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mon of which was lolani. The word lani, heaven or 
sky, formed a component part in the name of most 
chiefs of distinction. The following is a fac-simile of 
the official signature of the late king. 
The early habits of Rihoriho did not warrant any 
great expectations. His natural disposition w T as frank, 
and humane. The natives always spoke of him as good- 
natured, except when he was under the influence of 
ardent spirits; his manners were perfectly free, at the 
same time dignified, and always agreeable to those who 
were about him. His mind was naturally inquisitive. 
The questions he usually presented to foreigners were 
by no means trifling; and his memory was retentive 
His general knowledge of the world was much greater 
than could have been expected. I have heard him 
entertain a party of chiefs for hours together, with 
accounts of different parts of the earth, describing the 
extensive lakes, the mountains, and mines of North 
and South America; the elephants and inhabitants of 
India; the houses, manufactures, &c. of England, with 
no small accuracy, considering he had never seen them. 
He had a great thirst for knowledge, and was diligent 
in his studies. I recollect his remarking one day, when 
he opened his writing desk, that he expected more 
advantage from that desk than from a fine brig belong¬ 
ing to him, lying at anchor opposite the house in which 
we were sitting. Mr. Bingham and myself were his 
daily teachers, and have often been surprised at his 
