The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-02-23

Ani tis r-n' canvas ais,srns s,r.E 'as gale,
Flaae RS th- rrrx an Dc-tu's % sail
Whrrr surge my sEeep- The empesi's brzl, prevail
That reads very romanticalIy but I'll make an
even wager that Byron would not have been
poetirIIIy inclined had he taken a trip TO wind
ward in the Ei',1er. Instead 81 the poets eye
IL 20 Gur frenzy rolling he would have had quite
enough % d. attend % the rolling Of the steamer
and She fine frenzy of his stomach rolling IN
sympathy herewith. Th. idea or making a trip
fn the steamer sounds good when one i on shore.
but for ny single self after recent experience.
Z an free To- couirs- that 10 not it by the
present Iigh,--tho-y %! thc'HibplsG.
Don't 1T me BE- uud-rStOO wishing 90 drtract
in tie slightest degree from the wrll-eIrncd good
reputation Of this bully boat" and her skiliful.
unsiring and accommodating captain but the fact
l. I am 30 much Of an old fogy that my preference
ar. in favor Of a good staunch sailing vessel.
SOMEHOW. during this trip. ! lay in my berth
trriug % persuade myself that wasn't much
sick and listening To- the everlasting clIHi, cldnk.
Of the engine and the Wheeling Of the steam,
never couid diges myself Of the constantly running
thought that such things have happened before
now a. q boiler bursting and blowing all hands up
in a jiIy Now If / am TO 90 through ibe process
Of being blown up. il occurs % me that nitro
gIyccrinc being instantaneous and painless. would
thi. mortal coil than to be blinded and parboied
by stclm or perhaps be sent involuntary
trim In the air aud ight minus a leg or arm.
However my feafs on this score set al rest
the next morning. On learning that, owing to a
leak in some OF tire pipes, 1t would be next
TO impossible to get pressure enough on the n
Gfaea TO make her 90 i've knots an hOur-Ind that
wouldn't burst u tea kettle
vt O'Clock on Tuesday morning, we found
ourselves in a flat calm. moving slowly along uT-
der the lee of Lanai, where We were detained over
an hour To land the Duke Of Lanai-Capt Gibson
with several ladies. The aspect of this island is
decidedly uninvitng, and. sailing along It's rocky
shore not a living creature meets the eye, oniE
here aud there sea-bird circliug about the cliffs
But in the centre Of the island where Capt. G.
ranch Is situated. there Is said t. be beautiful
fertile valley. some ten miles long-Ln oasis in
desert In this secluded retreat, upon the world,
not in it." surrounded by all the comforts and
MANY Of the luxuries of life with books. friend
OF txo. and space, for rhyme, thought l. if happi-
ness and contentmcnt are TO be be found in this
world.
~The heart is humble might hope fr it here +
Without a breath of wind to ill the lazy sails, .
We went laundering along under steam at the
dizzy rate Ut absolutely two knots AN hour, and .
arrived at Laiaiua at hlfpast eleven i'll the fore
noon As your correspondent had not eaten or
drunken since noon the previous day. and had
moreover pretty well exhausted his physical system
during the night. he made haste to the shore in
duging meanwhile in pleasant visions OF warm .
cup of tea and toast with boiled eggs and u chop,
in some coy restaurant But
The schemes Of mice and at agIey"
here put it upon record my deliberate opinion .
that the people of the ancient town Of l-ahaina .
are remarkably abstemious in the way Of eating.
7 don't believe anybody ever gets an indigestion .
in Lahana. ! wandered from one end Of the .
second city of the kingdom to the other. seek
ing something, ] might drvour- and finding it not
AT IengtE. pIoddius dcsponaingy along through .
the rel dust and beneath the broiling sun.
encountered i ftl!1w-passengcr. the serene and
coutentcd expression Of whose cOuutcnance indi- ?
Gated that something had happened In answer .
t. nv looks Of eager inquiry hc simply responded
Eureka and pointed mp the street Ny friend .
being happily endowed by nature with some Of
tn. qualities OF that noble bird the American I
FlrIc.-amJag which l. that Of seeming ont lis
prey aflr oG-hld uO-cd out "a Dutchmln who kept .
a bakery lD.eat. they eat bread in Lalaina-) and .
following the course Indicated / did not stand
upon the order Of my going but went at once
found thesbaker,-with all the marks Of tho
rough Da,chman n broad he was long /.
vited me- 10 sit down. expressing his regret how
ever. that Sc the timer ish peter a. vas"
Blessings on that burly Dutchmau. He rcgaled
IN. ON roast mutton and saur kraut with bottled /
J.er and thus became the author Of one pleasant
rcr,fuiseenc, at least connected with Lahaina-
The. town reminds of Goldsmith deserted
village Ichabod i written upon the closed shops
and rusty looking tcnements- wherein Will" SeIni-
annually congregated the oIeaginous sons Of New
BEDFORD and Nantucket. But Lahainas cane-irlds
arr. green and one sugar mill-that Of Campbell
* TIrton-wa< at work while the other. under the
incubus Of a Honolulu bankruptcy. lay idle
WliIuku. on the other side OF the island IN the
midst of 4 sugar growing district. is said to be
aourishing young town that bids iaIr TO qlie
ovcr-badow poor old autiquated Lahaina- The
one advantage of the latter. and 1t must be ac-
knovvledged not a very important one. Is its near
ness 20 the Capital being but ten or twelve hours
distant from it.
We did not leave Lahaiua until o'clock in the
afternoon. the delay having been caused by being
OBLIGED to cool down the fires. in order to make
some repairs in tine machinery or tinker up a steam
nine or the nain-sprng--I could not exactly
ascertain which-but. touching at kaicpol"po. 1t
was quite dark before we were once more under
yyav for Hawaii We had very smooth passage
across the Hawaii Channel, and made fast to the
1l1oriugs at KaawaIoa in Keaakekua Bay. about
O'Clock on "Wednesday morning AS We run INTO
the Bay some pointed out the spot where
Cook i said to have fallen, and many sarcastic
remarks were made upon the shameful negligence
Of the British Government and people in suffering
s., noted a sDot To remain unmarked. save by the
rottfng stump of 4 cOcoauut tree. \ good H!ber-
nicizm was here got of by an Englishman. one OF
the passengers. He was disTUtiug as to the date
Of Cooks death. he maintaining that 1t was III