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POLYNESIAN RESEARCHES. 
At six a. m. the next day, I went on shore, and 
walked along the beach about a mile to the house 
of Mr. J. Young, an aged Englishman. I had met 
him before, both at Hawaii and Oahu. He has 
resided thirty-six years on the island, and rendered 
the most important services to the late king; not 
only in his various civil wars, but in all his inter¬ 
course with those foreigners who have visited the 
islands. 
I found him recovering from a fit of illness, 
received from him a cordial welcome, and, as he 
was just sitting down to his morning repast, joined 
him, with pleasure, at his frugal board. After 
breakfast, I visited the large heiau or temple called 
Bukohola. It stands on an eminence in the 
southern part of the district, and was built by 
Tamehameha about thirty years ago, when he was 
engaged in conquering Hawaii, and the rest of the 
Sandwich Islands. He had subdued Maui, Ranai, 
and Morokai, and was preparing, from the latter, 
to invade Oahu ; but in consequence of a rebellion 
in the south and east parts of Hawaii, was 
obliged to return thither. When he had overcome 
those who had rebelled, he finished the heiau, 
dedicated it to Tairi, his god of war, and then 
proceeded to the conquest of Oahu. Its shape is 
an irregular parallelogram, 224 feet long, and 100 
wide. The walls, though built of loose stones, 
were solid and compact. At both ends, and on 
the side next the mountains, they were twenty feet 
high, twelve feet thick at the bottom, but narrowed 
in gradually towards the top, where a course of 
smooth stones, six feet wide, formed a pleasant 
walk. The walls next the sea were not more than 
seven or eight feet high, and were proportionally 
wide. The entrance to the temple is by a narrow 
