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and Messrs. Bishop and Goodrich reached Tairitii 
nearly half an hour after Mr. Thurston’s arrival. 
At 10 A. m. Mr. Thurston preached to the people of 
Tairitii, and the neighbouring village of Patini, all of 
whom are fishermen. They behaved with propriety, and 
appeared interested. We had sent out Makoa, our 
guide, soon after our arrival, to inform the people that 
there would be a religious meeting, and invite their 
attendance. He had gone much further than we ex¬ 
pected he would; and just as Mr. Thurston had finish¬ 
ed his sermon, he returned, followed by a considerable 
company from an inland settlement, who, to use their 
own words, had come to hear about Jehovah and Jesus 
Christ. They seemed disappointed at finding the ser¬ 
vice over. As they said they could not wait till the 
evening, they and the people of the village assembled 
in a large canoe-house, and Mr. Thurston preached 
again of salvation through Jesus Christ. They sat very 
quietly, and listened with apparent attention. After 
they had spent an hour or two in conversation with us, 
they returned, seemingly interested in what they had 
heard. In the afternoon Mr. Thurston preached a third 
time. Between seventy and eighty were present. With 
most of those who have attended the public worship in 
this place, this day was probably the first time they 
ever heard of Jehovah the living God, or Jesus Christ 
the Saviour. We could not but desire and pray that 
the Holy Spirit might make the word spoken in this 
distant and desolate part of the earth, the power of God 
to the salvation of many that heard it. 
July 28 th.-—During the whole of yesterday a most 
beautiful spouting of the water had attracted our atten¬ 
tion, which we found was produced in a manner similar 
