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 a hole in the bottom, for the head to be slipped through, and arm-holes in the sides. It reached to the ankles, and appeared to be of the same width throughout its  entire length.

In the outskirts, mud huts were found, which once formed the only habitations of the Sandwich Islanders.

THE SEAMAN’S BETHEL, HONOLULU.

The natives occupying these were dressed in the garb of the heathen, a narrow strip of tapa tied around the loins,  or a blanket of the same material thrown corner-wise  over the left shoulder and tied in a large knot on the  breast.

The greatest curiosity I saw while here was the Seaman’s Bethel. This was built in Boston by the Boston