KAHILIS IN PROCESSIONS. 



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3'ears, and native customs had not been greatly modified, at least b}- the missionaries. 

 It was on the last day of a long revel: 



"Tameha-maru [Kamanialu, the favorite queen of Liholiho] on this da>- was, as usual, a con- 

 spicuous object. The (■«■/• (V^f/rt/f in which she joined the processions passing in different directions 

 consisted of an elegantly modelled whaleboat fastened firmly to a platform of wicker work thirtj- feet 

 long by twelve wide, and borne on the heads of 

 seventy men. The boat was lined, and the whole 

 platform covered, first with imported broad- 

 cloth, and then with beautiful patterns of tapa 

 or native cloth of a variety of figures and rich 

 colours. The men supporting the whole were 

 formed into a solid bodv so that the outer rows 



KIG. 13. Hl'Ll'MAXr OF A KAHILI. 



only at the sides and ends were seen; and all forming 

 these wore the splendid scarlet and yellow feather 

 cloaks and helmets of which >-ou have read accounts; 

 and than which, scarce anxthing can appear more 

 superb. The only dress of the queen was a .scarlet 

 of feathers. She was seated in the middle of the boat 

 Chinese umbrella of scarlet damask [R. M. No. 5152] 

 richl)' ornamented with gilding, fringe and tassels, and supported by a chief standing behind her, in 

 a scarlet malo or girdle and feather helmet. On one quarter of the boat stood Karimoku [Kalaimoku] 



FIG. 12. BRANCHES OF A KAHILI. 



silk pa' H or native petticoat, and a coronet 

 and screened from the sun bv an immense 



