This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1831 edition. Excerpt: ... the princess, and corresponding in every respect with Kinau, were Kekaunohi, Madam Boki and Kekauruohe, with their feather bearers--the whole forming a semicircle of aboriginal splendor, immediately opposite our seats, at a distance of fifteen or twenty feet. Kaahumanu and Kapiolani, in their ordinary dresses ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1831 edition. Excerpt: ... the princess, and corresponding in every respect with Kinau, were Kekaunohi, Madam Boki and Kekauruohe, with their feather bearers--the whole forming a semicircle of aboriginal splendor, immediately opposite our seats, at a distance of fifteen or twenty feet. Kaahumanu and Kapiolani, in their ordinary dresses, in European style, were seen indistinctly through the crowd of attendants behind the chairs of state, bearing kahiles, as in the train of the princess. The 180 GIFT OF THE PRINCESS grouping of the whole, consisting of some forty individuals, was very impressive; and, by its novelty as well as richness, excited great admiration. To be placed so conspicuously before us, as a spectacle to be gazed at, rather than as presiding over the examination, was an awkward situation for Harieta, as now usually called; but she acquitted herself with great propriety, and was much complimented, especially for the handsome manner in which an expression of politeness to Captain Finch--unexpected, and, I should judge, unthought of, even by hersel till the moment--was made immediately after our entrance. The seat to which he was conducted was directly in front of hers, though at a distance of some thirty feet. As soon as he recognized her in her new attire, he rose and made her a very marked bow: on returning which, she immediately dismantled herself of the feather cape upon her shoulders, and dispatched a young chief with it as a present to him. The compliment was so handsome and so prompt, that the captain placed it at once upon his own shoulders, and wore it during the exhibition, in evidence of the kindness with which it had been received. The examination consisted, like all others of a similar kind, of specimens in reading and writing, exercises in...
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Add this copy of A Visit to the South Seas in the U. S. Ship Vicennes, to cart. $28.50, very good condition, Sold by CTrarebooks rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Westport, CT, UNITED STATES, published 1970 by Praeger Publishers.
