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evaded six spears thrown at him at the same instant, 

 the present representation was quite contemptible. 

 These exercises are now seldom practised, and in a 

 short time, no doubt, both they and the dances will 

 cease to be exhibited. 



On the 12th of February, we received the melan- 

 choly intelligence of the death of Krymakoo, who 

 had long suffered under a dropsical complaint, for which 

 he had undergone frequent operations. Only four days 

 previously he went to bathe in the sea at Kairua, in 

 Owyhee, and on coming out of the water he was 

 taken ill, and died very soon afterwards. He was at 

 an advanced age, and had been present at the death of 

 our immortal countryman in Karakakoa Bay, and 

 perfectly recollected that fatal transaction. Krymakoo, 

 or, as he was more generally called, Pitt, from the 

 circumstance of his being a contemporary prime mi- 

 nister with our great statesman, became a protege of 

 Tamehameha shortly after the departure of Cook's 

 ships. He is first introduced to our notice by Van- 

 couver, who particularly remarks his superior manners 

 and conduct. His life was devoted to the advantage 

 of his country, and to the support of his illustrious 

 patron, in whoso service he distinguished himself alike 

 as a warrior and a counsellor. Intelligent, faithful, and 

 brave, he was confided in and beloved by his king and 

 his countrymen, and he was a chief in whom the 

 foreign residents placed imphcit reliance. His ardent 

 spirit and anxiety for the welfare of his country led 

 Tamehameha on one or two occasions of insurrection 

 to suspect his fidehty, and in order to put it to the 

 test he is said to have deprived him for the time of his 

 estates ; an act of injustice, calculated rather to in- 

 crease than to allay any dissatisfaction that might have 



