A goodly number attended the forenoon
service, when Mr. Lawes preached. A good many strangers were present
from an inland village on the Astrolabe side. There is not yet much
observance of the Sabbath. Poi, one of the chief men of the place, is
very friendly: he kept quite a party of his inland friends from hunting,
and brought them to the services. Mr. Lawes preached again in the
afternoon. As we went to church in the afternoon the hunters were
returning: they had evidently had a successful day's hunting. During the
day a canoe came in from Hula, laden with old cocoanuts, which were
traded for pottery.
In the evening, an old sorceress died, and great was the wailing over her
body. She was buried on the Monday morning, just opposite the house in
which she had lived. A grave was dug two feet deep, and spread over with
mats, on which the corpse was laid. Her husband lay on the body, in the
grave, for some time, and, after some talking to the departed spirit, got
up, and lay down by the side of the grave, covered with a mat.
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