RELIGIOUS CONVERSATION. 307 
The construction of the swineherds’ houses at 
the village of Ka-pu-o-ka-ahi, (the hill of the 
fire,) was singular. There were no walls nor 
upright posts along the sides, but the rafters were 
fixed in the ground, united at the top, and 
thatched about half way down. In the neigh¬ 
bourhood of this village we also saw hedges of 
raspberry bushes, which the natives informed us 
bore white berries, and were abundant in the 
mountains, though they would not grow nearer 
the shore. Nine or ten miles from the sea, we 
met with ohelo bushes, and, after we had travelled 
about twenty miles, we found strawberry plants in 
abundance, and saw several in blossom, although 
it was in the month of January. The latter plant, 
as well as the raspberry, is found in all the higher 
parts of Hawaii, which induces us to think them 
both indigenous. 
It was six months after our tour along the coast, 
that we passed through the villages of Ora, and 
we were gratified to find that several of the 
people, at different places, had received some 
general ideas of the true God, from the reports of 
those natives who had heard us preach when tra¬ 
velling along the shore, and had subsequently 
visited these inland districts. At one place where 
we halted for the night, on our return from the 
volcano, I preached to the people in the evening, 
and the natives afterwards maintained an interest¬ 
ing conversation on religious subjects till mid¬ 
night. Among other things, respecting the sal¬ 
vation of the soul through Jesus Christ, they said 
4 ‘ Our forefathers, from time immemorial, and we 
ever since we can remember any thing, have been 
seeking the ora roa , (enduring life,) or a state 
in which we should not die, but we have never 
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