Polynesian. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu], Hawaii) 1844-1864, 1850-06-22
mo. 6
The sum is this: IL mans convenience, health.
Or safety interfere, his rights and claims
Are paramount, and must ex,inguish theirs.
Else they are ali-rhe meanest things that are
As free to live, and to enjoy that life,
As God was free to form them at the first.
Who in his sovereign wisdom made them ALL

The substance called ambergris, and high
" priced in perfumery, is obtained from the
sperm whale. being formed, it is thought, in
that state Of the system which calls Tor
cathartic. A peck Of Morrison's or Bran
dreth's pills, or the homeopathic dose of
pound of calomel and ialap, would probably
remove distractions in the creatures abdorn-
NAL vIsccra, and prevent the formation of
ambergris concretions, with undoubted bene-
ut to the whales corporation from the drastic
operation, though it might be loss to the
Perfumer and the Asatic gastronomer, mas
much as we learn from Materia Medica that
in Asia and parts of Africa ambergris is not
only used as medicine and a perfume, but
considerable use is also made of il In cook
ing, by adding it to several dishes as spice.
A great quantity Of it also is constantly
brought by the pilgrims who travel to Mecca,
probably to offer it there in fumigations, like
frankincense in the worship of the Church Of
Rome.
CURIosIrIEs OF ART-It is singular how
many men have directed their energies of
mind to perfecting toys, which, althoug gh dis
playing wonderful inventive powers, yet have
never conferred any benefit on mankind nor
ever been even used for any other purpose
than as piece OF amusement-the childish
exhibition of masculine mind, the fame of
foolery, and fooiery Of fame.
Thus Jerome Faba, an Italian priest, and
a native of Calabria, exercised himself in
species of industry, wonderful from its diff
Guilty. He finished a work of lockwood,
which represented all the mysteries of the
Passion, and which might be put in the shell
of a walnut. To him was attributed coach
the size of a grain Of wheat, within which
there were to be seen q man and a woman,
coachman who drove it, and horses that
drew it. These were presented to Francs l
and Charles V.
: In China, the tomb Of Confucius has been
made in small miniature, no larger than
nut, but wonderfully composed Of precious
metals, and adorned with profusion of gems
/ but its value consists of the labor expend-
ed on its execution. Its landscapes, dra-
gons, angels, animals, and human figures,
would require several pages of description,
which would after ALL without a view of the
model prove tedious and uninteIgible
I Charles V. of Spain, had a watch which
was confined inshe jewel of his ring, and
matchmaker in London presented George Ill
VIII one SET Ill tHe SdIIe HduncT ItS Siz0
was something less than silver two-pence,
and it contained one hundred and twenty-five
different parts, and weighed altogether no
more than five pennyweights and seven grains
The tomb of Raphael, executed by an Ita-
| liam named Raccavalva. is indeed a wonder
1t is only twelve inches in height, and from
an inch to four inches in diameter II is
adorned with various architectural ornaments
in the richest style of Gothic, and also figures
of the virgin and child. The work is said to
be of unrivalled merit and beauty The mo-
del is contained in case of wrought gold,
and is itself of lockwood. The general de-
sign may be regarded as architectural, en-
bellshed with several compartments of sculp-
ture or of carving, consisting of various
groups Of figures. These display different
events in the life Of Christ Some Of tho
figures are less than quarter of an inch in
height, but though thus minute, are all finish
ed with the greatest precision and skill; and
what renders this execution still more curl
! Gus and admirable, is the dehcacy and beau
ty with which the back and distant figures
are executed.