Polynesian., 1858-11-20
No. 90

never have been what they might have been. Of sing
ng-sehools there seems to be scant They very
popular institutions, partly because the Hawaians
nation musically given, and partly perhaps be-
cause it brings together the big boys and strappng
romps Of seventeen, more or less If had edition
OF Washington lryings works by me and knew where
to put my finger on what want, think could quote
passage from that delightful writer which would ex-
press in the purest English and happes Of styles the
dangers that careful people apprehend to those who
assist IN singing par-music For the time being the
system to be unScrewed; there is tremuous SYM
pathy, delicate Welding of souls, a charging of the
nerves along which the electric fluid passes to that
great terminus the brain, where the operator
s-in fact, harmony puts young people at loose ends.
saint Cecilia has done great deal Of mischief in her day
"A saint herself she has been the cause of much folly
From several points along the beach between Kaiua
and kaawaloa there project roads paths which, lying
nearly parallel to each other, lead up the face of the
hill about three miles where they fall in with sor. Of
trunk road that running pretty nearly in q line with
the cuts them off at right angle An imaginative
individual passing by in vessel not far from the shore
might be reminded of those frame works in which the
4 ladies' now encaSe themselves below the waist, the
lowest hOunces urbeoWS Of all being represented by
the snuOsites of the coast-the lines and intersections
much the same only little larger The ride along
the upper road Of which speak very pretty when
you get to it. But first of all you have considerable
belt of lava to creep up. After mile or two, the soil
begins improve and does the footing for the horses
The district of kOna, North and South is not exactly
what some people suppose 1t is full, indeed, of beau
u hooks and groves where the bread-rut, the orange
and the coffee trees with bambOOs and timber of vari-
kind grow to perfection, but the Enclosures made
be SMALL for the surface very irregular, and Ia
the foundation of the whole country crops up all
around in hlOcks and ridges less decompOsed,
and therefore more or less covered with yerdure In
stead Of running ring fence all about person
ing tract of land is obliged to enclose few here
and there. The climate is beautiful, perhaps beauti-
full, any that traveller in a thousand call to
mind. Water is scarce and the best houses proyid
ed with cserns underground in which the rain caught
the roofs IS collected and preserved for Captain
Cummings of NapOOpOO kealakekua) besides using his
reOfS, has built little inCosure slope above his
house, the ground surface of which is cemene the
Cisterns themselves are, and here during shower
good deal OF rain water collects and runs through
eaden pipe into the reservoir which, however, very
capaeiOus and not intended solely for family
Indeed he has two, smaller and larger one, capable
of containing together than sixteen hundred bar
reiS, principally for the supply of whaleshipS. But
that the beachin the country there frequent
though not inexhaustible springs which render it
necessary for every keeper to have tank. Just
to give instance of how the stands washing
brigade have at present to transport the soied linen
| upon pack for some two or three miles upward
from the beach, and there the supply of water is
getting small that have been respectfully request
| ed to figure as much find compatible with COM
fort and dignity in Crmean shirts, dingy coored trOu-
sers and in fact any thing else that be moderately
dirty without declaring the fact to the world. For the
truth is that the tank which has been constructed
here since arrival is hardly yet finished and when
finished it will have to wait for the first rain and the
second oo for the matter Of that before it is likely to
| be filled.
At the average distance Of say quarter Of mile
from the beach there runs q wall nearly all the way
from Kailua to KaaWaloa below this is rough strip
of commen pasture land, called, composed of lava
and sand, from which here and there, springs the
toughest kind of vegetation. Every landhOlder built
his share or such part nersected his property, and
the idea to preserve the arabic land above from
damage by animals passing. This was very sen-
sbe undertaking for people, generally unaecustomed to
attend herds of cattle require milk which in many
countries ndispensaby necessary TO every family
But have two matters to remark here. The hrst 49,
that the below the wall being confined to avery
slip and that producing only the parsest kind OF
feed, one would have thought the people interested
would have made the most OF It, If they had need TO
pasture any thing at ALL and that they would have
ranged matters in the way that common sense has dc
tated in other countries where in certain localities there
| is such public officer as &" town bull But the
people Of kOna have sort Of Brahmlncal tendency,
they evidently respect the bull and will injury
done to his person. To speak the truth, never saw
so many bulls running together in all my life. From
the calf the yearlng, and from that up to animals
with horns that could measure, calperwse, the dimen
sons of butt they the most perfect set Of erea-
lures that ever set eyes on One observes no multi
alton except in the carege Of the nose through which
piece OF wire rope having been passed. brutishness
at end other of the leading strings attached to
| IL frequently ous
adds to the animals appearance for ever afterwards
With these bulls who live apparently on easy terms,
are intermixed a few females.
The second observation is simply this. that useless
as these bulls are they divide their feed with set Of
| quadrupeis much more useless-I mean The horses
Wherever you go you hear that horses the ruina-
On of the district, that, like beggar, if you put
native horseback he will ride to the devil 1t has
now become the fashion to ignore the line Of demarca-
ton described by the wall already mentioned, and TO
I . Il, g1,r aha
This is producing effects to be deplOred by all lovers
of industry. What with the land that is primarily
withdrawn from cultivation for the use Of an animal
himself useless and the land upon which he trespases
from time to time as a matter Of course, (nO need to
stop here calculate the time lost in prosecuting those
lawsuits which, following a matter Of course, rise
gradually from the lowest 10 the highest tribunals OF
the country the restrictions of area the consump-
On Of day after day in litigation the i-wn ensen-
/ derei among neighbors and the money wasted upon
that on-producng class called lawyers-the evil re-
suits in diminution Of produce are hardly to be cal
/ cuated. Labor nowadays Is scarcely procnrable
And Why The people here resident answer at once,
because, in the first place, the labOrers are fewer
in number. and, in the second OF those who might,
could and should work the greater portion are devoted
to riding here, there and everywhere, doing nothing
/ but show themselves horseback. In the mean
while the mania for horses is increasing, and l am
very credibly informed by one who has thought OF
and grieyed over the facts here recorded that if hOr
ses continue the rage for three years the district
will be virtually ruined. In all seriousness here
declare that having travelled the greater part OF
/ these islands, and having in some measure been my
self interested in portion Of those parts which do not
include the metropolis believe that horses at present
! are our greatest curse Wherever 90 that cry
is dinged into nv ears The legislature now about
to meet ought to consider this faet-f the subject be
deferred for two wears the evil may prove ire
mediable % Now is the day." Il is said that not
unfrequeutly people will 60 from here to Honolulu
for the purpose Of raising money to pay their taxes
/ moderate one on horses incudedl, and come back
without any money but another horse, the cash they
had scraped together having been spent in freight
money for the additional curse TO which have in