The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1861-02-28

boring people, IL Is certain that the women do
Their part. But, whatever may be- said Of them
as 4 people, II l. also certain that they 30 not
compel their women To subserve the same. serfforn
that brutalizes many ot the Of the com
mon Arabs, the Cafres, and even the North
American Indians.
Although the duties Of the Sandwich Island
women NAV not be- very arduous. they are much
varied One Of their most tedious and fayDrte
duties - sometimes 20 drive stock % market
During these engagements some Of the most luii-
crOus scenes occur On ascending an emiuence
just beyond the fish-pJnds. | noticed a group Of
native women squattng down under the shade of
a wiie-spT-sldiug and beautiful Pandanus-tree
(Isct0rIUs ef OGOratiSSimus.) On coming up
with them. l round them surrounding an enor-
nous hog The day was unusually warm, and
the beast lay painting as II he were about u
breathe his last. To his welfare this female
group bestowed the most assiduOus attentions
Their dress was scant; but several Of them had
evidently taken off their only garments soaked
them in water from their caabashes and spread
them over his swInish majesty for the express
purpose of keeping him cool, while few Others
were employed in tanning him. The usual
method Vt conveying pigs 10 market l. 10 tie the
four feet together and run q pole through them,
each end being supported on the shoulders of two
natives, who trOt off at no very desDicabe speed.
But this brute would probably have weighed
nearly five hundred pounds. The silly affection
these women displayed toward their fayOrite con-
spect for the prDhlbitory laws of the Jewish
Scriptures, much less those OF the Koran and
Vet they Were trying TO drive him TO market for
sale. An old adage tells us that q good man
Is merciful his beast" But il NAV be argued
that mercy u brute Is always indicative of
- goodness" Such was the construction placed
or this old passage in us application these
men. They We're simply taking their pet u
kst. Already had ne been driven several miles.
HIS guardians would have 20 conduct him over
the brow Of the fearful Pali. and then they would
be six miles distant from Honolulu. 1t would
occupy at least thirty-six hours 10 accomplish
this purpDss; hut it would be achieved for the
Sandwich Islanders-thc women especially-have
large share of patience where little exertiOn Is
quired. They would watch his movements by
day. and sleep by his side at night. They had
fixed his price in the market and they wished to
get him there in a condition good L possible.
To person who has never witnessed life in the
South Sea Islands. much that might be written
the habits Of the girls and women would be
deemed merely fabulous. Such conclusion
the part Of a reader i no cause for wonder. /.
\ whole volume might be filed with illustrations
of the fondness of Hawaiian women for pigs and
dogs, but it Is better that they should drop in as
II casually intrOdu ced. Whatever may have been
a PERSONS doubts on this subject, they become
dispersed forever when he arrives AT the group Of
islands, and the women and girls carrying
dogs and small pigs in their bos 5ms.-Sandurlch
Island Notes.