Polynesian., 1858-10-16

aSh mneTe lne cane was Governor Adams told him Il
lay yOnder, pointing to the distant slopes of Hua
laai. But the interval too great for transporta-
ton, the foreigner said and the scheme was aban-
doned, but the house in handy enough, and was
used for storing liquors There large Protest
ant Church here also built by the Governor for in those
days the chiefs could command considerable labor and
to the powerful and pous minded ever since the wake
full King Davids time it has been source of honest
satisfaction to erect endow places of worship or re-
ligious houses. Take William the Conqueror and his
Queen for instance, Edward the Confessor not to al
ude particularly to host of people who had been gay
in their youth. This Kuakini, however, must have
been man of some stamina, with no small foreshad-
owing of the gOahead principle in him. but it is said
he wanted perseverance; that he would bring project
to the working point and then work it. The church
am speaking of is just over the way from here and
close by the beach, but in justice to the memory of the
former governor may perhaps observe that he did not
build his house upon the sand; its foundation rests on
good, solid lava. At distance Of some five minutes
walk along the road in the direction of Kaawaloa
stands the Roman Catholic Church, which is another
solid edifce, only little more ornamental do not
remember have heard by whom it has erected or to
whom i, IS dedicated, but suspect it was lablr of
love and that the names Of its humble artfcers with
horny hands are on record elsewhere observe vir
gin and child over the western doorway-no doubt i'm
ported The priests appear be devoted to the saliva
ton Of souls and the spread of the doctrines of ST.
Peter opposed to those of st. Calvin but am afraid
they live very poorly In fact it seems probable that
had they less to do and fewer agues undergo their
digestive organs would give way to hard fare. Goats
meat is anything but Oleaginous. 1 am sorry not to
be able say how the representative men of the two
great Christian factions agree together interfere with
another, my opportunities Of making inquiries be-
ing few, for the French priests keep absent and the
Protestant minister keeps at home.
Kailua some thirty years by-gone, was very pOpu-
lOus place. and Of the chiefs now here as member
of the Kings household tells that in those old days
the situation not considered very rocky because
the rocks and cnkers were so built upon and covered
by houses that people failed to notice them They en-
joy here almost unineruptedly land and breeze,
the latter by day, the former by night and proof
of the pleasant weather which prevails and the nfe
quency of squalls may mention that the canoes carry
and that too with safety, sails least half as large
Is hOuAu UALC u lJiSL III tue
Of Honolulu perhaps any other coast on any other
island of the group To this fact favorable to deep
fishing, is attributed the preference which the elder
race of chiefs manifested for this andwardy, uuprom-
ising site. But then we must remember what the an
cient habits opposed to the hybrid customs of to
day. The open country, giving place and breadth to
the plains now depastured by focks and herds, was
looked upon as much waste, much space to be
travelled oyer as portion of the might have been
that was barren of fish 1t was little than in
termediate blank. The places where kal0 would grow
(every body who has read Washington Bates book
knows, since the fact paradej before his eyes
every other page, that kao is and the with
the arms escuent,aH) and the places when fish
ccme-at-able the localities principally in demand
Of course they wanted uaoti for kapa cloth, and
ara the indigenous narcotic, but these matters of
secondary importance-o.d women used to manufacture
the one and chew the other till its juice and their saliva,
in certain proportions, produced "night-cap.'
There were bananas too (kapu to the gentle sex) and
other country produce and hogs had to be turned Out
but still only small portions of the plains were de-
siderated, and the remainder gap, something to
be trayersed not for its sake but for the sake Of
that to which it led. With the Hawaiians therefore,
fishing is traditional practice; they very knowing
about fish, about their seasons and their prOcliyes
As fishermen they become expert swimmers, and as ex
pert swimmers they make able fishermen. To get cap
sized, miles out at sea, is to them matter Of little i'm
portance unless they lose their fish, for rghtng the
canoe and baling it out, that is easy matter. From
constant immersion in the water they become familiar
with it, like Byron when he patted the oceans SURF or
name as his poetic fancy called it, and the coral depths
have no horrors for them. Shakspeares full thoms
ve' are absolute chilI's-play to the Hawaiians,-an
experienced man will talk you of his twenty
ty-fve fathoms as a of almost every day life.
If diver cannot 90 down till the blood spurs out Of
his nose and ears and eyes he has right speak in
the capacity of one who knows thing or two. This
practice of continually going to the bottom gives to the
inhabitants of these islands great advantage, for be-
sides taking blackmail Of the fish that frequent the
surface they get into the regions Of the nuy tribe
that are of more retiring habits or you might say,
into another stratum and your real diver is as know
ing about his fish that lie low as your fconer Off any
still exist is about his birds that fly high.
Has THE EARTH A RrNG.-Professor Nichol, Of
Scotland an eminent astronomer, thinks that our
earth has rings ike those Of the planet Saturn.
4 phenomenon called the zodiacal light, which at
certain seasons of the year is seen in the form OF
an immense cone Of faint light, extending from the
horizon almost to the zenith, is supposed to be a
ring of matter surrounding the earth. The con-
ical shape is owing to seeing it cdgewise, but
from other parts Of the earths surface it has been
found to open and to extend across the horizon
The ring is supposed to be about 100000 miles