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ornamental; namely, a small wooden, brass-tipped 
tobacco-pipe; the looking-glass and tobacco-pipe 
were sometimes combined in one ornament. 
Most of these people had probably never seen 
so large a company of foreigners before; and 
their curiosity, as might be expected, was unusu¬ 
ally excited. Their countenances, however, indi¬ 
cated no feelings of jealousy, but manifested a 
degree of pleasure greater than ordinary. After 
conversing with them some time, on the objects of 
our tour, and their ideas of the true God, we pro¬ 
posed to them to listen to his word, and unite with 
us in worshipping him. They seated themselves 
on the grass. We sung a hymn, and I preached 
from Psalm cxxviii. 1. At the conclusion of our 
religious service, we resumed our journey, several 
of the natives following us to the next village. 
Our path running in a northerly direction^ 
seemed leading us towards a ridge of high moun¬ 
tains, but it suddenly turned to the east, and pre¬ 
sented to our view a most enchanting valley, 
clothed with verdure, and ornamented with clumps 
of kukui and kou trees. On the south-east it was 
open towards the sea, and on both sides adorned 
with gardens, and interspersed with cottages, even 
to the summits of the hills. A fine stream of fresh 
water, the first we had seen on the island, ran 
along the centre of the valley, while several 
smaller ones issued from the rocks on the opposite 
side, and watered the plantations below. We 
drank a most grateful draught from the principal 
stream, and continuing our way along its margin, 
through Kiolaakaa, travelled towards the sea, till 
we reached Waiohinu, about ten miles from the 
place where we slept last night. Here we found 
a very comfortable house, belonging to Pai, the 
