powers to still the gods, the winds, and the waves. He spake in an angry and commanding tone. However, I did not perceive either the winds or waves yield to his authority; and when we reached the head, I requested to go on shore.” Tamanhena wished very much to learn to pray like the Europeans, and said he should willingly give a farm to any missionary who would come to reside near him. He also pro mised that he would let Marsden hear his god speak to him; but when they got to the place where the conference was to be held, he dis covered that the god was not there. Marsden, however, found him remarkably well informed on all subjects relating to his country and religion, and thought him, upon the whole, a very sensible man, making allowance for his theological opinions. Cruise has, however, detailed some par ticulars of this venerable personage, whom he also met with a few months after Marsden had seen him, which grievously detract from his character for sanctity. He made the voyage with them in the “Dromedary” from the Bay of Islands to the mouth of the Shukehanga, but announced his intention of leaving them the day after their arrival. “During his stay in the ship,” says Cruise, “there certainly was nothing of a very sacred character about him; he was by far the wildest of his companions; and, unfortunately, on the