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MISSIONARY TOUR 
After walking six or seven miles, we entered the dis¬ 
trict of Papapohaku. When we had nearly passed 
through it, we sat down to rest, on a pile of stones by 
the way side. Between sixty and seventy natives 
soon collected around us; presenting a motley group. 
Most of the children were naked, or at best had only a 
narrow slip of tapa fastened round their loins. Several 
of the men, on seeing us pass along the road, had left 
their work in the fields and gardens,, and, although 
covered with dust and perspiration, had seated them¬ 
selves in the midst, with their o-os* in their hand. Their 
only clothing was the maro, a narrow girdle worn 
round the loins, one end of which passes between the 
legs, and fastens in front. The old men were most of 
them dressed in a kihei, as were also some of the 
women, but many of the latter wore only a pau of 
native cloth wound round their loins. Their black hair 
was in several instances turned up, and painted white 
all round the forehead, with a kind of chalk or clay, 
which is found in several parts of the island. Many 
also wore a small looking-glass, set in a solid piece of 
wood, and suspended on the bosom by a handkerchief, 
or strip of native cloth, fastened round the neck, to 
which was sometimes added another article, considered 
equally useful, and not less ornamental; viz. a small 
wooden brass-tipped tobacco-pipe; the looking-glass 
and tobacco-pipe were sometimes combined in one 
ornament. Most of these people had probably never 
seen so large a company of foreigners before; and 
* This o-o is the principal implement of husbandry which a 
Hawaiian farmer uses. Formerly it was a. sharp-pointed stick 
of hard wood ; it is now usually pointed with iron. The best 
are made with broad socket chisels, into which they fix a handle 
four or six feet long. 
