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tity. Two crops of rice, it is said, can be realized while one of kalo is ripening alongside of it. Labor expended upon it would, undoubtedly, be better paid than upon the arum esculentum, which now constitutes the great staple of Hawaiians. But there must be machinery introduced to thresh and winnow it, and pots to boil it for eating, which few yet possess.

The Chinamen have an Oriental way of getting the grain out of the husk, which is highly characteristic, but hardly to be described. A bed of it, when young and growing, is of a fresh, bright green, that is exceedingly grateful to the eye.

The whole valley of Wailuku, cultivated terrace after terrace, gleaming with running waters and standing pools, is a spectacle of uncommon beauty to one that has a position a little above it. Mr. Bailey's garden, also, at the mission station, irrigated by a brook led out of this valley at a point some way up towards the mountain, is a place by no means devoid of taste and beauty. It is altogether the prettiest missionary's garden in the Islands, and has a considerable variety of plants, fruits, and flowers.

Among these are the passion-flower, the mysteriously shrinking little sensitive-plant, and the splendid nightblooming Cereus, more gorgeous and ample in its corolla than the Magnolia, but chastely beautiful in its color as the most highly prized water-lily. The girls of Mr. Bailey's school show no little taste in combining the flowers into divers wreaths and nosegays, for the adornment of their tables and persons.

We arrived back from Makawao in time to be present at an entertainment which they gave in their dining-hall, under the direction of their manager, Miss Ogden, to the visitors at the station. The half hundred haumana (pupils) occupied two tables, twenty feet long. The visitors and resident mission families (of whom not the least attractive portion was twelve happy children) had their places at a middle one. Af ter the guests had all been seated, the ringing of a little table-bell brought in all the girls, neatly dressed and orderly, to their seats. Then they sang a verse of a hymn, followed by a blessing. Supper ensued with great cheerfulness, concluded with giving of thanks and another verse of an Hawaiian hymn.

Afterwards, out on the grassy play-ground, we had blind-man's-buff, and ball, and hide-and-go-seek, with the pretty circle of boys and girls, till we were much more tired, but not less pleased, than they. We should like to keep a child's heart, and spirits, and relish for innocent sports as long as we live. And when the humor suits we will indulge in them, and try to make ourselves and children happy, for all the world. Quod delectat juventutem jucundum est viro-That which delights the youth is pleasing to the man.

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CHAPTER VI.

SKETCHES OF THE BLIND PREACHER AND THE BIRTH-PLACE OF KAAHUMANU, IN EAST MAUI.

THERE is no light without companion shade:
There are no griefs which do not herald joys:
In Nature's balance all are fairly weighed,
And every thing must have its equipoise.
Great Nature is a choral hymn sublime,
Its melody complete, its octaves true;
Its notes all harmonize, as rhyme with rhyme:
If there be any discords, they are few;

And when they cease, the rhythm flows anew.

ANON.

The law of compensation illustrated-Memorials of the first convert to ChristianityHis birth and boyhood-Early deformity and loss of sight-Skill in the HulaAdoption by the court as a buffoon-Abandoned to perish--Dawning of the dayspring-He hears of Christ--He turns to the Pono-The chiefs send for him to make sport-Memorable answer-Journal respecting him-Affecting attitude-Divine sovereignty exemplified--Probation for the church-Record of his examination--First-fruits--He grows and endures-Light breaks-Light is withdrawnHe is thrown upon memory--He hides the Word of God-Acquires extraordinary strength and tenacity of memory--Labors effectively with the missionaries--Is licensed to preach the Gospel-Account of one of his sermons-Power as a preacher -Surprise of the missionaries--Resources of illustration-Ministry in Honuaula-Life and death--We pass and ponder his field of labor-Supposed mental exercises in his blindness-We proceed to Hana--Remarkable road over clinkers-How made, and by whom--After-streams from the volcano-The warfare of a nightVictory to the Ukulele-A chief of the olden time--A dance at Kaupo--Perils by canoe-Sketches of the missionary station of Hana--Natural features and productions-Riding up to the clouds-Cave where Kaahumanu was born-Two strange things in the kingdom of nature and kingdom of grace-A volcanic bathing-house.

THE truth at the head of this Chapter, that there is evermore a law of compensation and equipoise running through all things, has its comment and corroboration in the character and history of a remarkable man,