CHAPTER I. 



CONTENTS. 



ARRIVAL OF THE KING AT HONOLULU— OUR VISIT TO HIM— KEKAULUOHI— DWELLINGS 

 AND GARDENS OF FOREIGN RESIDENTS— DWELLINGS OF THE MISSIONARIES— MISSIONARY 

 PRESS— SEAMEN'S CHAPEL— POLITICAL INTERCOURSE WITH FOREIGN NATIONS— MR. 

 RICHARDS ENGAGED AS DIPLOMATIC AGENT— SUPREME COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT- 

 SECOND INTERVIEW WITH THE KING— HISTORY OF THE EVENTS THAT LED TO THE 

 LAPLACE TREATY— FIRST ARRIVAL OF CATHOLIC PRIESTS— THEY ARE HOSPITABLY 

 RECEIVED— THEY ARE SUSPECTED OF PROMOTING A REBELLION, AND EXPELLED— RUS- 

 SELL TREATY— ATTEMPT TO INTRODUCE PRIESTS UNDER ITS SANCTION— UNITED 

 ACTION OF CAPTAINS DU PETIT THOUARS AND BELCHER — MORE PRIESTS ARRIVE— 

 PENAL LAWS AGAINST CATHOLICS ENACTED— THEY ARE REPEALED AT THE INSTANCE 

 OF THE AMERICAN MISSIONARIES— ARRIVAL OF CAPTAIN LAPLACE— HIS MANIFESTO— 

 HIS DEMANDS— HIS PROSCRIPTION OF THE MISSIONARIES— CONDUCT OF THE FOREIGN 

 RESIDENTS, AND OF THE NATIVE CHIEFS — SIGNATURE OF THE TREATY — LAPLACE 

 DEMANDS AND OBTAINS A COMMERCIAL TREATY— HE LANDS IN ARMS TO CELEBRATE 

 MASS-CONSEQUENCES OF THE LAPLACE TREATY— THE KING'S FEELINGS IN RELATION 

 TO IT— HIS DESIRE TO BE RECOGNISED BY THE UNITED STATES— HIS REMONSTRANCE 

 TO THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT— STATE OF CATHOLICISM— WRITTEN CONSTITUTION OF 

 HAWAII— ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAWS— CRIMINAL PROCESS— ANCIENT LAWS— SUC- 

 CESSION TO THE THRONE— FEUDAL TENURES— PUNISHMENTS— TABOOS— PROMULGATION 

 OF LAWS— ORIGIN OF FIEFS— DIVISION OF LANDS— EFFECTS OF THE NEW LAWS— TAXES 

 —REVENUES— EXEMPTION FROM TAX— CRIMES— HAWAIIAN MYTHOLOGY— TRADITIONS— 

 ASTRONOMY— CALENDAR-IDEA OF ECLIPSES— KNOWLEDGE OF NAVIGATION— FEATS IN 

 SWIMMING- SOCIAL ATTACHMENT AND TIES— INDOLENCE ASCRIBED TO THE NATIVES— 

 THEIR AMUSEMENTS— HOLUA— PLAYING IN THE SURF— DANCES — CARDS — SEE-SAW- 

 NATIVE PHYSICIANS AND MEDICINE. 



