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here. Shortly after, we reached Kupahua, a 
pleasant village, situated on a rising ground, in 
the midst of groves of shady trees, and surrounded 
by a well-cultivated country. Here we stopped, 
and, having collected the people of the village, 
I preached to them. They afterwards proposed 
several interesting inquiries connected with what 
they had heard, and said it was a good thing for 
us to aroha , or have compassion on them. They 
also asked when we would come again. 
Leaving this interesting place, we passed on to 
Kalapana, a small village on the sea-shore, dis¬ 
tinguished as the residence of Kapihi , the priest, 
who, in the days of Tamehameha, told the king, 
that after death he and all his ancestors would live 
again on Hawaii. We saw a large heiau, of which 
he was priest, but did not see many people. Ka¬ 
pihi had many disciples, who believed, or pre¬ 
tended to believe, his predictions. Frequent 
offerings were made to Kuahairo, his god, at other 
parts of the island more frequently visited by the 
king, and this probably drew away many of the 
people from Kalapana. About three p. m. we 
approached Kaimii. This was the birth-place of 
Mauae, and the residence of most of his relations. 
He was a young man belonging to the governor, 
who had been sent with the canoe, and who, since 
leaving Honuapo, had acted as our guide. He 
walked before us as we entered the village. The 
old people from the houses welcomed him as he 
passed along, and numbers of the young men and 
women came out to meet him, saluted him by 
touching noses, and wept for joy at his arrival. 
Some took off his hat, and crowned him with a 
garland of flowers; others hung round his neck 
wreaths of a sweet-scented plant resembling ivy, 
