ounced or
misplaced it. After service we had all the children and young men to
school. A goodly number have got a pretty fair hold of letters. Some
would beat native cloth, and Kone grew very angry, and, because they
would not listen to him, threatened to pull up his recently buried child.
I sent word that he must on no account do that, and must say no more to
the men beating cloth; that by-and-by the people will become enlightened,
and then they will understand the Sabbath. Poor Kone's idea is that now
and at once they should understand.

On June 6th, I once more left Delena to proceed to Maiva, and, although a
heavy sea was running at the time, landed safely about eleven a.m. at
Miria's village, on the Maiva coast. I saw a number of people with
_karevas_ (long fighting sticks), and wondered what was the matter. I
said to my old friend Rua, who met me on the beach, "Are you going to
fight?" "No, no; it is all right now." I gave him a large axe for
Meauri and party to cut wood for a house at their village. Meauri and a
number of followers soon made their appearance: it seemed strange that
they should have come down so soon. Miria, the chief, being away cutting
wood, went to Meauri's village, passing through several seaside villages.
We selected a new position for the house, at the back of a large temple;
gave them tobacco and red cloth, they promising gladly to have wood cut
against my next return. Sitting on the platform, Rua turned to me and
asked, "Tamate, who is your real Maiva friend?" Fancying there was
trouble, I replied, "Oa Maoni, who sleeps in that house in death, was my
friend: Meauri, Rua, Paru, and Aua are now my friends." "I thought so,
and Miria has no business to build a house for you. Before we saw the
boat we were down on the beach at Miria's village to begin a quarrel; we
saw you were coming, and we waited for you." "But I want a house on the
coast as well as inland; Miria's village is small and too exposed, and I
must look for another place." "That is all right; but this first." "Be
it so." After visiting three villages I had not seen before, and going
through all the inland ones, I returned to Miria's village; he not having
returned, I went along to Ereere. After dark, Miria came in. He felt
sorry when I told him I could not put a house up in his place, owing to
its being exposed to south-east wind, and to there not being many people.
"But I have cut the wood." "I shall pay you f