476 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1816. 



maritan, the poor were the ob- 

 jects of his peculiar care ; and 

 that in the latter and more pros- 

 perous years of his life, one- 

 seventh of his income was ex- 

 pended upon the children of af- 

 fliction and want. Dr. Boerbaave 

 said of the poor, that they were 

 his best patients, because God was 

 their paymaster. 



Let it also be recorded, that 

 the last act of Dr. Rush was an 

 act of charity, and that the last 

 expression ■which fell from his 

 lips was an injunction to his son, 

 " Be indulgent to the poor." 



" Vale egregium academic de- 

 cus ! tuum nomen mecum sem- 

 per duiabit ; et laudes et honores 

 tui in aeternum manebunt."' 



These words were addressed by 

 Dr. Rush, upon his taking leave 

 of the University of Edinburgh, 

 to his particular friend and pre- 

 ceptor. Dr. Cullcn. 



The King of the Sandivich Islands ; 

 from Campbell's J'oyage round 

 the World. 



The sudden re\c)lution produced 

 in the customs of the natives of 

 the Sandwicli islands, from their 

 intercourse with the Europeans, 

 gives a peculiar interest to any 

 recent accoxmts of them, from 

 which we may be enabled to trace 

 the progress of society in one of 

 its earliest stages. These islands, 

 from their situation, midway be- 

 tween the continents of Asia and 

 America, the fertility of their 

 soil, and the natural talents and 

 industry of the natives, are ren- 

 dered by far the most interesting 

 of the recent discoveries in the 



Pacific ocean, and so were con- 

 sidered by Captain Cook. 



When Cajjtain Cook, in \77^s 

 discovered the Sandwich islands, 

 Tereoboo was king of Owhyhee ; 

 Teteree, of Moratai ; and Pedeo- 

 ranne of Waoho, and the islands 

 to the leeward. Tamaahmaah, 

 the present king, is known in 

 Cook's voyage under the name of 

 Maiha-maiha, and was present at 

 the death of that illustrious navi- 

 gator : he was only brother to 

 Tereoboo. 



From the departure of the Re- 

 solution till the year 1787j no 

 ship visited these islands. In 

 1788, Captain Douglas, in the 

 Iphiginia, touched at Owhyhee. 

 Tamaahmaah at this time having 

 obtained the assistance of Boyd, 

 a ship carpenter, built a small 

 tender, and it was at this period 

 that Young and Davis, the per- 

 sons subsequently noticed, be- 

 came resident at Owhyhee. After 

 the arrival of Captain Vancouver, 

 the king, with the assistance of 

 the ships carpenters, constructed 

 this first decked vessel ; and in 

 order to ensure the good-will of 

 the English, a formal surrender 

 of the sovereignty of these islands 

 was made by the king, reserving, 

 however, freedom in all matters 

 of religion, internal government, 

 and domestic economy. Tamaah- 

 maah, after various successes, 

 had in 1810 reduced all the islands 

 in this group under his domi- 

 nions, except Atooi and Onehooi. 



Scarcely 30 years have elapsed 

 since the period of the discovery 

 of these islands ; and we already 

 find a chief who has made rapid 

 progress towards civilization, and 

 who on all occasions has availed 

 himself of every opportunity of 

 intercourse 



