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delight produced by witnessing six or eight hun¬ 
dred natives assembling at this hour in the respec¬ 
tive chapels, and, on entering, to see a native, 
one who was perhaps formerly a warrior or Areoi, 
or even an idolatrous priest, stand up, and read a 
psalm or hymn, which the congregation rise, and 
sing. A portion of the scriptures, in the native 
language, is then read; and the thanksgivings 
and petitions of the assembly are offered to 
Almighty God, with a degree of fervour, ap¬ 
propriate use of scripture language, and chast¬ 
ened devotional feeling, that is astonishing, 
when it is considered that, but a few ^ears before, 
they were ignorant and barbarous idolaters. A 
second hymn is sung, another portion of scrip¬ 
ture read, and prayer offered by another indi¬ 
vidual—when the service closes, and the assembly 
retires. 
Soon after eight o’clock the children repair to 
the Sabbath-schools, those for the boys and girls 
being distinct. About four hundred usually attend 
in Fare : they are divided into classes, under native 
teachers. About a quarter before nine, the con¬ 
gregation begins to assemble, and at nine the 
morning service commences. I have often heard 
with pleasure, as I have passed the Sabbath-schools 
rather earlier perhaps than usual, the praises of the 
Saviour sung by between three and four hundred 
juvenile voices, who were thus concluding their 
morning exercise. The children are then con¬ 
ducted to the chapel, each class led by its respect¬ 
ive teacher, the girls walking first, two abreast 
and hand-in-hand, clothed very generally m Eu¬ 
ropean dresses ; wearing bonnets made with a fine 
species of grass, or the bark of a tree ; each carry¬ 
ing in her hand a neat little basket, made with 
