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I put my hand into his mouth, and he felt not; I placed 
tapa over his eyes, and he saw not: I therefore laughed and 
ate.” “ Son, 5 ' said the old priest, “ thou hast done un¬ 
wisely : ’tis true the wood neither sees nor hears, but the 
Spirit above observes all our actions.” 
This priest opposed, with propriety, the offering any in¬ 
dignity to the bones of the deceased chiefs, but in every 
thing else assisted us with civility, though with reluctance, 
to spoil the morai of its most precious contents; and the 
Blonde soon received on board almost all that remained of 
the ancient deities of the Islands. 
We remained four days at Karakakua, during which time 
Lord Byron erected a cross to the memory of Captain Cook 
on the spot where his body was burnt. This humble monu¬ 
ment is composed of a pillar of oak ten feet high, into which 
a copper plate is inserted, bearing the following inscription : 
Sacred 
to the memory of 
Capt. James Cook, It. N. 
who discovered these Islands 
in the year of our Lord 1778. 
This humble monument is erected, 
by his countrymen, 
in the year of our Lord 1825. 
On the 18 th of July we weighed our anchor and bade 
farewell to our hospitable friends. Nahi and Kapeolani 
