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of rank and influence in the Sandwich Islands, are 
favourably disposed towards the instruction of the na¬ 
tives, and the promulgation of the gospel. A deep 
sense of the kindness of the late Dr. Bogue and his 
friends, by whom they were visited at Portsmouth, ap¬ 
pears to have remained on the minds of the Hawaiian 
chiefs long after their return to their native land; for 
when the Rev. C. S. Stewart, an American missionary, 
was about to leave the Sandwich Islands for Great 
Britain, Boki gave him a special charge to present his 
grateful regards to the Bishop of Portsmouth . Mr. S. 
told him he was not aware that there was such a digni¬ 
tary ; but Boki said. Yes, there was, for he visited him, 
with some of his friends, when they were on the point 
of sailing from England. Those who were acquainted 
with the venerable form and apostolic address of the late 
Dr. Bogue, will not be surprised at the mistake of the 
Sandwich chief, in his supposing he must be the Bishop 
of Portsmouth. 
Among the letters I was favoured to receive from 
the islands by the return of his majesty’s ship Blonde, 
those from Boki and Liliha, or, as she was frequently 
called while in England, Madam Boki, were of a cha¬ 
racter so interesting, that I think I shall be pardoned 
for inserting one of them. It is from Boki, the chief 
who was with the king in London. I shall translate it 
very literally. 
“ Oahu. The first of the Twins is the month (answering 
to our October ,) 1825. 
“ Affection for you, Mr. Ellis, and sympathy with you, 
Mrs. Ellis, in your illness. This is my entreaty : Return you 
hither, and we shall be right. Grief was ours on your returning. 
Heard before this have you of the death of the king: but all 
things here are correct. We are serving God : we are making 
