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a general salutation to the rest of the chiefs, to Mr.Bingham, and myself. Among the persons I now recol-lect, were Lord Frederick Beauclerc’; the Hon. Mr.Talbot, a son of the Earl of Shrewsbury; the Hon. Mr.Keith, a son of Lord Keith; Mr. Gambier, a nephew ofAdmiral Gambier; the Rev. Mr. Bloxam the chaplain,and Mr. Andrew Bloxam, the mineralogist, nephewsof Sir Thomas Lawrence , the celebrated artist ; Mr.Davis, the surgeon; Mr. M’Rea, the botanist; Mr.Malden the surveyor; Mr. Dampier the artist; and Mr.Wilson, the purser. As soon as they were thus intro-duced, Lord Byron , through Mr. Marini, as interpreter,presented the salutations of the King of England, andhis sympathy at the fate of the King and Queen; andthen ordered a boat’s crew in attendance, to bring for-ward the personal presents of his majesty to the headsof the nation. They consisted of a complete suit of theWindsor uniform, for the young king, with the splendiddecorations peculiar to the sovereign’s dress. Thebuttons are of solid gold, having the impression G. R.in the old English character on them, and the lacings,embroidering, and epaulettes, superb — chapeau andsword to match. The coat, hat, and sword, were im-mediately tried upon his majesty, and being found to fitmost perfectly, Lord Byron , partly byway of pleasantry,led him to Karaimoku and Kaahumanu, and presentedhim as their king; and putting his hand on his head,bade him to be a good boy, attend well to his studies,and mind all his kind friends the Missionaries saidto him. For Karaimoku there was a first-rate goldhunting watch, having the royal arms of Britain richly