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moku seemed also moved at seeing the resemblance of his 
former pupil, the son of his early friend and benefactor. 
Kahumanu, the queen-mother, next received a handsome 
silver tea-pot: the thing of all others most admired and 
coveted by the ladies here, who have adopted tea, and 
almost rival the Chinese in their love of it, though the Ame¬ 
ricans, who chiefly supply them, have taken care that they 
shall have no experience of the best kinds of that most 
excellent herb. But however much the teapot was prized, 
the next present produced excited more joy in the receiver, 
perhaps, than all the rest put together had caused: it w r as a 
dress suit of the Windsor uniform, with a handsome sword, 
hat and feather, for the young Kiaukiauli, to whom it was 
presented by two young midshipmen. He instantly put it 
on, and strutted about the whole morning in ecstasy. As 
soon as he was dressed, Lord Byron led him up to Kahu¬ 
manu and the regent, and bade them look at their king , ex¬ 
horting him to love them, and be docile to the advice of 
such good and wise friends. 
The ceremonies being over, and the gifts delivered, the 
American missionary, Mr. Bingham, who loses no oppor¬ 
tunity of mingling in every business, proposed prayers, and 
accordingly said what may be called a long dull grace to the 
entertainment, first in English, and then, as it appeared to 
