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Cleopatra’s barge, soon after hove in sight; she 
did not, however, come up with them, but tacked 
and stood for Lahaina. In the evening, the wind, 
usually fresh in the channel between Maui and 
Hawaii, blew so strong, that they were obliged to 
lay-to for about three hours; when it abated, and 
allowed them to proceed. 
On the 26th, at 4 p. m. the vessel came to an¬ 
chor in Kairua bay. The Missionaries soon after 
went on shore, grateful for the speedy and com¬ 
fortable passage with which they had been fa¬ 
voured, having been only forty-nine hours from 
Oahu, which is about 150 miles to the leeward of 
Kairua. They were heartily welcomed by the 
governor, Kuakini, usually called by the foreigners 
John Adams, from his having adopted the name 
of a former president of the United States of Ame¬ 
rica. They took tea with him; and after express¬ 
ing their gratitude to God, in the native language, 
with the governor and his family, retired to rest, 
in an apartment kindly furnished for them in his 
own house. 
The next morning their baggage was removed 
from the vessel, and deposited in a small com¬ 
fortable house, formerly belonging to Tamehameha, 
but which the governor directed them to occupy 
so long as they should remain at Kairua. He 
also politely invited them to his table, during 
their stay ; in consequence of which, without for¬ 
getting their character, they sat down to their 
morning repast. Their breakfast-room presented 
a singular scene. They were seated around a 
small table with the governor and one or two of 
his friends, who, in addition to the coffee, fish, 
vegetables, &c. with which it was furnished, had 
a large wooden bowl of poe, a sort of thin paste 
