lieved that the priests took some of
his bones and preserved them in a wicker basket covered over with red
feathers, which are highly prized by the natives. In this they were
every year carried about from temple to temple, when the priests went to
collect tribute of the people. After the abolition of idolatry in 1819,
it is not known what became of them; perhaps they were concealed by some
old priest who still clung secretly to the ancient faith.

Talking of nails, it is extraordinary what excellent fish-hooks the
natives will manufacture out of them. They prefer them to the best made
in England. They still set a high value on them; but they are not quite
so simple-minded as some of the Friendly islanders we heard of, who, on
obtaining some nails, planted them, in the hope of obtaining a large
crop from the produce! Scarcely had we dropped our anchor when we were
surrounded by the canoes of the natives, who wore but the primitive
maro. They brought off bread-fruits, cocoa-nuts, bananas, and other
products of the soil, in the hope of thus making themselves welcome.
One of them, who spoke English tolerably, undertook to pilot our boat on
shore. We were eager to land. As we pulled in, a number of men, women,
and children, came down to welcome us. The men, like those in the
canoes, wore the taro, but the women were dressed with the loose blue
gowns I have described, and with wreaths of flowers round their heads.
We ran in among the masses of lava which lined the shore, and were
kindly helped by the people to land. We observed that they were all
especially grave, for nowhere are more merry creatures found than the
native women. As we walked along they followed us in silence. At
length our guide stopped and pointed to the ground on which we stood.

"There, white men--there, friends--there it was your great sea-chieftain
fell." He repeated, we found, the same words in his own language. The
natives listened to what he said, and then hung their heads ashamed, as
if they had been guilty of the sad deed. We broke off several pieces of
the lava from about the spot, to take to our friends at home, and sent
them on board the schooner. We were to accompany the missionary
overland to Kailua, where the schooner was to meet us. After the
missionary had spoken to the people, we were anxious to proceed on our
journey, and one of the principal natives, who lived a few miles to the
north, insisted that we should remain at hi