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MISSIONARY TOUR 
the natives pointed out a square rock in the middle of 
the stream, on which, during the reign of Tamehameha, 
and former kings, a toll used to be paid by every tra¬ 
veller who passed over the river. Whenever any one 
approached the stream, he stood on the brink, and 
called to the collector of the toll, who resided on the 
opposite side. He came down with a broad piece of 
board, which he placed on the rock above mentioned. 
Those who wished to cross met him there, and depo¬ 
sited on the board whatever articles had been brought; 
and if satisfactory, the person was allowed to pass the 
river. It did not appear that any uniform toll was 
required; the amount, or value, being generally left to 
the collector. The natives said it was principally regu¬ 
lated by the rank or number of those who passed over. 
In order the better to accommodate passengers, all 
kinds of permanently valuable articles were received. 
Some paid in native tapa and mats, or baskets, others 
paid a hog, a dog, some fowls, a roll of tobacco, or a 
quantity of dried salt fish. 
The river of Wairuku was also distinguished by the 
markets or fairs held at stated periods on its banks. 
At those times the people of Puna, and the desolate 
shores of Kaii, even from the south point of the island, 
brought mats, and mamake tapa, which is a remarkably 
strong black or brown native cloth, for the manufacture 
of which the inhabitants of Ora, and some of the inland 
parts of Puna, are celebrated throughout the whole 
group of the Sandwich Islands. It is made of a 
variety of the morus papyrifera, which grows sponta¬ 
neously in those parts. These, together with vast 
quantities of dried salt fish, were ranged along on the 
south side of the ravine. The people of Hiro and 
