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so soon after she had embraced Christianity herself, an 
anxiety to induce her people to follow her example. 
At Honoruru she erected a school in which upwards 
of forty children and young persons, principally con¬ 
nected with her establishment, were daily taught to 
read and write, and instructed in the first principles of 
religion, by a native teacher whom she almost entirely 
supported. In this school she took a lively interest, 
and marked the progress of the scholars with evident 
satisfaction; in order to encourage the pupils, she fre¬ 
quently visited the school during the hours of instruc¬ 
tion, accompanied by a number of chief women. She 
also attended the public examinations, and 
who on these occasions excelled. ^ 
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