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lovely, and the landscape around awakened emotions 
very different from those excited during our visit ot 
the abode of sickness which we had just left. 
The wretchedness of the people, w r e trust, will ere 
long be ameliorated; for the gospel, which produced 
the favourable change above alluded to, among the 
natives of the Society Islands, has at length reached 
these shores; and there is every reason to expect 
that its humane spirit and principles, when once 
imbibed by the people, will result in corresponding 
effects. 
The morning of the 11th was cloudy, with rain, which 
did not clear off till about 10 A. m. The greater part of 
the day we employed in examining the district and 
harbour. We were highly gratified with the fertility of 
the soil, and the luxuriance of the verdure. In the 
afternoon we waited on Maaro the chief, to ask his 
opinion respecting missionaries settling permanently in 
his neighbourhood. He said, perhaps it would be well; 
that if the king and chiefs approved of it, he should 
desire it. We asked if he would patronize and protect 
missionaries and their families, provided the king and 
chiefs approved of their settling at Waiakea. He an¬ 
swered, “ Yes, certainly,” and, at the same time, point¬ 
ed out several places where they might build their 
houses.” We told him that the king, Karaimoku, 
Kaahumanu, and the governor, approved of instructors 
coming to teach the people of Waiakea; but that we 
were also desirous to obtain his opinion, before any 
arrangements were made for their removal from Oahu. 
He again repeated that he thought it would be a good 
thing ; and that if the missionaries came with the ap¬ 
probation of the king and chiefs, he should be glad to 
