450 
POLYNESIAN RESEARCHES. 
the king to England, attended by those of his 
countrymen who had also returned, proceeded on 
shore : on landing, he was met by his elder brother 
Karaimoku, and other distinguished chiefs, and 
after the first emotions of joy at meeting again, 
and sorrow on account of the loss all had sustained, 
were somewhat abated, the survivors and their 
friends walked in solemn and mournful procession 
to the place of worship, where thanksgivings were 
presented to God, for the merciful preservation of 
those who were thus privileged to meet again, and 
supplications were made that the afflicting dispen¬ 
sation, which all so deeply felt, might exert a 
salutary influence in the minds of the surviving 
chiefs, and the sorrowing nation at large. 
Karaimoku, the late prime minister, and present 
regent of the islands, then arose, and said, “ We 
have lost our king and queen, they have died in a 
foreign land ; we shall see them no more ; it is right 
that we should weep, but let us not entertain hard 
thoughts of God. God has not done yjrong. The 
evil is with us: let us bow under his hand; let all 
amusement cease; let our daily avocations be 
suspended; and let the nation, by prayer, and a 
cessation from ordinary pursuits, humble itself 
before God fourteen days.” Before the assembly 
separated, Boki stood up, and, in a brief outline 
of the voyage, narrated the most prominent events 
that had transpired since his departure from the 
islands, calling their attention in particular to the 
suitable and important advice he had received from 
his majesty the king of Great Britain, in an au¬ 
dience with which he was graciously favoured : viz. 
To return to his native country, attend to general 
and religious instruction himself, and endeavour to 
enlighten and reform the people.—The peculiar 
