Under Hawaiian skies, a narrative of the romance, adventure and history of the Hawaiian Islands, a complete historical account, by Albert Pierce Taylor.

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UNDER HAWAIIAN SKIES

Rives was (lismissed from office as interpreter on account of
continued ill behavior, and James Young, part-Hawaiian, a son
of John Young, favorite foreigner attached to Kamehameha
First's court, was appointed in his place. The nobility bestowed
many flatteriing attentions upon the party. Their pictures were
to be found in every shop window. They were feasted and flattered; taken to the shows and sights of the metropolis, and hurrie(l from one route to another. They were the special royal
guests at the Covent Garden theatre, the king's box, a picture
of which is one of the treasures in the Archives of Hawaii.
()i June 12, Manui, the steward, was attacked by measles.
The next (lay the king sickened, and by the 19th the entire party
was afflicted. Dr. I-olland attendled them, but in a few (lays the
queen lbecame dangerously ill, and a consultation of physicians
was held. Boki and Kekuanaoa rapidly recovered, and Kapille,
tlhe ad(liral, was soon convalescing. On July 4, Liholiho was
sufficiently recoveredl to give an audience to the newly appointed
consul to his kingdom. Two (lays later no hopes for the queen
were entertained. The mutual grief of the royal couple was
affecting. Tley held each other in warn and protracted enibrace, while the thought of dying so early in her career, so far
from her loved islands and people, caused the tears to gutsh
freely. In the evening she die(l. This sad event so affected the
(lepresse(l spirits of the king that he sank rapidly, and on July
14 died. Previous to his death lie drew up a rough memorandum
ill which lie expresse(l his wish to have his body and that of his
consort conveyed to their native land; his personal effects he
ordered (listributed among his retinue.
Tlie survivors received mnuch kindness and were taken to such
places as were calculated to improve their minls an(l create a
favorable impression of EIPngland. On September 11, George IV
granted them an interview at Windsor, in which he received them
courteously, andp promise(l protection, should any power malnifest a disposition to encroach upon the sovereignty of the Islands,
a promise that in tle light of recent historical discoveries, was
faithfully kept in 1843. All their expenses were provided for
by the govertnment, and the nlonev lodged in the bank returned