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Lord Byron, who was introduced formally by Mr. Charlton. 
We had been warned before-hand that the regent, in token 
of his esteem for England, had long adopted the name of 
the English prime minister of Vancouver’s days; and, ac¬ 
cordingly, we were prepared to hear him formally named, 
and to name him Mr. Pitt. This adoption of names, as a 
token of respect or love, is a very widely diffused custom 
among savage nations, and is practised on the coast of Africa, 
as well as in the Isles of the Pacific. 
The first ceremony of introduction and shaking hands with 
every chief being over, Lord Byron, through the interpreta¬ 
tion of one of the American missionaries, addressed Karai- 
moku, and said—“ That he was commanded by the king of 
England to salute the regent of the Sandwich Islands in his 
name, and to make known to the reigning king, and the 
principal chiefs, the sorrow he felt at the death of their late 
king and queen, whilst on a visit to his dominions: that his 
Britannic Majesty could not further testify his regret at the 
death of the sovereigns than by giving an early audience to 
the surviving suite. The manner of their reception, and 
the treatment they met with in England, could be best 
detailed by those to whom God had granted a safe return 
to their native land. The King of England had moreover 
caused the expenses of the Sandwich Island chiefs, while in 
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