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felt gratified with that kind urbanity of manner which dis¬ 
tinguishes her royal highness, and which on this occasion was 
both a protection to the strangers and an honour to herself. 
It might perhaps cause a smile in such as remembered 
the description of Cook, who found the king Teraiopu and 
his queen with nothing but their waist cloths, to see their 
grandchildren wearing coats made by a London tailor, and 
stays and gowns by a Parisian modiste; but that the dresses 
were fit and becoming we all remember, and, moreover, 
that more than one lady begged to have the pattern of 
Ivahamalu's turban. 
Tamehameha and his party were of course extremely 
anxious to see all the sights and shows of London; and the 
first place they went to was Westminster Abbey, with which 
they were much pleased. The music seemed to affect 
them a good deal, and they were impressed with great 
veneration for the place where they knew the remains of 
so many great men were deposited. On reaching the 
steps of Henry the Seventh’s chapel, and hearing that the 
ancient kings of England were buried there, they said it 
was too sacred, and no argument could prevail upon the 
king to enter it. 
From the Abbey they went to the Park, and could 
not sufficiently express their admiration at the number of 
