The Polynesian. [volume] (Honolulu (Oahu), Hawaii) 1840-1841, 1841-10-02

are the celebrated falls, so frequently visit
ed. Their height is 1870 feet, and when the
river is swollen by rains, they present a VOL
ume of water some fifty feet in breadth and
five in depth. In dry seasons it dwindlcs in
to a number of diminutive streams. which
follow the irregular surfaces of the project
ing rocks, but finally unite into one body be-
fore reaching the basin beneath The land
scaPe through all this region is of the same
pleasing description; such as the eye loves
to lnger upon. Far overtowering all other
heights rises Mount Waialeale in the back
ground; its sides, precpitous in the extreme,
yet covered with dense forests, through
which can be seen the occasional glancing
of silvery cascade, as it takes its leap some
thousands Of feet into deep CULTS below. The
natives make annual pilgrimages to the sum-
init of this mountain, during the dry season,
in order to see Oahu They report that al
most Oh its top, is spring which throws up
beach sand, and that coral and sea-shells arc
also found about it. If this is the case, it is
well worth investigating, as it would throw
light upon the general structure of the island
Wild hogs are numerous in the surrounding
forests, and of late since the natives have
been allowed to keep dogs, numbers have
escaped and now roam wild in packs like
wolves. Neither goats, cattle, or even men
are safe from their ravages; and several ma
tives in crossing the region where they
abound, have been pursued and obliged to
take refuge in trees. Yet such is their at
tachment to these brutes, that they will not
allow them to be killed, except for food, and
mourn over the loss of one, as they would
for a child. Indeed it is not uncommon even
now to see women sucking puppies, and ne
glecting their own offspring, and that with
out the slightest shame. They feed them
from their own mouths, sleep with them, pick
and eat the vermin from them, in fact show
as much devotion to the whms of dirty cur,
as the most ardent lover to the smiles of his
mistress. In no point does human nature
seem more degraded, than in the brutal at
tachment of the sex for their dogs. Could
tax be laid upon them, or the government
order them to be exterminated, the popula-
ton would be great gamers. For independ-
ent of the annual loss of cattle, goats, and
poultry by them, they consume as much food
as would support an equal number of chill
dren, hundreds of whom now suffer for want
ofthat which is bestowed upon the deg.
I The village Of Waua is the property Of
Deborah, formerly favorte queen Of Kaumu-
ali, king of the island Her history has
been singular one, and for a widowed
queen rather destructive of sentiment. AZ
ter the cession of Kauai to Kamehameha |,
by kaumualii, her influence over her hus-
band excited the jealousy Of the government,
The conquerer dying soon after, left his ia
vorite wife kaahumanu at once, supreme in
authority and inconsolable for her loss. Be-
thinking herself of Kaumualii, who was
well favored man wthal, and possessed Of
suf1iciency of physical greatness so necessa-
ny to a Hawaiian ruler, she at once to graft
fy her love and policy, ordered him to her
bed and board, which he meeky obeyed, and
the two were married, Oct. 9, 1921. Howev-
err, Deborah was provided with another liege.