CONTENTS OF VOL. IV. 



CHAPTER I. 



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

 INGS 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 RECETVED-THEY ARE SUSPECTED OF PROMOTING A RE- 

 BELLION, AND EXPELLED— RUSSELL 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 THEY ARE REPEALED AT THE INSTANCE OF THE AMERICAN MISSIONARIES— ARRI- 

 VAL 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 COM- 

 MERCIAL TREATY— HE LANDS IN ARMS TO CELEBRATE MASS— CONSEQUENCES OF 

 THE LAPLACE TREATY— THE KING'S FEELINGS. IN RELATION TO TT -hit ^ESIRE 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-SUCCESSION 

 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 NAVI- 

 GATION — FEATS IN SWIMMING — SOCIAL ATTACHMENT AND TIES — INDOLENCE 

 ASCRIBED TO THE NATIVES— THEIR AMUSEMENTS— HOLUA— PLAYING IN THE SURF 

 —DANCES— CARD**— SEE-SAW-NATIVE PHYSICIANS AND MEDICINE 3—48 



