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FUNERAL PROCESSION.

the procession which was to escort the remains of ourfriends and pupils to a temporary mausoleum. All thechiefs, except Mr. Pitt, who was too much indisposedto have endured the fatigue, with every foreigner of re-spectability in the neighbourhood of Honoruru, wereon the ground some time before the barges reached theshore. Mr. Charlton improved the period in formingthem in the order in which they were to walk. Attwelve o'clock, the procession began to move through adouble line of native soldiers, formed on each side ofthe street, from the fort to the chapel, a distance ofnear half a mile, in the following manner :—

Firs'. Twenty men, in the native costume of black,some with the addition of rich feather cloaks, each twobearing an immense feathered staff of state, aboutthirty feet long, and from one to two feet in diameter,some of black, some of crimson, others of green, andothers again of yellow feathers.

Second. The marines of the Blonde, arms reversed.

Third. The band, playing a dead march.

Fourth. The gentlemen of the Mission, with thesurgeon and chaplain of the frigate; Mr. Bingham,Mr. Bloxam, and myself, walked together, the chap-lain, in his full canonical robes; Mr. Bingham andmyself in plain dresses, with white scarfs and hat-bands.

Fifth. The Coffins. These are highly finished andsplendid ; being covered with rich crimson Genoa vel-vet, studded with gilt nails, and having the corners ofeach compartment of the sides, ends, and tops, as wellas the massive handles, filled with devices of the che-