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APPENDIX. 
The following specimen of native composition will convey some 
idea of their idiom. The translation is servile; and with this I 
shall close these remarks on their language. It is a letter written 
by the late king in answer to one I sent, acquainting him with my 
second arrival in the islands, on the 4th of Feb. 1823. 
“Mr. Ellis, eo. 
Mr. Ellis, attends 
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Aroha ino oe, me ko wahine , me na keiki a pau a 
Attachment great (to) you, and your wife, with children all of ye 
orua. I ola oukou ia Jehobp ia laua o Iesu Kraist. 
two. Preserved (have) you (been) by Jehovah they two Jesus Christ. 
Eia kau wahi olero ia oe, Mr. Ellis , apopo a kela la ku a ahiahi , 
This (is) my word to you, Mr. Ellis, to-morrow or the day after when 
a ku hoi mai . I ka tabu a leila ua i'e kaua. A i 
evening, then I return. On the Sabbath then (shall) meet we. But if 
makemake oe e here mai ianei maitai no hoi. Ike ware oe i noHrii 
desire you to come here, well also. Seen indeed (have) you 
o Tahiti. Aroha ware na’rii o Bolabola. 
the chiefs of Tahiti. Attachment only to the chiefs of Borabora.* 
I ola oe ia Jehova ta Jesu Kraist. 
Saved (may) you (be) by Jehovah by Jesus Christ. 
IOLANI.’ ? 
* The term for the Society Islands. 
THE END. 
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