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 RECEIVED— 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 THEY ARE REPEALED AT THE INSTANCE OF THE AMERICAN MISSIONARIES-ARRI- 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-CONSEQ.UENCES 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-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 



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