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of coral stone. I paid a visit to Mr. Young, who 

 gave me to read, the letter from King George to 

 Tamaahmaah ; the same which Mr. Wilcox had 

 brought from Port Jackson. It was written in the 

 English language, and Tamaahmaah was styled 

 <* His Majesty." The following, are the principal 

 contents : " King George of England sends to 

 His Majesty, the King of the Sandwich Islands, 

 his sincere thanks for the feather-cloak, sent to 

 him by the frigate Cornwallis. He assures him of 

 his friendship and protection, and says, that he 

 has commanded all his English navy to respect all 

 ships under the flag of His Majesty, King Tamaah- 

 maah." At the conclusion of the letter, mention 

 is made of the ship building for him in Port Jack- 

 son, and of presents sent to His Majesty ; and the 

 whole clearly shows, that Tamaahmaah is recog- 

 nized as a real king by the English government. 

 All the letters which he receives, are given to the 

 care of Mr. Young, who possesses the particular 

 confidence of the king, as well as of the people ; 

 but as he is already old and infirm, it is probable 

 that he may soon follow to the grave his comrade 

 Davis, mentioned by Vancouver. The sun had 

 nearly set, when I passed the moral, where 

 Kareimoku, accompanied by Chamisso, and 

 several jerries, w-as just about to enter. This morai 

 was very quickly erected, near Hana-rura, because 

 the natives were obliged to destroy the old one, 

 w^hich had been profaned by the entrance of 



