GENERAL PROFESSION OF CHRISTIANITY. 203 
In the morning we arose somewhat refreshed; 
and, in the course of the day, landed our goods 
from the vessel. A house had been prepared, by 
the king, for the expected Missionaries; but, as it 
was damp, and our residence at Papetoai was not 
likely to be permanent, we took up our abode in a 
dwelling already occupied in part by Mr. Crook 
and his family. 
I was astonished at the accounts I now received, 
of the change that had taken place among the 
people. The profession of Christianity was general, 
many had learned to read, and were teaching 
others; all were regular in their exercises of 
devotion; and, in many of the small gardens 
attached to the native houses, it was pleasing to 
see the little fare bure kuna , house for hidden 
prayer. The Missionaries, who, in 1812, had re¬ 
turned from Port Jackson, were joined in 1816 by 
Mr. Crook, who had been formerly stationed by Cap¬ 
tain Wilson in the Marquesas. They had visited Ta¬ 
hiti, for the purpose of preaching to the inhabitants, 
but they had not been able to re-establish the 
Mission in their original station, and were, con¬ 
sequently, all residing at Eimeo when we arrived. 
The chiefs of the district, and island, soon 
visited us, received a few articles as presents, and 
appeared highly gratified with what they saw, 
especially with some engravings of natural history. 
They sent us a present of food ; or, as they call it, 
“ faaamua” a feeding; consisting of two or three 
large pigs, which were dragged along by force, 
squalling all the way, and tied to a stick near the 
door; a number of bunches of plantains, bananas, 
cocoa-nuts, and bread-fruit, were also brought, 
and piled up in three heaps on the sand, near the 
pigs. I was then called out, and a native repeated 
