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speaking, and the queen died about an hour after he left 
her; that is, about six o'clock in the evening of the 8th 
July, 1824. 
Liliah, whose dutiful and affectionate behaviour to her 
friend and mistress had been most exemplary, now took 
charge of her body, and disposed it after the manner of her 
country, unclothing it to the waist, leaving also the ancles 
and feet bare, and carefully dressing the hair and adorn¬ 
ing it with chaplets of flowers. The king now desired 
the body might be brought into his apartment, and laid on 
a small bed near him; that being done, he sat up looking 
at it, but neither speaking nor weeping. The medical 
attendants observed, that the state of liiho Bibo was such 
as to render it highly improper to keep the queen’s body 
near him, and it was therefore proposed to him to allow it 
to be taken away; but he sat silent, and answered no one, 
only by gestures showing that he forbade its removal. At 
length, after much persuasion, and then leaving him to him¬ 
self for a time, he suddenly made signs that it might be 
taken away; which was accordingly done, and the queen 
was again placed on her own bed 
* (Bulletin).—The queen of the Sandwich Islands departed this life 
about half-past six this evening, without much apparent suffering, and in 
possession of her senses to a late moment. The king, in the midst of this deep 
sorrow, manifests a firmness of mind which has penetrated every body about 
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