ 
pointed, for it rained heavily the greater part of the 
night, and the roof of the house not being water-proof, 
we were more than once obliged to shift our mats to 
different parts of the earthen floor. This was not all; 
our host, and Makoa our guide, with almost a house 
full of natives besides, had been regaling themselves 
with an immense wooden bowl of fermented juice of the 
sweet potato, and were very noisy till midnight, when 
they lay down on their mats, but to our great annoy¬ 
ance continued either talking or singing until it was 
almost day. We frequently spoke to them, and asked 
them to be still. They answered, “ Yes, yes, we will 
but in a few minutes were as boisterous as ever. We 
were not aware of the intoxicating nature of the simple 
juice of sweet potatoes when fermented, till we saw its 
effects on the party here. 
But notwithstanding we were uncomfortable during 
our short stay at Honaunau, and the people less kind 
than we usually found them, it appeared to us a most 
eligible place for a missionary station, where one or two 
devoted men might labour with a prospect of extensive 
usefulness. The inhabitants, objects of the first atten¬ 
tion with a missionary, are numerous, both in the town 
and neighbourhood. The coast, for twenty miles to 
the northward, includes not less perhaps than forty 
