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observed, in conversation, u We shall never obtain 
the things of which you have told us, for we are a 
wicked and unbelieving people.” Before we left 
the place, the people offered for sale some curious 
deep oval baskets, with covers, made of the fibrous 
roots of ie. We purchased two, intending to pre¬ 
serve them as specimens of native ingenuity. 
Leaving the village of Kaau, we resumed our 
journey, and, after walking between two and three 
hours, stopped in the midst of a thicket, to rest, 
and prepare some breakfast. The natives pro¬ 
duced fire by rubbing two dry sticks, of the 
hibiscus tiliaceus , together; and, having sus¬ 
pended over it a small iron pot, in gypsy style, 
upon three sticks, soon prepared our food. At 
half-past ten we resumed our walk, and, passing 
about two miles through a wood of pretty large 
timber, came to the open country in the vicinity 
of Waiakea. At one p. m. we reached the house 
of the chief, where we were welcomed by our com¬ 
panions, and Maaro, the chief, who, though very 
ill, was glad to see us. 
In company with Messrs. Chamberlain, Ely, 
and Blatchly, I have since travelled from this 
place to the volcano, and during that journey had 
an opportunity of preaching at most of the villages 
of Ora. The distance is probably between thirty 
and forty miles, and the ascent gradual from the 
shore to the volcano. The soil is generally rich 
and fertile, and the face of the country, though 
more uniform than some parts which we passed 
over on leaving the southern shore, is varied by 
.occasional undulations. We travelled through 
two or three extensive woods, in which were many 
large trees, and saw also several pools and small 
currents of excellent fresh water. 
