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husband or herself to hand to the patient any 
thing she might want, or even fan the flies from 
her person. 
The circumstances attending her departure from 
the islands were peculiarly affecting. The king 
had gone on board L’Aigle ; but the boat was 
waiting to convey her to the ship. She arose 
from the mat on which she had been reclining, 
embraced her mother and other relations most 
affectionately, and passed through the crowd 
towards the boat. The people fell down on their 
knees as she walked along, pressing and saluting 
her feet, frequently bathing them with tears of 
unfeigned sorrow, and making loud wailings, in 
which they were joined by the thousands who 
thronged the shore. 
On reaching the water side, she turned, and 
beckoned to the people to cease their cries. As 
soon as they were silent, she said, “ I am going 
to a distant land, and perhaps we shall not meet 
again. Let us pray to Jehovah, that he may pre¬ 
serve us on the water, and you on the shore.” 
She then called Anna , a native teacher from the 
Society Islands, and requested him to pray. He 
did so; at the conclusion, she waved her hand to 
the people, and said, “ Aroha nui oukou (At¬ 
tachment great to you :) she then stepped into the 
boat, evidently much affected. The multitude 
followed her, not only to the beach, but into the 
sea, where many, wading into the water, stood 
waving their hands, exhibiting every attitude of 
sorrow, and uttering their loud u-e ! u-e! (alas 5 
alas !) till the boat had pulled far out to sea. 
The death of the king and queen, so soon after 
their arrival in England, was an event in many 
respects deeply to be deplored. The officers of 
