The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-06-29

CRUISE OF THE MALOLo-The schooner -Hdioio,
Capt. Zenas Bent, sailed fium Honolulu, on the 2lst
of May, ON a wrccking voyage for French Frigate
Shoals. The object Of the :ruise was to save the an
chors and chains, and perhaps some portions, OF the
wreck of the bark Daniel Hood, which went ashore
there last April. Mr.. Phuser, Of the firm of Phuger
X Emmes, who chartered tlc schooner, went down In
her. They had light trade winds from east-northeast,
and passed Anahola point, ON Kauai, ut = a. NJ. on
the 22i. On Saturday, May 18th, they made the
the high rock, which looks so much like a sail and
stands in the centre Of the horseshoe which forms
French Frigate Shoals. At midnight Capt. Bent
came to anchor ON the northwest side Of the reef, IN
eight fathoms, sandy httom, the rock bearing south
southeast. At early dIylight Il boat was dispatched
to find the passage into the lagoon, and a passage
was found, wide and dep enough to admit a seventy
four. The schooner was accordingly worked III with
out any difficulty, will a light wind from the south
east, and at six O'Clock i'll the afternoon anchored III
smoother water than een Honolulu harbor presents,
the lead giving six fitions, sandy bottom. The next
day was Sunday, and vas kept rs such by all hands
on board the .HaioiO On Monday, the 2'th, Mr..
Phuger, with "A boats crew., started 10 search Tor the
wreck Of the Hood. They were absent the whole
day and thoroughly examined the reef where she
went on shore, but nOta trace OF her could be iouhd'
She went on the southeast bend Of the reef, and the
probabilities are, according to Capt. Bent, that dur
ing the heavy northwest winds that prevailed shortly
after her going on shore, she was carried oil and has
sunk in very deep water, perhaps to the depth OF two
or three miles, the latter figures being the average
depth of the Pacific Ocean, according TO Lieut. Brooke.
Finding that Their search for the wreck was
quite useless, the wroekers concluded to return to
Honolulu, and on the 1st of June, after taking on
board seventy turtle-yith which the shOal aboundS
they started for home. During the first four days
they had light winds from east-nOrtheast, and, in
lat. Is : north and long. lGG : o. west, tackled to
the southwark. The wind was light, backing to the
northeast, and was battling with calms. During five
days the schooner only made fifty miles. But The
genuine trades came n, and on the 18th and 10Th
they blew a gale. On the 18th they made the Island
of Kauai, bearing southeast, distant thirty miles, and
on Thursday, the 10th, made the Island of Oahu,
getting into port on the evening of the 2lst-being
twenty days ON the passage.
Immense quantities of sharks swarm about
French Frigate Shoals, of the voracious, man-eating
kind. They are undoubtedly attracted there by the
presence Of turtle. An expedition is talked OF, to
proceed thither sharL-fshing, which viii, without
question, prove remuUrltive-shark fins and shark
liver oil being well known articles Of commercial
value-while shark Hunting is the rarest of fun
known 10 sportsmen.
MARK TwAIS's NEW BooR.-From n letter writ
ten by this eccentric genius, and published in the
Alta of June 10th, we extract the following what he
says about his new book
.'webb has gotten up my - Jumping Frog" book
in excellent style. and it Is selling rapidly. \ lot Of
copies viii 20 to san Francisco per this steamer. |
hope my friends will all buy n few copies each, and
more especially am | anxious 10 see the book in I'll
the Sunday School Libraries in the land. ! don :
know that il would instruct youth much, but it would
make them laugh anyway, and therefore no Sunday
School Library can lie complete without the Jump
ing Frog But ~canliily, now, joking aside, ii is
really a very handsome book, and you know yourself
that it Is a very readable ono. | have SEM a copy 10
Honolulu for my oil friend, Father Damon