The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-10-05

80 broad. while oshers mere hovel-. Their
figures were not unlike an oblons cDrn or Iay
stack They were tlatchcd with the long piI
-ras-. The dor va- an Obigng hole, made in
differently at the end or sides; there were ~ win
dDvs-. and the only light was through this ap.r-
turv. Though badly ventilated. their houses were
kept remarkably clean.
Their household utensils were few and simple.
consisting Of g1urts and wooden bowls and
trenches. S1me Of the latter were highly polished
Their vegetable f1od consisted moetly Of sweet I.-
tatOe-, tarO and plantains- BTeadfruit and vans
might BE- esteemed ~ raririe-. Animal food was
plenty. They bad an abundance Of hogs. which
were permitted the same liberty their mud
esbin relatives Of the NliIe-ians DOg-were nuner-
Gus, AMI they drew a considerable supply of fish
from the -ea. They praetieed as they do now, the
saltinS OF feb They also salted their pork and
preserved IL N gOuri shells. They baked their
vegetable food with heated stones, at the South
ern Islands. They had no utensils that could be
applied 10 the purpose of stewing or boiling. The
Captain called their Toi =. faro pudding
IL j. only by close and critical examination
Of the primitive manners and customs Of bar
barous people. that We can arrive at a true
estimate Of their moral, social and political
The philosophical historian, now, not alone laws
bare the erymleclIs and barrOws of the past, for
ancient skulls and relics Of the age Of stone but
he treasures up and investigates tine crude legends,
ballads AMI lagos Of long and cloudy centuries
ago, 90 illustrate the twilight history of our
NOrse and Celtic ANCESTOR They the rough
materials which reason mOulds into shape. Sir
Gardiner Wilkinson has written an admirable
work, illustrative Of the private and social life
OF the ancient Egyptians. from the sculptures
and paintings their tombs and works Of art
left behind them, which vet gloom over the
valley Of the Nile, the land mark Of the ages.
The birth Of unletterei nations, l. either lO-t in
Obseurity el0uded BY supersiitiOus traditions.
Such could not DC the case Ia the present era of
intellectual advancement. The rise or fall of .
nation now take place ia the full glare Of mans
intellectual sun at high meridian. The lightning
hI-hes intellect from continent To continent, and
nation 70 nation; the motive power Of steam i
tending fast % make great vast family of
commercial nations, and the press teens with
the brightest productions OF the mind and iniOr-
nation frOm every land. This too, i the age Or
iTressigafiOr, and the present century has pro-
dgeed more faithful, impartial and philosophical
histories OF the past, than al the ages which
have preceded il. The cause i obvious. Our
historians have traced and searched everything
to It's sOUree-tO the cradle, the bearth-stone,
the inner life-tO the very t0mbs Of the nations
who-e historic epitaPhs they have written, and
drawn clear logieal deductions, where before,
clouds anil mystery existed. Like the great
CgvieE, and other recent paleoatologists, who
only wanted tooth or the fraction Of bone,
u classify, describe and reproduce animal,
which roaIned the earth in some past geological
period. - the historians Of the present age,
require but a few prominent Facts to unfold tho
-ocial and moral condition Of any nation Of the
past The-e points always stand out in bold
relief. and the din liniing- Of the back ground
can be made 70 glow into life and action. By the
magic power Of indCctive reasoning, in tie hands
Of master artist How important then TO
notice particularly the customs OF any people,
when We have in view the exposition Of their
character, either sOcial moral; more especially
Is this the case, where they have passed and are
passing through the several stages OF history
from the infancy of barbarisn, the tutelage of
youth, on o the threshold Of intellectual and
national manhood. a. Is the Gaze OF the Hawaiian
Islands We cannot give too much prominence
% the manners and customs Of this isolated
people, WLeu EE-t Al-cDfert54-tLelE HE beulu1
the seenes, ere the curtain lifted and the
light Of civilization streamed upou them. -
We will give Captain Cooks description Of how
he found the people Of Kauai.
Their amuseIneuts were varied, and their Haslss
song were sung sometimes 70 an accOmpani-
ment Of rude music, made by a kind Of wooden
tambOrine, and the striking together of two
sticks. they al-O had a gDurd containing rattles,
with a handle ornamental with beautiful red
feathers, which was shaken Ike the Spanish
rs5er, and moved from side 70 eide, or backwards
and forwards, 10 produce the desired sound
The music occasionally accompanied by the
vocal Ierf5rrnance Of some woman, with % song
that had pleasing and tender effect Neither
flute nor ree,l- we're -een.
They played at bowls with pieces Of whetst0ne
SHAPED Ike a -maI cheese, but rounded and
nicely polished they had other bowls Of the
ZANE -yrt, made of a heavy, reddish brown clay,
glazed with composition Of the zane color, OF
4 care dark gray slate. They al-o played at
a game Of quOIts, with Hat rounded pieces of
writing slate, highly polished. Their game
were rather trial- 0f xiii than Of strength.
You're ever, Ia PAz.