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MISSIONARY TOUR 
I went with Mr. Harwood in the canoe to Tairitii, 
which we reached a short time before daybreak; but 
the surf rolling high, we were obliged to keep off the 
shore until daylight enabled us to steer between the 
rocks to the landing place. Some friendly natives 
came down to the beach, and pointed out the passage 
to the steersman, by whose kind aid we landed in 
safety about half past five in the morning of the 27th. 
Our first inquiry was for water ; Mauae, the governor’s 
man, soon procured a calabash full, fresh and cool, of 
which we drank most copious draughts, then filled the 
canteens, and preserved them for those who were tra¬ 
velling along the shore. 
About half-past eight, Mr. Thurston hastily entered 
the house ; his first salutation was, “ Have you got 
any water V* A full canteen was handed to him, with 
which he quenched his thirst, exclaiming, as he return¬ 
ed it, that he had never in his life before suffered so 
much for want of water. When he first discovered the 
houses, about two miles distant, he felt his thirst so 
great, that he left his companions and hastened on, 
running and walking till he reached the place where 
those who arrived in the canoe were stopping. After 
leaving Keavaiti, Messrs. Bishop, Goodrich, and 
Thurston, travelled over the rugged lava, till the moon 
becoming obscured by dark heavy clouds, they were 
obliged to halt under a high rock of lava, and wait the 
dawn of day, for they found it impossible to proceed 
in the dark, without being every moment in danger of 
stumbling over the sharp projections of the rocks, or 
falling into some of the deep and wide fissures that in¬ 
tersected the bed of lava in every direction. After 
waiting about an hour, they resumed their journey * 
