SANDWICH ISLANDS. 
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presence, as lie had not been called. However, not long 
after the change of the apartments, the disorder of the king 
assumed so decided an aspect, that his near approaching 
death could neither be concealed from himself nor his at¬ 
tendants, and Kapihe resumed his station among them. 
Yet still he dared not venture to present himself too closely 
or too frequently to his master. On the day of the king's 
decease he was supported by pillows, and said little, but re¬ 
peated the words, “ I am dying, I am dyingwithin the 
curtains of the bed one of the chiefs sat continually, with 
his face towards the king, and his eyes fixed on him, in con¬ 
formity, as they said, with their native customs. Poor 
Kapihe was invited to take the place, thereby to prove his 
innocence of the supposed offence which had incurred his 
master’s displeasure. But his respect for the king’s orders 
prevailed over all other considerations, and he refrained 
from exercising the honourable privilege of watching the 
death-bed of his king and friend. 
The day of the 13th of July was a very painful one, and 
the dying agony of the sufferer was long; for it was not 
until four o’clock of the morning of the 14th that Tameha- 
meha II. breathed his last *. 
* (Bulletin).—The king of the Sandwich Islands departed this life at four 
o’clock this morning. The alarming symptoms of his disorder rapidly increased 
