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service had commenced, which induced me to re¬ 
capitulate the discourse, yet they did not seem 
weary. When it was finished, the head man ad¬ 
dressed the people, recommending them to attend 
to what they had heard, and proposed that hence^ 
forth they should abstain from all labour on 
the Sabbath, and pray to Jehovah and Jesus 
Christ ; assuring them that such was his own 
intention. After answering several inquiries, 
and encouraging them to adopt the proposal 
that had been made by the head man, we 
bade them farewell, and proceeded to another 
village. 
Two large heaps of ti root, (a variety of dra- 
ceena, from the sweet root of which an intoxicating 
drink is made,) and one or two vessels of sugar¬ 
cane juice in a state of fermentation, preparatory 
to its being distilled, were, during the day, thrown 
away at this place, in consequence of some public 
remarks against intoxication. After leaving Ka- 
lama, we walked to Keei, a considerable village 
on the south point of Kearake’kua bay. As we 
approached it, we passed over the ground where, 
about forty years ago, Tamehameha encamped 
with his warriors, previous to his decisive battles 
with Kivaraao, the son of Taraiopu. On reach¬ 
ing the head man’s house, about one hundred 
people soon collected before the door, and I 
preached to them from Psalm lxx. 4. concluding, 
as usual, with prayer. We then went into the 
house prepared for our lodging, which the good 
people soon made very comfortable, by spreading 
some cocoa-nut leaves on the ground, and cover¬ 
ing them with a clean mat. The kind host then 
proposed to fetch a pig, and have it dressed for 
