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SANDWICH ISLANDS. 
During the whole of the painful scenes attending the 
deaths of these young sovereigns the conduct of their fol¬ 
lowers was exemplary, especially that of Liliah, who dis¬ 
played all the tenderness and gentleness of her sex, as well 
as the devotion to her chiefs, and kind-heartedness of her 
nation. 
The day preceding that of Tamehameha’s death, anxiety 
for the fate of his followers induced him to draw up a me¬ 
morandum or will, which he caused Boki, Ivuanoa, and Rives 
to witness, and to which he affixed a sign, saying, that he 
felt he was following his beloved wife to the grave, be¬ 
queathing whatever property he left in England to Boki, 
for the benefit of his suite generally, and intimating his 
desire that his own body and that of his queen Tame- 
hamalu should be conveyed to their native Islands. 
The somewhat uncouth paper containing these wishes 
was written by one of the attendants; the name at the end 
was in the handwriting of one of the chiefs, and in it K is 
used for T in the king's name, and his title of Erii is written 
Helii, whence we should conclude that Ivuanoa the trea- 
Avithin the last few days, and lie at length sunk under it Avithout much apparent 
suffering. 
(Signed) Matthew John Tierney. 
Henry Holland. 
Hugh Ley. 
Adelphi, July 14, 1824. 
