He frequently asked me about the states of Europe, and the kingdom of Great Britain, and appeared lost in admiration at the account I gave him of our shipping, and the immensity of the ocean.

We taught him to regulate the government nearly on the same plan with the British constitution, and to institute a parliament and degrees of nobility.

His majesty was the last of his royal line, and on his decease, with the unanimous consent of the people, made me heir to the whole empire.

The nobility and chiefs of the country immediately waited upon me with petitions, entreating me to accept the government.

I consulted with my noble friends, Gog and Magog, &c., and after much consultation it was agreed that I should accept the government, not as actual and independent monarch of the place, but as viceroy to his Majesty of England.
I now thought it high time to do away the custom of eating of live flesh and drinking of kava, and for that purpose used every persuasive method to wean the majority of the people from it.