Polynesian. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu], Hawaii) 1844-1864, 1855-08-11

ehSe Hidue 10 ule CyclOpeula from uhch at this
information transferred On the subject Of silk
we find w. B. equally exact, p. POS.
In the early translation Of the Bible bv Jerome =
Is mentioned as being among the articles imported By
the Phoenicans from Syria For long time il vas
brought by from China in caravans traversn-
the deserts and sands Of Asia the ports Of SYRIA and
Egypt The sails Of the pleasure barge Of the vcluptu
Gus CLEOPATRA were composed of silk. For centuries
the Persians monOpolzed the silk trade When ALEX
ASDER the GREAT had conquered that nation.
tTOduced into Greece, and subsequently, is'o Rome
'About A. D. 1880, ROGER II of sisily, set pp silk
establishment al Palermo, and another in Calabril
From these two countries the silk trade rapidly rcad
over Italy At early day in the history of Spain it
introduced into that nation by the Moors In 1921
it introduced into France In 1868 the State Of
Virginia witnessed efforts awaken interest in the
cultivation Of silk SiK raised in Georgia. Pennsylys-
nh, and Connecticut, in l7GQ received liberal pre-
mumS from the Society in London for the encourage
ment Of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce >
! The authors pages are literally sarded with
scraps from Shakspesre but it is not till arrive
at D. 3I4 that be rescues from the neglect OF ages
a passage singularly overlooked. beginng thus
d" 10 what base uses we may return horatio."
! On pp. 32C--7 we are delighted once more with
Ossan. 81 D thou that rolest above, round "a the
shield of my fathers!" On pp 35S--9 We are in
troduced to a subterraneah.
Here too we have ChIlde Harold played OF
against Hamlet who said his say previous
page: Remove yon skull from out the scattered
heaps" On p 37j we are informed in note
borrowed but not the less learned on that account
that the h" description given by Strabu snd Pau
sanias led to something which introduced the re-
mark that orty five years before the volcanic sep
Grafton OF Thera tSlntoTinO and TheraSa, between
/ Proezene and Epidaurus, on the same spot where
Russcgger has found veins OF trschyte " some
/ thing hlppened which is described in verse, soma
/ ph enomenon having occurred as breath expands
oRaI
out book Overleaf we get a little more Of Mil
/ ton "Pelorus' "lEtna" " and " combustlbles." y
/ Douglas the traveller appears afterwards
and then ByrOn's turn comes round again. On D.
377 appear these remarkable words: ''fhe vast va
riety of objects, so mysterlously and beautifully
blended together. have tendency 10 oPpress the
spirits and every reader Of the "NOtes" feels the
truth Of the remark.
The introduction of sentiments adapted TO the
preiudices of those into whose haEds the work Is
likely to fall il important feature IN the an of
book-inakng. Let the tyro in literature bear Ia
mind the effect produced by touches like the follow
ing: On D. % is recorded sentiment given on board
of the Sovereign of the Seas. "Our Country
May it ever be the beacon of Republican Empire,
the asvlum of the oppressed, the land Of the free
May the tree of Liberty there flourish Until its
branches shall shelter all nations, and until time shall
expire" The Young Republic is to US q source
of constant admiration but why will Young repub-
/ licans let themselves be ticked by such sentences
as these, and encourage their introduction into
books; a Circumstance that Mr.. Bates has amply
ayailed himself of. Then came " The Sandwich
/ Islands, may they yet add another Star IN our
/ flag of freedom
/ On o. 1872 IN company with several pleasure
/ loving" ladies' anl gentlemen he ascends "loveiy
stream = IN commodious bOai." "The stars and
-tripes-rnagic elnblenls of freedom" foated over
their heads. He sIvs :" shall never forget nv
emotions os looked up at that egs which Wash
ington had flung over our Republic Nr. Bites
must have seen that flag good mary times before,
and must have SCENT good many times again be-
tween the occasion written of, and the unfortunate
moment when his range Of vision was 50 efectual-
! ly clrculiscrbcJ w.thn his prison waii5: why then
did he so windy remember its Appearances and his
emotions Oh that particular day? Because ne had
a book to make ana took advantage of MS readers
ltile pecuiIlrIueS. II could trace" he SAYS 'hoSe
struggles and victories, that alternating hope and
despair Of the genus Of Liberty, as It wept owes
lis bleeding votaFlcs until tired Of the ghastly
smile and putrid corpse OF Gonarchcsl protection,
1t spread It's wings, HsO0k old tyTantS and sped to
the ID OF the New World" &C., &c. In passages
Ike ths tue full pnwer Of VI B'S pen deselopts il
self. That was great day though. As :hey
went up the Waiua stream they caught sigh; o.
somc natives who looked at the pleasure loving par
Is, with mingled pleasure and aulazenea,.'-
( Ihse in the boat gave 4 triple three cheers 10
which the people shore responded and then
laughed, some At their own rersoEIaan and 9th
ers probably 1t our own" There certainly mus,
have been something the matter, for two natives
man and woman. in the enthusiasm Of the mo-
ment distinguished themselves By taking of the
|onlvgauuents they wore, wblcithey raised aoft on
I a long stick, and then gave Us passing recogni-
lion" Every body who knows the Hawaiians must
feel that this IS exactly what any man and
would do under similar circumstances. The ex-
.citement in l1vor Of that Aag was enormous.
-. Ifrt-y vsevo frc
cape him. valuable 70 those who are studying his
a. but on his part !ndiscreei. Speaking Of Jail
or he SAYS Il ranslched 'Anthon's Classical Die
tjonaIy so far as | could recall its contents BY
memsy for some suitable object with which could
compare this narueless wreichs but had to return
10 my first impression, and that was that he would
make fitting associate for the Hadean Cerberus"
AItbou yF he could not Tecsil IS contents by mem
lory, @Anthous Classical Dictionary" did hin IL
finite service when he sat down to Inl5y hrs work,
end we have no doubt but that he has long ago dis
covered in that book Of reference name aPpTo-
pirate 10 another Jailer-io nun OF Sing SiGg
Prison.
VIVA, au,hcr would 10, wi.. - te called cru
dite? W. B. is dei;ciouSly 60. On ?. 2ls ne
quotes Eschylus in the original Character WITH
Translation doubtless his owr} for the benefit Of
any ignoranus who might need Il. and speaks Q.
tie Gynnosophis;s Q: India N az oS hand ray
that soacks asos: Of familiarity PreTlovslY on p
tti, N reference 70 te di1tt 6'r~A'~1 "a -%>"
he says small but beautiful grove Of trees wave
their sseeiy foliage either side Of tie path eac
ing % to the royal apartments, and ibelr cfol sonce
reminds one of the groves Of the Academy acdtap
I,vceunl. where so many IF The I'D masters resd.
studied, .snj (ss lie significantly addsl rsnbled
WHY those sapplings more tbsn sry Others should
have reminded him Of the Academy Is not eyieeni
unless we imagine confusion Of ideas 70 lisve oe-
cupied his mind some Of ths trees being, - ecn1'
sbou, ss large as the rod used n the Academy o1s
author once freqaerted.