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POLYNESIAN RESEARCHES. 
CHAP. XV. 
Schools erected in Huahine—Historical facts connected 
with the site of the former building—Account of Mai, 
(Omai)—His visit to England with Captain Furneux— 
Society to which he was introduced—Objects of his 
attention—Granville Sharp—His return with Captain 
Cook—Settlement in Huahine—His subsequent conduct 
—Present proprietors of the Beritani in Huahine— 
House for hidden prayer—Cowper’s lines on Omai— 
Royal Mission Chapel in Tahiti—Its dimensions, fur¬ 
niture, and appearance—Motives of the king in its 
erection—Description of native chapels—Need of clocks 
and bells—Means resorted to for supplying their deh* 
ciency—Attendance on public worship. 
As soon as the new building in Huahine was 
finished, and appropriated to the sacred use for 
which it had been reared, the original chapel was 
converted into a school, and was scarcely suffi¬ 
cient to accommodate the increasing number of 
scholars. 
Two new places, upon the same plan as the 
chapel, and built with similar materials, were 
afterwards erected, one for the •boys’school, and 
the other for the girls’; these, when finished, 
greatly facilitated the instruction of the people— 
the accommodation they afforded, encouraging 
those to attend who had before been deterred. 
The spot on which the old chapel and subse¬ 
quent school had been erected, was connected 
with an important event in the modern history, 
