Today we met the king and queen of the beautiful islands of Hawaii. When Captain Taylor told us that the king wished to meet us at his palace. I thought that this was a little inappropriate considering we do not have any relations with the Sandwich Islands. I think that we should have finished our job in Washington first, then officially visit the Sandwich Islands first. To me, that seems like the right thing to do. When I suggested that, I was told that doing so would be considered impolite and would offend some people for sure. So with that said, we were to meet with the king and queen at 2 PM. When we got to the palace, we met with Commodore Tattnall and Captain Pearson and paired off with either one of them of Mr. Borden to meet the king. The king was sitting on a platform waiting for us and welcomed us. He said he was happy to meet us and to have a good time while we are here.After Shinmi said a few words, we wrote our names in the visitor book.
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