POLYNESIAN RESEARCHES. 
CHAP. I. 
Establishment of new stations at Mahapu and Maeva— 
Appearance of the lake and surrounding scenery—- 
Increased desire for books—Applications from the blind 
—Account of Hiro an idolatrous priest—Methods of dis¬ 
tributing books—Dangerous voyages—Motives influ¬ 
encing to desire the scriptures—Character of the trans¬ 
lation—Cause of delay in baptizing native converts— 
General view of the ordinance—Baptism of the king— 
Preparatory instructions—First baptism in Huahine— 
Mode of applying the water—Introduction of Christian 
names—Baptism of infants—Views and feelings of the 
parents. 
An intelligent observer may, during a transient 
visit to a foreign land, become acquainted, to a 
certain extent, with the mental, moral, and spi¬ 
ritual necessities of its inhabitants, but it is only 
by a continued residence among them that these 
can be accurately known. Our daily inter¬ 
course with the people of Huahine strength¬ 
ened the impression of their claims to our sym¬ 
pathy and exertions, which our earliest interviews 
had made. So long, however, as we remained 
unable to address them in their own tongue, 
we felt that exhibiting a good example was all 
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