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Christians. Most of them could read the Bible, 
and between four and five hundred had been united 
in church-fellowship. This number has been in- 
creased to five hundred, who are walking in the 
ordinances and commandments of the Lord blame- 
less. Agriculture has since increased, and some 
acres are now planted, or preparing for the culture 
of coffee. 
Such was the state of general improvement in 
Huahine, when we paid our last visit, in the close 
of the year 1824; and although the subsequent 
accounts have been at times of a chequered com- 
plexion, they have not been more so than might be 
expected, and have, upon the whole, been such as 
to afford matter for sincere gratitude to the Most 
High, and encouragement to all interested in the 
moral and spiritual improvement of mankind. 
