In the foreground Kamehameha'a business
agent John Young and a visiting foreign officer are in conversation with two
gards beside one of the eighteen cannon that faced the bay. The thatched
building in the distance at right is the king's retreat, the doorway concealed
by a small guardhouse where Kamehameha could keep watch over the traffic in the
bay as well as view his upland plantations without being seen. The heiau
(temple), built on a platform of rockwork, was dedicated to patron spirits of
learning, the arts, and healing. The largest structure is called the hale
mana (house of power.)
Page 127, Voyagers
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