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MISSIONARY TOUR 
sung a hymn; one of our number preached to them a 
discourse, which occupied rather more than half an 
hour; and another concluded the service with prayer. 
They were all sober, and appeared attentive. Several 
proposed questions to us; and when we had answered 
them, we directed them to return to their houses, to 
abstain from fishing and other ordinary employments, 
and, when the sun was over their heads, (the manner of 
expressing mid-day,) to come together again, and hear 
more about Jehovah and Jesus Christ. Many, however, 
continued talking with the natives belonging to our 
company, and gazing at us through most of the day. 
About nine a. m. a friend of Mauae brought us a bun¬ 
dle of potatoes and a fowl. We procured another; our 
native boys cooked them in an oven of stones under 
ground, and they made us a good breakfast. All that 
we wanted was fresh water, that which we were obliged 
to drink being extremely brackish. For it, however, 
and our other refreshments, we felt thankful; and con¬ 
sidered the inconvenience of wanting fresh water very 
trifling, compared with the pleasure which passing a 
Sabbath among the poor benighted people around, 
imparted, in declaring to them the love of God, and 
inviting them to partake of the bread which came down 
from heaven, and to drink of the fountain of the water 
of life. 
At 12 o’clock, about three hundred of the people 
again assembled near our dwelling, and we held a reli¬ 
gious exercise similar to that which they had attended 
in the morning. The head man of the village was pre¬ 
sent during the service. He came into our house after 
it was over, and told us all his provisions were at his 
farm, which was some distance inland, and that to- 
