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VOYAGE TO THE 
cession moved towards the church in the following order, 
through a double line of native guards : 
I. Twelve native warriors clacl in their beautiful feather war-cloaks and hel¬ 
mets, and each trailing as in mourning a kahile or ensign. 
II. The marines of the Blonde, their arms reversed. 
III. The band playing a dirge. 
IV. Chaplain and surgeon of the Blonde, and two missionaries. 
V. The funeral cars, each drawn by forty chiefs. 
VI. Kiaukiauli, brother and successor of Iolani, in Windsor uniform, crape on 
his arm, &c. with the consul. 
VII. The princess Naheinaheina, supported by Lord Byron. 
VIII. The chiefs, male and female, in deep mourning, according to rank, each 
supporting a British officer. 
IX. Foreigners, resident agents, masters of vessels, &c. 
And lastly, 100 seamen from the Blonde, dressed in white, with black hand¬ 
kerchiefs, two and two. 
Having reached the church, which was hung with 
black on the occasion, the cars were drawn up before the 
door, and the persons of the procession formed a circle 
around, while the chaplain of the Blonde read the funeral 
service in English, and the American missionary addressed 
the assembly in their native tongue. The procession 
then in the same order marched to the same house, be¬ 
longing to Karaimoku, where we had been received the 
day after our arrival: it was now entirely hung with black, 
and a raised platform, over which a low arch was thrown, at 
one end, was prepared as the resting-place of the remains of 
the two sovereigns, whom the old man had loved as his 
