INDUSTRY PROMOTED. 
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CHAP. XIII. 
Renewed endeavours to promote industry among the people 
—Arrival of Messrs. Blossom and Armitage—Establish¬ 
ment of the cotton factory—First cloth made in Eimeo 
— Prospects of success—Death of Mrs. Orsmond—Voy¬ 
age to Raiatea—Sudden approach of a storm—Conduct 
of the natives—Appearance of waterspouts—Emotions 
awakened by the surrounding phenomena—Effects of 
waterspouts on the minds of the natives—Conduct of 
a party overtaken by one at sea—Deliverance during 
a voyage from the Sandwich Islands—Abatement of 
the storm—Arrival at Raiatea— Kindness of the inhabi¬ 
tants—District of Opoa—Visit to the settlement—Im¬ 
portance of education—Methods of instruction—Sabbath 
schools—Annual examination of the scholars—Public 
procession—Contrast between the present and former 
circumstances of the children. 
Although the measures adopted by the Directors 
of the Missionary Society, for encouraging industry 
among the South Sea Islanders, and furnishing 
them with a source of productive labour in the 
manufacture of sugar, had not accomplished all 
that was designed, and Mr. Gyles had returned to 
England before the expiration of the period for 
which he had been engaged, the Directors still 
considered that it was their duty to endeavour to 
promote the temporal prosperity of the people— 
that the introduction of useful mechanic arts, and 
other means of advancing their civilization, though 
