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vegetation and foliage which shade and adorn them. The 
pandanus, the various species of arum, the palms, the broad¬ 
leaved breadfruit, the gigantic ferns, are all new and won¬ 
derful to us—and are doubly pleasing, seen among the cul¬ 
tivated grounds, whose masters, at the upper part of the 
river, we saw in numbers crossing the stream, with bundles 
of sugar-cane, taro, or other vegetables on their heads. 
On our return from our ride we called on Liliah, and 
found her sitting on her platform, with a numerous assembly. 
Ladies and gentlemen, excepting herself, had alike disen¬ 
cumbered themselves of their European costume, and were 
enjoying all the ease of the ancient Sandwich Island fashions. 
It was strange, and not quite pleasant, to witness this un¬ 
dress, especially as the lounging attitudes of the company 
did nothing to redeem the dignity of human nature. Hap¬ 
pily, the dark colour of the native skin has the effect of a 
first covering; and, besides, the unconsciousness of impro¬ 
priety that precludes shame in the persons themselves, soon 
put us at our ease again. 
May 9.—Monday, Lord Byron visited Ivaraimoku, to 
arrange matters for the funeral of the late king and queen. 
We found the regent dressed in a longish checked shirt, 
still very ill indeed. His complaint, which is a dropsy, is 
not one that admits of much alleviation, except from an 
