228 KAREMAKU'S LAMENTATIONS. 



his countrymen their injurious suspicions of the 

 intentions of Russia. 



Karemaku seemed sincerely glad to see me 

 again, and, after a most cordial embrace, pre- 

 sented his young and pretty wife to me. He 

 minutely examined all parts of the ship, ex- 

 pressed his approbation of much that was new 

 to him, and at length exclaimed — " How wide 

 a difference there still is between this ship and 

 ours ! — would that they could be made to 

 resemble it ! O, Tameamea, thou wast taken 

 from us too soon !"" In my cabin, he spoke of 

 the death of his royal friend in terms which 

 Marini declared it impossible to translate, as 

 no other language would express such depth of 

 thought united with such ardent feeling. I 

 rather apprehend that Marini, who is not a man 

 of much education, was not competent to give 

 effect to powerful emotion in any language : 

 but the missionaries also declare that there is 

 considerable difficulty in translating from the 

 O Wahi language, which is particularly adapted 

 to poetry. 



Karemaku touched also on the change that 

 had taken place in the rehgion of the country. 



