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to Pololu. On our way we walked over a long 
tract of fragments of rocks, occasioned by the 
falling down of a side of the mountain, which 
took place at the same time that the mass of rocks 
fell at Laupahoehoe, which we had passed in the 
forenoon. 
About seven in the evening we reached Halaua, 
the residence of Miomioi , a friend and favourite of 
the late king Tamehameha. He gave us a hearty 
welcome, with the accustomed courtesy of a Ha¬ 
waiian chief, saying, “ Our house is large, and 
there are plenty of sleeping-mats for us.” The 
hospitality of the chiefs, both of the Society and 
Sandwich Islands, is always accompanied with a 
courtesy of behaviour peculiarly gratifying to those 
who are their guests, and indicating a degree of 
refinement seldom witnessed among uncivilized 
nations. The usual salutation is Aroha (attach¬ 
ment,) or Aroha nui (attachment great;) and the 
customary invitation to partake of some refresh¬ 
ment is, “ The food {a kakou) belonging to you 
and us is ready; let us eat together:” always 
using the pronoun kakou , or kaua , which includes 
the person addressed, as well as the speaker. On 
entering a chief’s house, should we remark, Your’s 
is a strong or convenient house, he would answer, 
“ It is a good house for (or belonging to) you and 
me.” If, on entering a house, or examining a fine 
canoe or piece of cloth, we should ask who it be¬ 
longs to, another person would tell us the pos¬ 
sessor’s name ; but if we happened to inquire of 
the owner himself, he would invariably answer, 
“It is yours and mine” The same desire to please 
is manifested in a variety of ways. The manner 
in which they frequently ask a favour of each other 
is singular, usually prefacing it with, “ I rea oe ,” 
