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present inconvenience of the captain and all on board. 
She was accompanied by her sister, three inferior chiefs, and 
about forty half-clad kanakas. She took this opportunity of 
conveying a quantity of specie (in dollars) to be deposited 
in the treasure-cave at Hawaii; and brought on board 
sundry chests, and a quantity of poi or taroo paste, which 
we soon learned to eat, and found it extremely good, and 
very like Scotch sowens with milk and sugar. Kahumanu 
and her sister Kalahua were accommodated in the captain's 
fore-cabin, and the suite was put up between the guns on 
the main deck. The queen herself is of a haughty and 
overbearing disjmsition: it is said that she was formerly 
subject to violent starts of passion, during which she has 
committed some very barbarous acts; but these she has re¬ 
pressed since her profession of Christianity. She sat on the 
deck while we were saluting her, and seemed infinitely gra¬ 
tified by the quantity of gunpowder we expended, and the 
consequent noise and smoke in her honour. Our farewell 
of our friends at Oahu was really touching. Eoki, who had 
been so long our shipmate, showed more grief and appeared 
more deeply affected than we had imagined him capable of 
being at our departure. This chief has brought from Eu¬ 
rope ideas that will be most useful to his country. Con¬ 
vinced of the advantages and necessity of industry, he has 
