Scenes in Hawaii: Or, Life in the Sandwich Islands, Volume 1 |
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Page 37 - The Garden Island," as it is called, where our plantation home was.
Page 28 - ... also the immense strings of tiny white shells, only found on Niihau, and which formed a lei to be worn by royalty. Massed together, these shells have a curious appearance, and we were told that when Queen Emma was presented to Her Brittannic Majesty, her enormous necklace of Niihau shells created quite a sensation.
Page 30 - The monogram is mounted on royal blue plush, set in a frame of gold, with the Royal arms, and the arms of the Queen of Hawaii on either side. The outer border...