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had received the palapala , books, &c. and went 
to church on the sacred day, as did also Kuakini, 
the governor. The head man brought us some 
ripe plantains, of which we ate a few, and then 
proceeded on our way, leaving them busy in 
conversation about the news they had heard; 
which, in all probability, were “ strange things” 
to their ears. 
After travelling a mile and a half along the 
shore, we came to Kehena, a populous village : 
the people seemed, from the number of their 
canoes, nets, &c. to be much engaged in fishing. 
Their contrivance for launching and landing their 
canoes was curious. 
Leaving Kehena, we walked on to Kamaili, a 
pleasant village, standing in a gently sloping 
valley, cultivated and shaded by some large 
cocoa-nut trees. Here we stopped to take break¬ 
fast, having travelled about four hours and a half. 
The people who were not employed on their plan¬ 
tations, or in fishing, afterwards assembled, and 
were addressed from Psalm lxvii. 7. Conversation 
followed, and they detained us some time to 
answer their questions, or to explain more fully 
the things that had been spoken. It was truly 
gratifying to notice the eagerness with which they 
proposed their inquiries. After spending about 
half an hour in endeavouring to satisfy two or 
three hundred of them, we took leave, and pur¬ 
sued our journey. Our path from Kaimu had 
been smooth and pleasant, but shortly after leav¬ 
ing Kamaili, we passed a very rugged tract of lava 
nearly four miles across. The lava seemed as if 
broken to pieces as it cooled ; it had continued to 
roll on like a stream of large scoria, or cinders. 
Our progress across it was slow and fatiguing. 
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