DISTRICT OF WAIMEA. 399 
The 24th was, probably, the first Christian 
Sabbath ever enjoyed by the people of Towaihae, 
which is a village containing one hundred houses. 
Mr. Thurston preached twice to the people. 
About five p. m. on the 25th, Mr. Thurston 
set out on a visit to the inland district of Waimea, 
having been furnished with a guide by Mr. Young; 
It was dark when he reached Ouli, a place belong¬ 
ing to the latter, where he put up for the night. 
After worship with the people, on the morning 
of the 26th, Mr. Thurston walked on to Kalaloa, 
the residence of the chief of Waimea, Kumuokapiki, 
Stump of Cabbage. Leaving Kalaloa, he walked 
on to Waiakea, from thence to Waikaloa, Pukalani, 
and Puukapu, which is sixteen or eighteen miles 
from the sea-shore, and is the last village in the 
district of Waimea. At these places he addressed 
the people. 
The soil over which he had travelled was fertile, 
well watered, and capable of sustaining many 
thousand inhabitants. In his walks he had num¬ 
bered two hundred and twenty houses, and the 
present population is probably between eleven and 
twelve hundred. 
The surface of the country is gently undulated, 
tolerably free from rocks, and easy of cultivation. 
In this district, and throughout the divisions of 
Hamakua and Kohala, together with the greater 
part of Hiro, the plough might be introduced with 
advantage, and the productions of intertropical 
climates raised in great abundance and excellent 
quality—as the sugar-cane, and other indigenous 
plants, grown at Waimea, are unusually large. 
From Puukapu he directed his steps towards 
the sea-shore, and in the twilight of the evening 
reached Puako, a considerable village, four or five 
