The Hawaiian Archipelago - Six Months Among The Palm Groves, Coral Reefs, And Volcanoes Of The Sandwich Islands By Isabella L. Bird
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At All Events When He
Thought We Had Spoilt Some Cakes In The Oven, He Capered Into Mrs.
S.'s Room, Gesticulating, And Exclaiming Satirically, "Lu, Lu!
Cakes
so good, cakes so fine!" No intoxicants were to be used on the
occasion, Hilo notions being rigid on this subject; but I hope it
was not a crime that I clandestinely used two glasses of sherry,
without which my trifle would have been a failure.
We worked hard,
and made trifle, sponge cake, pound cake, spiced cake, dozens of
cocoa-nut cakes and drops; custards, and sandwiches of potted meat,
and enjoyed our preparations so much that we found it hard to
exchange kitchen for social duties, and go to "Father Lyman," who
entertained the king and a number of Hilo folk in the evening.
Their rooms, not very large, were quite full. When the king
entered, the company received him standing, and the flute band in
the verandah played the national anthem, and afterwards at intervals
during the evening sang some Hawaiian songs of the king's
composition. I was presented to him, and as he is very courteous to
strangers, he talked to me a good deal. He is a very gentlemanly,
courteous, unassuming man, hardly assuming enough in fact, and
apparently very intelligent and well read. I was exceedingly
pleased with him. He spoke a good deal of Queen Emma's reception in
England, and of her raptures with Venice, and some other cities of
the continent. He said he had the greatest desire to visit some
parts of Europe, Great Britain specially, because he thought that by
coming in contact with some of our leading statesmen, he might gain
a more accurate knowledge than he possessed of the principles of
constitutional government.
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