230 LIKENESS OF TAMEAMEA. 



among these turbulent spirits, permitting no 

 one to disturb the general tranquillity with 

 impunity. 



During my former visit here, the painter 

 Choris, who made the voyage with me, and was 

 afterwards murdered in Mexico, took an excel- 

 lent likeness of Tameamea. I now presented 

 to the venerable Karemaku a copper-plate en- 

 graving from this picture. The joy with which 

 he received it was really affecting ; he gazed on 

 the picture with delight, and kissed it several 

 times, while the tears rolled down his cheeks. 

 On taking leave, he begged that he might have 

 the medical assistance from our physician, as he 

 had been long indisposed. He pressed my hand, 

 saying, " I too am a Christian, and can read and 

 write.''' That a warrior, and a statesman, should 

 pride himself on such advantages as these above 

 all others, proves the estimation in which they 

 are held. The Sandwich Islanders know that 

 these are the ties which connect them with ci- 

 vilized nations. 



Karemaku and his wife were, notwithstanding 

 the extreme heat, dressed entirely in the Euro- 

 pean fashion. He wore a dark surtout, and 



