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moa, the country began to wear a more agreeable 
aspect. Groves of cocoa-nuts ornamented the project¬ 
ing points of land, clumps of kou-trees appeared in 
various directions, and the habitations of the natives 
were also thickly scattered over the coast. 
At noon we passed through Pulana, where we saw a 
large heiau called Wahaura , Red Mouth, or Red-feather 
Mouth, built by Tamehameha, and dedicated to Tairi, 
his war-god. Human sacrifices, we were informed, were 
occasionally offered here. Shortly after, we reached Ku- 
pahua, a pleasant village, situated on a rising ground, 
in the midst of groves of shady trees, and surrounded 
by a well-cultivated country. Here we stopped, and, 
having collected the people of the village, I preached 
to them. They afterwards proposed several interest¬ 
ing inquiries connected with what they had heard, 
and said it was a good thing for us to aroha , or have 
compassion on them. They also asked when we would 
come again. 
Leaving this interesting place, we passed on to 
Kalapana, a small village on the sea-shore, distin- 
gished as the residence of Kapihi, the priest, who, in 
the days of Tamehameha, told the king, that after 
death he and all his ancestors would live again on 
Hawaii. We saw a large heiau, of which he was chief 
priest, but did not see many people in the houses as 
we passed by. Kapihi had many disciples, who be¬ 
lieved, or pretended to believe, his predictions. Fre¬ 
quent offerings were made to Kuahairo, his god, at 
other parts of the island more frequently visited by the 
king, and this probably drew away many of the people 
from Kalapana. About three p. m. we approached 
Kaimu. This was the birth-place of Mauae, and the 
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