JOURNAL OF VOYAGES AND TRAVELS BY THE Rev. DANIEL TYERMAN AND GEORGE BENNET, Esq. DEPUTED FROM THE LONDON MISSIONARY SOCIETY, TO VISIT THEIR VARIOUS STATIONS IN THE SOUTH SEA ISLANDS, CHINA, INDIA, &c. BETWEEN THE YEARS 1821 AND 1829. COMPILED FROM ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS, BY JAMES MONTGOMERY, AUTHOR OF “THE WORLD BEFORE THE FLOOD,” “THE CHRISTIAN PSALMIST,” AND OTHER POEMS. IN THREE VOLUMES. VOL. II. “Glorify ye the name of the Lord Gol of Israel in the isles of the sea.- From the Isatan xxiv. 15, 16. From the First London Edition, REVISED BY AN AMERICAN EDITOP DIVINITY SCHOOL LIBRARY. BOSTON: 47 Washington Street, 182 Broadway. CONTENTS OF VOL. II. Page. -The Rattle-stick Performer-Incidental Notices-Entertain. ment by American Captains_Coast Population-Mr. Young- Idolatry abolished in the Sandwich Islands, in 1819–Intoxica- tion and Smoking-Native Amusements—Salt-works-Licen- tiousness-Irregularity of Seasons—Providential Deliverance from the Upsetting of a Whale-boat-Want of Water-Sterility of the Land-Animals-Cooking-Canoes-Various Sandwich Island Notices—Landing at Oahu-Introduction to Rihoriho, King of the Islands, and his Court-American Missionaries.... 18 Extracts of Letters from Messrs. Tyerman and Bennet, addressed CHAPTER XIX. Food of the Natives of the Sandwich Islands_Card Party—The five Queens M. Manine's Gardens-Dram Shops-A Sorcerer -Sandal-wood-Candle-nut Strings-Conversations of Auna and his Wife with the Natives of Oahu-Taumuarii, King of Tauai -Town of Honolulu-Murderous Practices of the Shark Wor- shippers-Yellow Fever-Cannibalism-A rich Negro Resident -Excursions among the Mountains--Method of carrying Bur- thens—Volcanic Crater-Distillery- Traditions Animals..... 40 CHAPTER XX. Captain Kent presents the Schooner to Rinoriho, in the Name of his Britannic Majesty-Anecdotes of Cruelty-Mr. Ruggles, |