ople.

One officer and four men belonging to my vessel bravely and
generously volunteered on a long sea voyage in a small boat for
the relief of their shipmates. These finally, with one
exception, made sacrifice of their lives upon the shores of the
island of Kauai. Your Majesty's subjects on that island received
the survivor of the boat's crew with great kindness and
hospitality. They were most solicitous to recover the remains of
my officer and his men, and to inter them in a suitable and
Christian manner. I desire again to return thanks for all that
has been done for the Saginaw's officers and crew.

[Illustration: MR. JOHN PATY'S BUNGALOW AT HONOLULU]

His Majesty replied to the captain as follows:--

Captain--I am pleased to see you here to-day and congratulate
you and the officers and crew of the late United States Ship
Saginaw upon the delivery from their unpleasant position upon a
desolate island. I am glad that my Government has been enabled
to render you assistance. The officers of your Service in this
ocean have always shown themselves prompt to go to the
assistance of distressed men of all nations, and I have lately
had a proof of their prompt humanity in the offer of Captain
Truxton, of the ship Jamestown, to assist some of my subjects in
the Micronesian Islands, and in the efficient aid which he
rendered them. Such interchanges tend to promote personal and
national friendship.

I sympathize with you, Captain, for the loss of your ship--a
misfortune always keenly felt by a sensitive officer, however
unavoidable it may have been. I sympathize with you for the loss
of the gallant officer and men who, after a long voyage in an
open boat, met their death on the shores of Kauai. Such examples
of devotion to duty are a rich legacy to all men. Permit me,
Captain, to express a hope that you and your officers who have
shared with you your service in this ocean for some time past
and your peril in the late shipwreck may live to attain the
highest honors in your profession.

On Saturday last there was held a sale by a local auctioneer of such
articles belonging to the Navy Department as we were able to bring
away from Ocean Island. Among them was included the gig which Halford
brought from the island of Kauai. We were surprised to learn later
that the boat had been bid in by a syn