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of taro, sweet potatoes, and sugar-cane; and probably 
owes its fertility to a fine rapid stream of water, which, 
descending from the mountains, runs through it into 
the sea. It was the second stream we had seen on 
the island. Having quenched our thirst, we passed 
over it by stepping on some large stones, and directed 
our way to the house of the head man, where we put 
up for the night. He was absent in the mountains, 
with most of his people, and Makoa could procure us 
no provisions. We, however, succeeded in purchasing 
a fowl and some potatoes, and made a comfortable 
supper. While our boys were preparing it, Mr. Thurs¬ 
ton preached to a considerable number of people, who 
had collected outside of the house. We were after¬ 
wards joined in evening worship by the family, who at 
night furnished us with a comfortable and clean mat 
for our bed, an accommodation we did not always 
enjoy. 
Early on the 9th the house was crowded with natives, 
and a little before sun-rise morning worship was per¬ 
formed as usual. Some of the natives observed, in 
conversation, “We shall never obtain the things of 
which you have told us, for we are a wicked and unbe¬ 
lieving people.” Before we left the place, the people 
offered for sale some curious deep oval baskets, with 
covers, made of the fibrous roots of ie. We purchased 
two, intending to preserve them as specimens of native 
ingenuity. 
Leaving the village of Kaau, we resumed our jour¬ 
ney, and after walking between two and three hours, 
stopped in the midst of a thicket to rest, and prepare 
some breakfast* The natives produced fire by rubbing 
two dry sticks, of the hibiscus tiliaceus, together; and 
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