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sentence, with great attention to the accent of the con¬ 
cluding word, and then repeated it in concert. If it 
sounded discordantly, they altered it; if not, they repeated 
it several times, and then proceeded to form a new sen¬ 
tence. The k in most of the islands is generally used in 
common intercourse, but it is never admitted into their 
poetical compositions, in which the t is universally and 
invariably employed. 
The following Verses, extracted from a collection of 
Hymns in the native language, comprising 60 pages, are a 
translation of lines on the “ Sandwich Mission,” by 
W. B. Tappan, on the embarkation of the Missionaries 
from New Haven, (America,) in 1822. The k is employed, 
though contrary to the practice of the natives. The ori¬ 
ginal commences with— 
“ Wake, isles of the south, your redemption is near, 
No longer repose in the borders of gloom.” 
HAWAIIAN, 
I na moku i paa i ka pouri mau, 
Uhia ’ka naau po wale rakou, 
Ano nei e puka no maila ke ao, 
Hoku Bet’lehema, ka Hoku ao mau. 
Huia ka rere a pau me ka kii, 
E hoore'ia ka taumaha a pau ; 
I k’alana maitai rakou e ora’i, 
Tabu ka heiau na ke Akua mau. 
E ake rakou i nana wave ae, 
Ka wehea mai’ka araura maitai, 
A o ka kukuna ’ka Mesia mau, 
“ A kali na moku kona kanawai.” 
ORIGINAL. 
On the islands that sit in the regions of night, 
The lands of despair, to oblivion a prey, 
The morning will open with healing and light, 
And the young star of Bethlehem will ripen to day, 
The altar and idol, in dust overthrown. 
The incense forbade that was hallow’d with blood; 
