CHARACTER OF THE LATE QUEEN, 453 
provement of the people, she manifested no ordi¬ 
nary concern. Long before many of the leading 
chiefs were favourable to the instruction of the 
people, or their reception of Christianity, Kame- 
hamaru on every suitable occasion recommended 
her own servants to serve Jehovah the living God, 
and attend to every means of improvement within 
their reach. It was truly pleasing to observe, so 
soon after she had embraced Christianity herself, 
an anxiety to induce her people to follow her 
example. At Honoruru she erected a school, in 
which upwards of forty children and young per¬ 
sons, principally connected with her establish¬ 
ment, were daily taught to read and write, and 
instructed in the first principles of religion, by a 
native teacher whom she almost entirely supported. 
In this school she took a lively interest, and 
marked the progress of the scholars with evident 
satisfaction; in order to encourage the pupils, she 
frequently visited the school during the hours of 
instruction, accompanied by a number of chief 
women. She also attended the public examina¬ 
tions, and noticed those who on these occasions 
excelled, frequently presenting a favourite scholar 
with a slate, a copy-book, pencil, pen, or some 
other token of her approbation. 
In her death, the Missionaries have lost a sincere 
friend, and her subjects a queen who always 
delighted to alleviate their distresses and promote 
their interests. 
Her disposition was affectionate. I have seen 
her and the king sitting beside the couch of Keo- 
puolani, her mother-in-law, day after day, when 
the latter has been ill; and on these occasions, 
though there might be several servants in constant 
attendance, she would allow no individual but her 
