Polynesian. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu], Hawaii) 1844-1864, 1859-01-01

binary sacks OF his stomach as substitute for the
tank applied to an artificial locomotive engine
Adventurous mariners navigate their barks
among the leebergs of the polar regions, to pro-
cure the valuable store Of fat organized into the
bodies OF the whale, of the seal, and warus which
they transport to marts of commerce for distribu-
tiOn, for the purpose of being burned as fuel in
the lamps, instead of in the lungs the purpose for
which 1t was originally designed Men strip off
the fur and down from the bodies of animals
whose breasts, exposed by submersion into icy
water, and to keen wintry winds, require these
non-conductlng coverings, to sustain the animal
heat generated by combustion in their bodies
These priced spoils of soft downs and furs are
appropriated a covering to sustain the same
genial excitation within the glowing bosom of
civilized belle. In the colder bosom of an Esqui-
maux belle, residing in a crystal palace, and be-
meath dome built of blocks of ice, not only are
these soft external appliances of robes of fur ne
eessary for sustaining genial glow of ile's warm
current, but also the most extraordinary combus-
tion of fatty, oily matter in her lungs. One of
these bellies, according to Capt. Parry's narrative
of his voyage to the Arctic regions, slipped the
oil from an extingushed lamp, and received a
tallow candle as an acceptable bon-bon, the cour-
teous captain kindly warning her by signs, not to
choke herself by attempting to swallow the wick.
1t thus appears that the quantity Of organic car
bon which is scarcely adequate to as fuel in
developing warmth and locomotive power IN the
bodies Of human beings dwelling in the Arctic
regions, would overhead the bodies of the same
individuals in warm tropical climates, and would
speedily induce fatal inhammatory disorders.
To the ignorance Of this simple fact may be
ascribed the deaths of myriads of vOyagers from
cold to warm climates. On the contrary, yoyag-
ers from sultry to cold climates require the COM
bustion of carbon in their lungs sustain the
average temperature Of blood heat. Indeed, the
sensation of declining warmth is SO Immediately
attendant on a diminished supply of food that
the terms cold and hunger have become associa-
ted together, and the phrase starving with cold,
has lately been introduced into popular language
in those countries.
Numerous facts tend to demonstrate that Wig
orous and healthful condition of the animal me-
chanism can only be sustained by due relative
appportionment of the atoms of carbon and hydro
gen, presented in the thin meInbranous air vessels
Of the lungs to the contact and union with due
relative appointment of the atoms Of oxygen in
hailed at every breath, and by the appliances Of
non-conducting clothing, to prevent the too rapid
propagation Of heat from the body. And TINS the
mechanical motive power Of the vital agency Of
I" life y truly subssts by the combustion Of car
bon, in accordance with the emblematieal fame Of
the lamp, which once lighted in every tomb
by classic and superstitous people, as allegori-
cally representing the bright spirit which, for
brief time animates the body, and then vanishes
forever, like the quiyering and expiring fame
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