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crowd towards the boat. The people fell down on 
their knees as she walked along,, pressing- and salut¬ 
ing her feet, frequently bathing them with tears of 
unfeigned sorrow, and making loud wailings, in which 
they were joined by the thousands who thronged the 
shore. 
On reaching the water side, she turned, and beckoned 
to the people to cease their cries. As soon as they 
were silent, she said, “ I am going to a distant land, 
and perhaps we shall not meet again. Let us pray to 
Jehovah, that he may preserve us on the water, and 
you on the shore.” She then called Anna, a native 
’-or from the Society Islands, and requested him to 
at the conclusion, she waved her 
-«id, “ Arohd nui oukou 
hen stepped into the 
‘ f ude followed 
a, where 
ands. 
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