The Polynesian., 1840-07-28

grass building, is still standing, built upon a
mole juttng into the sea. Near it, remains
one Of the many wooden gods, with its hide
Gus grin and sphynx like head, which former
ly graced its exterior. Near by is the an
cient house of audience, where Kamchamcha
was dissectcd. His burial place, like that
of Moses, is known to none. Some thirty or
forty dismantlcdthrtyt two Founders lie strcwn
upon the beach. In strolling along, we could
not but notice the prince like care with which
Gov. a. had provided for himself He has
two excellent dwelling houses, good canoe
houses, in short, every thing for himself is
on very comfortable scale, while no i'm
provcmcnt is manifest in the miserable dwell
lings of his retainers. His spirit of enter
prise is particularly awakened when it prom
ises to be pecuniary benefit. In no other
place have observed 50 painfully the dis
tlnction between chief and people. Good
roads are made, and great works undertaken.
All this gives A., at first glance, the charac-
ter of public spirited governor, but when
we look further and see that these work sare
costing the life blood of the nation that the
people are over taxed, overworkcd. and made
Ike the cnslavcd lsraclitcs, to make their
Dficks without straw to support a system
which to eliectuaily carry out, would require
the efforts of free and civilized people thc
conclusion forces itself upon our minds that
there either must be a lamcntablc want of
judgment III the rulers, or a concerted policy
oityranny. The new laws passed bv the
chiefs are forcing their way into this island
Notwithstanding the opposition they meet
with, and with them better days will dawn
upon the natives, and this petty system of
eXtorion, which descends even to demanding
the hall of a chicken sold, or potatoc dur.
and is so dsgracclul to those who hold the
sway, will be destroyed
Towards the. mountains there are monv
caves, some of which extend for miles inland
They were formed during cruptions of lava
by It's suddenly cooling on the surface, and
running underneath until the stream dis
charged itself at some outlet. The course
of the one we explored was towards the sea.
narrow at its mouth, oblging US to Green.
and expanding suddenly into halls twenty
five feet or more in height, and proportion
ately wide. The floor was strewn with huoe
fragments of lava in great confusion. white
the roof was covered with it like iciclcs.
We followed it about fifteen hundred feet,
and were stopped by Il pool of water, which
had sulphurous taste and odor. After
bathing in it, which produced ppickly SEN
sation on the skin, we fastened back TO
day light.
1t would be objectionable to take leave
of kaiua without noticing the delicious null
let which are reared there by Gov. A. They
certainly do infinite credit to their " brought
en- up, and we as certainly did equal credit
to them. Let no stranger leave Kalua with
out paying his respects to their lishshibs. if
he would not be esteemed a more than Goth
AT midnight, having rejoined the brig, she
got undcrweigh, and taking the land breeze
stood for kawaihae bay, where we arrived
late the following morning. The coast pre-
sonted nothing but a dreary aspect of extinct
cratcrs, and blackencd streams of lava. with
out vegetation. Mauna Huaalai, with its
craggy peaks rose abruptly in the back