204 THE king's departure. 



vice of some Europeans, to make a voyage to 

 England, in the hope that these discontents 

 would subside during his absence. He confided 

 the administration of the government to the faith- 

 ful Karemaku, and Kahumanna, the favourite 

 wife of his father, and in the year 1824 sailed 

 for England in a North American ship, accom- 

 panied by his consort, Karemaku's brother Boki, 

 and some other persons of rank ; taking with 

 him twenty-five thousand Spanish piastres from 

 the treasure amassed by his father. 



Soon after the King's departure, a regular re- 

 bellion broke out in the island of O Tuai. Its 

 former ruler, Tamari, was dead, and his son, a 

 young man who had been brought up in the 

 United States of America, and had unfortu- 

 nately fallen into bad company, was desirous to 

 recover for himself the independent dominion of 

 the island. Karemaku and Kahumanna im- 

 mediately hastened thither with an army, and 

 on our arrival at Hanaruro we found the war 

 still raging at O Tuai, though it was supposed 

 to be near its close. The government of Wahu 

 was entrusted, during the absence of the Ke- 



