Much valuable information was also obtained in answer to specific inquiries sent to them by the So ciety. Numerous sketches and drawings of places and things were taken on the spot; and where it was practicable, as in the case of the idols, instruments of music, domestic utensils, &c., the articles were sent to England. A complete cabinet of the mine rals and metals of the island, specimens of the plants and trees, and even the preserved fruits were sent by the missionaries to the museum of the Society.