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laity of preaching at most of the villages of Ora. The 
distance is probably between thirty and forty miles* 
and the ascent gradual from the shore to the volcano. 
The soil is generally rich and fertile, and the face of 
the country, though more uniform than some parts 
which we passed over, on leaving the southern shore, 
is varied by occasional undulations. We travelled 
through two or three extensive woods, in which were 
many large trees, and saw also several pools and 
small currents of excellent fresh water 
The construction of the swineherds’ houses at the 
village of Ka-pu-o-ka-ahi, (the hill of the fire,) was 
singular. There were no walls, nor upright posts along 
the sides, but the rafters were fixed in the~ ground, 
united at the top, and thatched about half way down. 
In the neighbourhood of this village we also saw hedges 
of raspberry bushes, which the natives informed us 
bore white berries, and were abundant in the moun¬ 
tains, though they would not grow nearer the shore. 
Nine or ten miles from the sea, we met with ohelc 
bushes, and after we Wad travelled about twenty miles, 
we found strawberry plants in abundance, and saw 
several in blossom, although it was in the month of 
January. The latter plant, as well as the raspberry, is 
found in all the higher parts of Hawaii, which induces 
us to think them both indigenous. 
It was six months after our tour along the coast, 
that we passed through the villages of Ora, and we 
we were gratified to find that several of the people, at 
different places, had received some general ideas ol the 
true God, from the reports of those natives who had 
heard us preach when travelling along the shore, and 
had subsequently visited these inland districts At 
