'In Lieutenant Cook's voyage round the world, published by Dr. Hawksworth, vol. 2, p. 252, we find that the inhabitants of _Huaheine_, one of the islands lately discovered in the South Sea, had "a kind of _chest or ark_, the lid of which was nicely sewed on, and thatched very neatly with palm-nut leaves; it was fixed upon _two poles_, and supported on little arches of wood, very neatly carved. The use of the poles seemed to be to remove it from place to place, in the manner of our sedan-chairs; in one end of it was a square hole, in the middle of which was a ring touching the sides, and leaving the angles open so as to form a round hole within, a square one without. The first time _Mr. Banks_ saw this coffer, the aperture at the end was stopped with a piece of cloth which, lest he should give offence, he left untouched. Probably there was then something within; but now the cloth was taken away, and upon looking into it it was found empty. _The general resemblance between this repository and the ark of the Lord among the Jews is remarkable_; but it is still more remarkable, that upon inquiring of the (Indian) boy what it was called, he said Ewharre no Eatua, the House of God; he could, however, give no account of its signification or use." In the neighbouring island of _Ulietea_ "were also four or five Ewharre no Eatua, or Houses of God, like that we had seen at _Huaheine_."' p. 257. Verse 11. The presence of the ark seems rather to have increased the misfortunes of the Israelites in the previous battle; without the ark they lost 4,000 men, in this they lost 30,000 men, beside also losing possession of the ark.