SANDWICH ISLANDS. 
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most striking points in the Island. The road to it leads 
through the picturesque village of Waititi, near which, a 
little to the right of the road, there is a small enclosed 
spot, where the remains of Isaac Davis, one of the first 
Europeans who assisted Tamehameha in the partial civiliza¬ 
tion of the Islands, are interred; and the place is marked 
by an inscription, purporting that Isaac Davis died in this 
Island in April, 1810, aged 52 years. 
A foolish story had been circulated among the vulgar 
English that Davis had been poisoned secretly by order of 
Tamehameha, because he had warned Tamoree, a rival chief, 
of a treacherous design against his life. But such a tale is 
neither consonant to the habits of the Sandwich Islanders, 
nor to the character of Tamehameha. 
Near the village of Waititi stand the ruins of an an¬ 
cient morai. Much has already been done in these Islands 
by the abolition of human and sanguinary sacrifices, and the 
desecration of the idol temples. Much also remains to be 
done before true religion, and with it the morals and man¬ 
ners which dignify and adorn our nature, can completely 
supersede the ancient superstitious habits and vices. Un¬ 
happily, the good men who, as missionaries, have abandoned 
the sweets of civilized society to devote themselves to the 
improvement of these Islands, and in obedience to the com- 
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