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MISSIONARY TOUR 
some time for rest and conversation, we resumed our 
journey, and proceeded towards the north point of the 
island, near which we passed through the district of 
Pauepu , in which formerly stood a temple called Mo- 
kini, celebrated in the historical accounts of the Ha- 
waiians, as built by Paao, a foreign priest, who resided 
in Pauepu, and officiated in this temple. 
A tradition preserved among them states, that in 
the reign of Kahoukapu, a kahuna (priest) arrived at 
Hawaii from a foreign country; that he was a white 
man, and brought with him two idols or gods, one large, 
and the other small; that they were adopted by the 
people, and placed among the Hawaiian gods; that 
the above-mentioned temple of Mokini was erected 
for them, where they were worshipped according to the 
direction of Paao, who became a powerful man in the 
nation. The principal event preserved of his life, how¬ 
ever, respects a child of Kahoukapu, whose mother was 
a woman of humble rank, but which was spared at the 
solicitations of Paao. After his death, his son, Opiri, 
officiated in his temple; and the only particular worthy 
of note in their account of his life, is his acting as 
interpreter between the king and a party of white men 
who arrived at the island.—We forbear making any 
comment on the above, though it naturally originates 
a variety of interesting inquiries. We heard a similar 
account of this priest at two other places during our 
tour, viz. at Kairua, and at the first place we visited 
after setting out. 
During our journey to-day we also passed another 
place, celebrated as the residence of the brother of 
Kana , a warrior; in comparison with the fabulous 
accounts of whom, the descriptions in the Arabian 
