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these occasions, but all the while greatly ad- 

 miring the magnificence of the coffins ; some re- 

 marked that it must be a pleasure to die in 

 England, where people were laid in such beau- 

 tiful boxes. The following inscriptions in the 

 English language were on the coffin-lids : 



"Tameamea II., King of the Sandwich Is- 

 lands, died in London on the 24th of July 

 1824, in the 28th year of his age. Respected be 

 the memory of our beloved King Jolani.'' 



(The King was sometimes known by this ap- 

 pellation.) 



" Tamehamelu, Queen of the Sandwich Is- 

 lands, died in London, on the 8th of July 1824, 

 in the 22d year of her age." 



The funeral procession was arranged in the 

 following order : Twelve Yeris, in the national 

 costume, with beautiful coloured feather man- 

 tles and helmets, walked first ; they were fol- 

 lowed by a band of musicians playing the dead- 

 march, and a company of soldiers from the fri- 

 gate Blond. Then came the chaplain of the 

 frigate, and with him the missionaries, immedi- 

 ately followed by the coffins in hearses, each 

 drawn by forty Yeris. Directly behind the 



