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nient, has acquired permanent glory, and has laid 

 the foundation for the civilization and improve- 

 ment of his people, ought to have a successor 

 capable of prosecuting with zeal and judgment 

 the work which he has begun. It would be very 

 important for navigation, if the Sandwich Islands 

 were on a level with Europe in civilization j and 

 the English, who have taken these islands under 

 their protection, should take care that, after Ta- 

 maahmaah's death, a sensible man may succeed, 

 and every revolution be avoided. Tamaahmaah 

 deserves to have a monument erected to him. The 

 dog of all dogs at last rose very lazily, and gaped 

 upon us with a stupid vacant countenance My 

 embroidered uniform seemed to meet his approba- 

 tion, for he held a long conversation about it with 

 a couple of naked chamberlains. I could not 

 learn his age, as no account is kept of it. I guess 

 it may be about twenty-two years, and am of 

 opinion, that his enormous corpulency is occasioned 

 by his constant lying on the ground. 



At dinner time, we returned to Tamaahmaah's 

 residence, where I was surprised to see on the shore 

 barges, sixty or seventy feet long, built quite in 

 the European fashion, which are employed to con- 

 vey provisions from one island to another. Tamaah- 

 maah exerts himself to draw European ship-wriglits 

 to his country, and pays them liberally for their in- 

 struction. During our walk, we were always ac- 

 companied by a number of men and women, joking 



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