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to make liis .stay as agreeable as possible, and to 

 refuse none of his demands. But what was the 

 consequence of my hospitality ? Even before he 

 left Owhyee, he repaid my kindness with ingrati- 

 tude, which I bore patiently. Upon this, according 

 to his own desire, he travelled from one island to 

 another ; and, at last, settled in the fruitful island 

 of Woahoo, where he proved himself to be my 

 most inveterate enemy ; destroying our sanctuary, 

 the Moral ; and exciting against me, in the island 

 of Atooi, King Tamary, who had submitted to my 

 power years before. SchefFer is there at this very 

 moment, and threatens my islands." Such was the 

 account given by the king ; for the truth of 

 which I can only say, that Tamaahmaah highly 

 distinguishes every European who settles in his 

 islands, if his conduct be good ; and that he is 

 generally known to be an upright and honest man. 

 I am not personally acquainted with M. Scheffer, 

 but have since learnt the manner in which he came 

 to the Sandwich Islands. He had served as phy- 

 sician on board the Suwaroff, belonging to the 

 Russian American Company, which went, in 1814, 

 from Cronstadt to Sitka, under the command of 

 Lieutenant Lasaref. From motives unknown to 

 me, Lieutenant Lasaref left Dr. SchefFer, in 1815, 

 at Sitka, and returned to Europe without a phy- 

 sician. M. Baranof, who generally resides at 

 Sitka, as director of all the Russian American 

 colonies, and whose character is but indifferent, 



