History of the Hawaiian Islands Embracing Their Antiquities Mythology Legend
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On the first of May of this year, Captain Kent presented to Liholiho, in the name of His Britannic Majesty, a schooner of seventy tons, call- ed the Prince Regent, fully rigged and coppered, with an armament of six guns. This was the long-promised vessel of Vancouver to Kamehameha ; a gift which unfortunately neither he nor his royal friend had the satisfaction of seeing accomplished. On Sunday, May 6th, Liholiho cele- brated his accession to office, with a mixture of barbaric pomp and attentio...n to civilized customs, which showed how rapidly the latter were becoming natural- 110 HISTORY OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. ized. Salutes were fired from ships and batteries, and national flags displayed from all the vessels in port. Great quan- tities of clothing were distributed, in which the soldiers and attendants made a respectable, though incongruous spec- tacle. Gaudily colored uniforms, richly bedizened with gold lace ; chapeaux, boots, plumes, silk stockings, satins, vel- vets, broadcloths, tapas and calicoes ; gold watches, canes and jewelry ; feather cloaks, helmets and kahilis, were seen in the throng.
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