. Hawaii and its people; the land of rainbow and palm. our-post bedstead appears, on which areseated the young prince and princess, amid a crowd ofshouting and gesticulating attendants bearing cala-bashes of poi and raw fish, while a guard of threescoremen, with spears, vainly attempt to keep in order thecrowd that lines the way. A sudden rush, and in a cloud of dust, the youngking himself and his suite, shouting and hallooing,scamper by. The horsemen sway to and fro on theirbarebacked horses, managing, though half intoxicated,to keep their seats. Splendid horsemen, these royalsatyrs gallop ma
. Hawaii and its people; the land of rainbow and palm. our-post bedstead appears, on which areseated the young prince and princess, amid a crowd ofshouting and gesticulating attendants bearing cala-bashes of poi and raw fish, while a guard of threescoremen, with spears, vainly attempt to keep in order thecrowd that lines the way. A sudden rush, and in a cloud of dust, the youngking himself and his suite, shouting and hallooing,scamper by. The horsemen sway to and fro on theirbarebacked horses, managing, though half intoxicated,to keep their seats. Splendid horsemen, these royalsatyrs gallop madly on, as the procession stands asideto let them pass. At a turn in the way, hula girls huddle together andtry to sing the praises of the young monarch, while thehula drums make the hideous noises, dear to every native IDOLS AND TEMPLES SWEPT AWAY. 171 ear. Such were the royal fetes, in which king, chiefs,women and natives delighted in 1823. The costumes of most of the chiefs on state occasions,or when foreigners were received, were quite civilized;. HAWAIIAN GIRLS. but Liholihos royal dress suit consisted of a coloredcloth around his loins, a green silk mantle fastenedover his right shoulder, a string of beads around hisneck, and a wreath of yellow feathers on his head. 172 HAWAII AND ITS PEOPLE. In 1822, a schooner of seventy tons, called thePrince Regent^ with six guns, built in New SouthWales, was presented to the young king, in fulfillmentof Vancouvers promise to Kamehameha I. It waswrecked, however, a few months later, on the easterncoast of Oahu. Toward the close of the year 1823 Liholiho deter-mined to visit, with his queen, England and the UnitedStates. Kaahumanu was left as regent in his embarked in an English whaleship, commanded byan American. High personages, Boki and James Young among thenumber, accompanied the king. Twenty-live thousanddollars in coin were placed in the captains charge; buton arriving at Portsmouth, England, May 22, 1824,after the par
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