The Polynesian., 1841-06-12
THE NESIAN.
Honolulu, Saturday, June IL, 1871.

We have had the promise of occasional "Driprinss'
from the Journal of friend, of which we now ptbsh Il
specimen. We cannot say much in favor of this, but
publish il with the hopes that the diOps may become
more clear, sparkling, and refreshing they come
nearer to the centre of the oun,. until they g,sh out
into beautiful slcam, yefcc,ing fom lis surface as
fon iuicys irror, all the lights and shades OF the
sunny isles of which they treat.
DR!ppINGS FROM MY JOURNAL. l.
ADDRESSED DY PETER GoABoUT TO HIS COUSIN
JOB sTAYATHoME.
Being somewhat of valctudinarian. and
having endured the heat of Honolulu, until
my original thinness had become e'enm"s,
transparency, | determined to change the
than executed and the evening of the same
day that my resolution was formed, found
me a helpless victim to the sport of Nep-
tuue, lying on my back, on the deck of the
schooner **"*, bound to Kauai. Misery
of miserics--ta'k about the horrors of the
enid passage No slave pent in his vile
hole ever settled more unwilling account
with his brincship than did in the "md-
channel" just picture the comfort to be
enjoyed in a little dcckcd vessel, sort OF
amphibious craft, not so large as frigate ;
launch, whirled and tossed in the troth of the
ocean like mere feather, now under water,
now out again, shaking the spray from itself,
much like an old water dog. The few feet OF
deck is shared with some dozens of natives,
the near contact of whom allows you about
two feet square to curl up in. No abotionst
can have less antipathy to the various col
ored cuticlcs that cover our race, than
have, but when my next neighbor' sh;ns are
in close contact with my Uranium, and that
neighbor is a swarthy naked Hawaiian, with
IA skin well tiurrowcd with disease, Il rem
cdy for which quacks have been cxerting
their advertising powers ever since the days
of Noe, ! CONFESS some little srnsitivencss
Charybdis, in the shape of one Of the tarc,
sex; whose attire is nst sufficient to convince
even the most sea-sick, that woman una.
dorncd is not nlrnvs adorned the most. iIcl
nun, al! tiiilt : J'iS' the t'llnG am enuFnV-
oring to avoid, for living reasons which none
can gansav-so MT another word on thi.
topic. \ few stout hogs, the pot comrun.
IONS OF their masters, completed our mess
Let no one turn up his nose at even "a swim
ish fellow voyager a friend Of nine and hi.
family had the misfortune to be out ten day,
ia the least of all these cookie boats. in max
ing the passage from one island to anotncr
Tow ards the last of the time it began to be
serious affair, and hunger stared them il
the face. To such an extremity were the,
driven, that they held a consultation as tt
what they should have to eat. The rcsuI
was that one of their number, in order t,
save the lives Of the remainder was doomet
to - cut the throat of a porker who's,
layers of fat, the result of many wears hpl
feeding, supplied them with .Cuel to cook tn,
lean withal-a Jack Sprat process which
would have shocked Epicurus, if he had no
been as hungry as my worthy friend.
The wind not proving fair, our voyag,
was prolonged, with all the usual disacreea
bleness incidental to such trips. AT time,