The Polynesian. [volume] (Honolulu (Oahu), Hawaii) 1840-1841, 1840-12-26

amour to the nation from whence they
sne. The following extract from the
Edinburgh Reviec, published on saturday,
he 10Th inst, will make any further obser-
= alton on our part unnecessary: ave can
ot avoid advcrting with satisfaction to
,c beneficial impulse communicated to
he rising Republic (of s. America) on
I 9th sides of the Continent, by the energy
Englishmcn. Many illustrations of the
a-pervading activity of our coun,rymcn
1ay be found in Captain Fitzroy's nara
I've. They improve the farms on the
I ruguay; they cultivate gardens in the
&as, and on the hills of Taudil, south
Buenos Ayres. and they carry on all
be coasting trade. In search of seals
lev despisc the storms Of the Straits of
agaelhacns, penetrate the narrow chan
es of Terra del Fuego, and of the adj
lining archipelago to the north west. In
hill they have turned into good metal
he copper ores which the native miners
nd mctallurgists had always regarded as
ross. On the great table land of Cerro
asco in Peru, they have made vast in
ease to the comforts of the people, by
scovering and teaching the use of coal.
wo remarkable instances of the bold
brit characteristic of Billions, and which
he likely to make a very favourable i'm
Fession on the people Of Peru, are of re-
Fnt occurrence, and deserve to be here
6cordcd. Not far from africa, on the
past of Bolivia, is an agreeable valley
great extent, but condemned to bar
enness and solitude by want of water.
! company Of merchants settled at africa
i've undertaken to conduct in this valley a
cver-failing stream from the highest Cor
Illeras. For this purpose they have cut
rough ridge exceeding 1900 feet in
blight, and diverted across it stream
originating in the glaciers. Though this
pble work is not yet completed, there is
b reason to doubt of its SUCCESS and its i'm
brtancc: as an example it cannot be too
fghly estimated. The other instance of
Tactical energy to which we have alluded
!. of its kind, still more extraordinary.
he great lake of ITHACA, i'm the Bolivian
Indies, SO celebrated in the history of the
bcas, has never been hitherto navigated
kcept in small canoes, though cncircled
productive soil and considerable pop
Nation. Situated as it is within the noun
Din, 81 600 feet above the sea, and at
Distance from any forests, the construction
y a substantial vessel on its shores could
hrdly have been thought of. An English
Dan, nevertheless, who had once been a
Backyard carpenter, set all difficulties at
ffance. He shaped the timbers in a
Prcst seven leagues off, put them togeth-
ON the shores of the lake, launched,
hd now navigates on it to the great adj
('ration of the inhabitants, Spaniards, as
4el as Indians, handsome schooner of
@ tons BURDEN"
A THE LAST BUsrLE SToRY.-We have
lard the custom of wearing busiles ridicul-
in our day; but we do not remember
hen we have been more amused than by
8e following story, told by the Western
umorst, published at Cincinnati
u MIR. A., and his blooming bride,
no had Just arrived from "ioreign parts"
3ok up their abode in one Of our fashionable
Ptels, and spent the first day or two amid
numerous bandboxes, hat cases, trunks,
pa other apparatus consequent upon travel