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fury ; fancies that every thing is going wrong at home, and that 

 his people are in mourning for his protracted absence ; but 

 although he is a king, the winds of heaven will not obey him, 

 and, with the meanest follower in his train, he must wait the 

 appointed time. 



We, of course, relinquished the house cheerfully, and, with 

 the assistance of our native servants, transferred all our commo- 

 dities to the mansion of the good missionary. 



In the afternoon, the natives from all parts of the island began 

 to flock to the king's temporary residence. The petty chiefs, 

 and head men of the villages, were mounted upon all sorts of 

 horses, from the high-headed and high-mettled Californian steed, 

 to the shaggy and diminutive poney raised on their native hills ; 

 men women and children were running on foot, laden with pio-s, 

 calabashes of poe, and every production of the soil; and though 

 last, certainly not least, in the evening there came the troops of 

 of the island, with fife and drum, and ' " tinkling cymbal," to 

 form a body guard for his majesty, the king. Little houses were 

 put up all around the vicinity, and thatched in an incredibly 

 short space of time, and when Mr. N. and myself visited the 

 royal mansion, after nightfall, we found the whole neighborhood 

 metamorphosed ; a beautiful little village had sprung up as by 

 magic, and the retired studio of the naturalists had been trans- 

 formed into a royal banquet hall. His majesty soon recognised 

 us in the crowd, and taking us each by the hand, led us into the 

 house, and introduced us to the queen, Kalama, who received us in 

 a dignified and very pleasant manner, and made room for us 

 near her at the supper, which the attendants were spreading 

 upon the ground. This consisted of a variety of meats lu aued, 

 fish, potatoes and tare, and before each guest was placed a little 

 calabash of poe. As I have before stated, this last article is an 

 indispensable requisite in the economy of every meal; and even 

 the refined Kauikeaouli, who has abolished in his own person so 



