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tion ; and had been to Fulham, from whence they returned 
by water, and were delighted with the scenery; indeed, 
they were remarkably alive to external beauty. One of 
the sights that charmed them was that of the children at 
Chelsea Hospital; it was particularly calculated to interest 
Tamehameha, who was always intent on the means of edu¬ 
cating his subjects. 
The last public spectacle they all visited together was 
the Opera, where they were greatly amused. They had 
imbibed an idea that the French were the greatest dancers 
in the world, and during the ballet their interpreter Rives 
underwent what a schoolboy would call a regular quizzing, 
on the national passion or accomplishment. 
Two days after this, that is the 10th of June, had been 
fixed for a visit to Mr. Whitbread’s brewery; but Manuia, 
the king’s purveyor, became extremely ill, and the king 
would not permit any one of the party to go out while their 
brother chief was so distressed. He had been left in the 
Aigle to accompany the goods to London, and having 
landed both at Deptford and Wapping, is supposed to have 
caught his illness, which proved to be measles, while on 
shore at one of those places. 
Manuia seemed to rally a little next day, and then the 
king, the admiral, and treasurer, went out to one or two 
