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their turn visited other islands, and planted colonies, 
as in the days of Kamapiikai; the superiority of their 
war canoes in former days; the resemblance in man¬ 
ners, customs, traditions, and language, between them¬ 
selves and other islanders in the Pacilic, many thou¬ 
sand miles distant. 
The longevity of mankind in the days of Noah, also 
surprised him. Comparing it with the period of human 
life at the present time, he said, “ By and by men will 
not live more than forty years/’ 
At half-past four in the afternoon the bell rang again, 
and the people collected in numbers about equal to 
those who attended in the morning. I preached to 
them from the words, “Be not weary in well-doing, 
for in due season ye shall reap, if ye faint not.” Their 
attention was encouraging. 
Numbers thronged the governor’s house at evening 
worship. The conversation afterwards turned upon 
the identity of the body at the resurrection, and the 
reward of the righteous in heaven. The governor 
asked if people would know each other in heaven; 
and when answered in the affirmative, said, he thought 
Christian relations would be very happy when they met 
there. Some who were present asked, “ If there is no 
eating and drinking, or wearing of clothes, in heaven* 
wherein does its goodness consist?” This was a natu¬ 
ral question for a Hawaiian to ask, who never had an 
idea of happiness except in the gratification of his 
natural appetites and feelings. In answer to the ques¬ 
tion, they were, however, informed, that the joys of 
heaven were intellectual and spiritual, and would infi¬ 
nitely exceed, both in their nature and duration, every 
earthly enjoyment. At a late hour I took leave of the 
