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to be cooked — such as pigs, turkeys, dogs, mutton, &c., with all 
kinds of vegetables, not forgetting the toro itself. These are 
then covered with taro leaves once more, and heated stones, with 
leaves and grass, and finally earth is thrown over the whole mass, 
so as not to allow any of the heat or steam to escape. When thus 
cooked, the meats preserve all their juices, and the flavour is su- 
perior to any thing of the kind cooked in any other form. It takes 
considerable time 'for a meal to .be prepared, as the process of 
cooking is slow. The toro-tops make a most pleasant addition 
to meats, and a very favourite dish, eaten as our spinage. 
In about a week after the Potomac's arrival at Oahu, the young 
king, KauikeaouU, arrived from Mowee, a small island to wind- 
ward, with all his suite, in a small schooner belonging to his 
majesty. And two days afterward the commodore gave an enter- 
tainment to him and all the royal family, at which the residents 
of the place were present. At ten o'clock all the boats, from the 
launch down, were fitted up, and started for the shore, to bring off 
the company. The king and nobles were to come off in the com- 
modore's boat ; the ladies of the mission in the next boat ; and' 
the rest of the boats were filled as they arrived. The ship had 
been put in the most complete order for this occasion, and the 
white dresses of the sailors contrasted Avell with the full dress of 
the ofiicers. 
As the young king, KauikeaouU, came over the side, the yards 
were manned ; while the marines, who were drawn up oh the op- 
posite side of the deck, presented arms. As his majesty walked 
aft, a salute of twenty-one guns was fired; thus paying him all 
the honours due to the President of the United States himself. At 
the discharge of the last gun, the frigate's band, on the quarter- 
deck, struck up the animating strain of " God save the king." 
The King KauikeaouU, or Tamehameha III., is about twenty 
years of age, of middling size, and well made. His colour is 
very dark, but not black ; his hair is thick and black ; his form 
good ; but his foot bespeaks him no European. His features are 
large, but not bad, and his countenance is rather agreeable. He 
wore a fuU dress of the Windsor uniform, with two gold epaulets ; 
a star on his left breast, cocked hat, and sword. He did not ap- 
pear abashed by the parade made for him ; but there was no super- 
abundance of dignity in his appearance or bearing, though his 
