THROUGH HAWAII. 
417 
The Sabbath was spent in a manner truly gratifying. 
No athletic sports were seen on the beach ; no noise 
of playful children, shouting as they gambol’d in the 
surf, nor distant sound of the cloth-beating mallet, was 
heard through the day; no persons were seen carry¬ 
ing burdens in or out of the village, nor any canoes 
passing across the calm surface of the bay. It could 
not but be viewed as the dawn of a bright sabbatic day 
for the dark shores of Hawaii. 
In the evening, family worship was conducted at the 
governor’s house in the native language; his compa¬ 
nions and domestics attended, and expressed them¬ 
selves pleased with the singing. 
On the 27th it was proposed to the governor to have 
a public meeting, and a sermon, as was the practice at 
Oahu ; but he objected, saying that the people would 
not attend, and it was too soon yet to have preaching 
among them during the week. 
Having heard of the arrival of the brig Nio at Towai- 
hae, Mr. Bishop left Kairua in the evening, to return to 
Oahu; while I remained, in order to preach to the go¬ 
vernor and his people on the next Sabbath, expecting 
then to reach Towaihae in season to proceed to Oahu 
by the Nio. 
The natives possess no inconsiderable share of marir 
time and commercial enterprise. The king and chiefs 
own fifteen or sixteen vessels, several of which, like 
the Nio, are brigs of ninety or a hundred tons burden 
The greater part of them, however, are schooners of 
a smaller size. The larger ones on a long voyage 
are commanded by a foreigner ; but among the islands, 
they are manned and navigated by the natives them¬ 
selves. A native captain and supercargo is appointed 
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