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all ceremonies connected therewith have ceased ; 
the other heathenish modes of burying their dead 
are only observed by those who are uninstructed, 
and are not professed worshippers of the true 
God : those who are, inter their dead in a mannei 
more resembling the practice of Christians. The 
corpse is usually laid in a coffin, which, previous 
to interment, is borne to the place of worship, 
attended by the relatives in mourning habiliments, 
where a short service is performed; it is then 
carried to the grave : after being deposited there, 
sometimes the spectators are addressed by the 
Missionary, on other occasions a short prayer only 
is offered, and, as the friends retire, the grave is 
filled up. 
After breakfast, Mr. Thurston walked about five 
miles up the valley, in order to estimate its popu¬ 
lation, and preach to the people. The whole 
extent was well cultivated, and presented in every 
direction the most beautiful prospects. At one of 
the villages where he stopped, about one hundred 
people collected, to whom he preached the word 
of salvation. I spent the morning in taking a 
drawing of the valley from the sand-hills on the 
beach ; and, in examining some large heiaus in 
the neighbourhood, in reference to which the 
natives taxed our credulity by the legendary tales 
they related respecting the numbers of victims 
which had on some occasions been offered. In 
the days of Umi, they said, that king, after having 
been victorious in battle over the kings of six of 
the divisions of Hawaii, was sacrificing captives at 
Waipio, when the voice of Kuahiro, his god, was 
heard from the clouds, requiring more men; the 
king kept sacrificing, and the voice continued 
calling for more, till he had slain all his men 
