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refreshment and rest. Desirous of spending the Sabbath 
with the people at Tairitii, which was still fourteen or 
fifteen miles distant, we determined to rest a few hours, 
and then prosecute our journey by moonlight. 
A number of conical hills, from 150 to 200 feet high, 
rose immediately in our rear, much resembling sand¬ 
hills in their appearance. On examination, however, 
we found them composed of volcanic ashes and cinders; 
but could not discover any mark of their ever having 
been craters. 
When those of our party who had travelled by land 
had recovered a little from their fatigue, we partook of 
such refreshment as remained, and drank the little fresh 
water we had brought with us in the canoe. Being 
only about a quart between five persons, it was a very 
inadequate supply in such a dry and thirsty land, yet 
we drank it with thankfulness, hoping to procure some 
at Tairitii early on the following morning. 
By the time we had finished our frugal meal, the 
shades of evening began to close around us. We 
called our little party together, and after committing 
ourselves, and those who travelled with us, to the 
watchful care of our merciful Father, we spread our 
mats on the small pieces of lava, and lay down to rest 
under the canopy of heaven. A pile of blocks of scoriae 
and lava, part of which we had built up ourselves, 
screened our heads from the winds. The thermometer 
at sun-set stood at 73°, yet during the evening the land 
wind from the snow-covered top of Mouna Boa blew 
keenly down upon us. We slept, however, tolerably 
well till midnight, when the wind from the shore being 
favourable, and the moon having risen, we resumed our 
journey. 
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