THE AUTHOR^ ARRIVAL. 1 75 
It is reported here, that there is a ship at Morea, and S 
was thinking it might be the ship with the Missionaries ; 
but it may be that it is only an idle report. However, 
should the Missionaries arrive at Morea, write to me 
quickly, that I may know. Let me know also, what news 
there may be from Europe and from Port Jackson. Per¬ 
haps King George may be dead, let me know. I shall not 
go around Tahiti before the month of March. 
May you be saved, my friends, by Jehovah, and Jesus 
Christ, the only Saviour by whom we sinners can be 
saved. 
Pom a re, King of Tahiti, &c. &c. 
Tahiti Motu Ta , Feb. 19, 1816. 
It was shortly after these events had transpired, 
that we reached the islands. Previous to our 
embarkation from England, we had heard that a 
favourable change, in regard to Christianity, had 
taken place in the minds of the king of Tahiti, and 
a few of the people. On our arrival in Port Jack- 
son, this intelligence was confirmed, and we were 
also encouraged by the accounts we received of the 
abolition of idolatry by the whole of the inhabi¬ 
tants of the Georgian or Windward Islands. 
When we arrived, we found, not only that the 
reports we had heard were correct, but that the 
change had progressively advanced, becoming daily 
more extensive in its influence and decisive in its 
character, and that the whole of the inhabitants 
were no longer idolaters, but either professors of 
Christianity, or desirous to receive religious in¬ 
struction. 
It was naturally a matter of the deepest interest 
to a Missionary, important in all its bearings on 
the object nearest to his heart, and first in the aims 
and the purposes of his life. 
The accounts given by the Missionaries, on my 
first arrival, and the many interesting facts which 
subsequently came to my knowledge, when I had 
