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Show could stay in her houso and she would feed us; that she would move out of her house and move into a house belonging to her daughter and son-in-law, that lived near by. In the houso were two very good beds, with Mesquito bars to keep out the little pests. All this seemed so much like a miracle to be found a house and home and food for nothing 1 Our hoarts were melted with thankfulness to the Lord for His goodness. Wo blessed, and asked the Lord to bless Nalimanni, and we rejoiced and praised the Lord for the tender mercies bestowed upon us. After we had taken possession of the house, the old Lady and a number of her associates came in and sat down on the mats. They looked at us earnestly and then wept like children, with pity for us, and I must confess that we elders were considerably touched and felt like crying too. To tell the truth we were overjoyed to be so well treated. treat-ed. These poor women, or I will say good women brought us food, the best they had, consisting of fish and poi (po-e. ) On the ninth of April we rec ived a letter from elder Morris stating that he intended to leave on the following fol-lowing Tuasday, for San Francisco, California. He stated that president presi-dent Clark had sailed for Tahiti. One half of our company who i cjijrne to these Islands as missionaries, mission-aries, have now left. On the 19th of April, elders Cannon, Keeler, Farrer and I wrote a joint letter to Prest. Brigham Young, telling him wo were here without a head, &c. In a few days afterward, elder I Farrer and I sailed for Oahu, there i to continue our studies of the native language. Arriving at Honolulu we called on Mr. Clifferd, a merchant, merch-ant, and asked him to please keep us a few days, or until we could find a home among the natives. He said he had company and no place to lodge us, and therefore could not take us in. Hunting around we met a native who said he would keep us a few days. His name was Kaanaana, and with him we staid a week, when we concluded it was best to leave and each find a home for himself. Going from house to house, I met a native Who told me to go home with him. I did so. He lived a mile out from Honolulu, in a nice cocoanut grove. He said his name was Kanalua. The next day he in-vited in-vited me to go with him. I did so and he took me to a place where courwas being held and h e intoduced me to the Judge, who wrote his name J. W. E. Maikai. Our conversation was through an interpreter, who was a white man. H. W. B. To be continued. PERSONAL EXPERIENCE. (Continued) By the middle of January, 1851, having been on the Island about three weeks, all our means for a living was spent, so we concluded it was best for each of us to shift for himself. We called on the Lrd to open our way, after which we cast L ts to see which way we should go. My lot was to go south. I started ih that direction and soon found a native who said "my home could bo with him if I would milk his cow, and while talking, in walked Elders Cannon and Keeler and told me they had got a house for all of us that Nalimanni said we |