THROUGH HAWAII. 
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they have ever given has been, that at the death of a 
great chief, the paroxysm of grief has been so violent 
as to deprive the people of their reason, hence they 
neither knew nor cared what they did, being hehena, 
frantic, or out of their senses through sorrow. 
Since the introduction of the gospel by Christian 
missionaries, or rather since the death of Keopuolani in 
September, 1823, all the wicked practices, and most of 
the ceremonies usual on these occasions, have entirely 
ceased. Knocking out the teeth is discontinued ; wail¬ 
ing, cutting the hair, and marking the tongue, is still 
practised; but all the evil customs have been most 
strictly forbidden by the principal chiefs. 
