The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1869-06-23

reaching Honolulu on the next morning, but
imagine our disappointment, when the sails
tapped idly against the masts all night, and
tile sun rose next morning in brazen sky,
without air enough to ripple the water OF the
lake-like ocean channel. The earth seemed
in deep sleep, the clouds hung motionless as
mourning drapery, till the hot sun tinted
them with iame-like coloring The noon
day glare was terrific and glimmered like
furnace blast. In vain the Portuguese and
Spanish called on San Antonio, the natives
called on theirancient gods, and the .haoles''
whistled. Night settled down upon us, but
not a faint sign of the piping wind" The
moon gilded the mountain islands with
wierd beauty as we drifted noiselessly and
slowly with the northwest current like some
phantom of the night. Daylight found us
between Molokai and Lanai on the second
morning. The sun rose glaringly on the
mountains of Molokai, throwing a purple
radiance TO the west, indicating day of in
tense heat. The same brazen sky. that now
appeared like FURNISHED steel with the glow
of a white heat upon it, the same motionless
clouds, the same ocean of molten lead with
the furnace glow upon 1t, and the same al
mosphere envelOped us as the little schooner
seemed ready to take fire under the intense
glare of the sun. We all felt certain that the
man who killed the albatross was on board,
and We each looked round for the "ancient
mariner" Morning wore on; even acIist had
lost its power to distract the attention: the
vessel rose mOtionless on a smooth and
CLASSY sea, just north of the head of Lanai
toward the open ocean. All around in every
direction, far on the horizons verge, the mo-
tionless sun-lit clouds bound the brazen pill
lars of the sky. Then
8 All in a hot and copper sky
The bloody sun at noon,
Right up above the mast did stand
No bigger than the moon.
Day after day. day after day,
We stuck, nor breath nor motion,
As idle a painted ship
Upon painted Ocean.
The sails dropped the passengers dropped, even to
the CANNES and porcines. had indeed would have
been the condition of all board, had not one Of
the members Of the court concluded to give an anna
teur performance for cold blind man on board"
He touched every extreme of comedy farce Iudi-
crous song and negro minstrelsy when the hat was
sent round and a fair collection made. But no
cid blind man to he found and the proceeds
were appropriated to the purchase of melons, of which
there was a fair lot on board. Once on the second
day, a faint breeze sprung I'D and Knocked us for
while with hope but almost Immediately after
the sails were filled, and hope at its height,
down dropped the breeze, the sails drop
ped down.
Twas sad sad could be-
And we did speak only to break,
The silence Of the sea-"
ana - the water Ike witches oil, burnt
green and blue and white"
We were literally roasting. Boiled lobster counte-
nances iumed the deck and the passengers appeared
if they would be in the condition to grace
Fjii's table. An old native with various incanta-
tons offered melons and bread-fruit by throwing
them on the grand altar of the to the Hawaii
an god Of the wind. An old aZtec-phizzed woman
sang without ceasing to the same deity and went
through all the motions Of the hulahula The hao-
les prayed silently whisted audibly and calculated
that expressive adjective which frequently mars the
eloquence Of some persons conversation. At length
on the fourth evening out a light breeze sprang up
all rejoiced the natives gathered in the clear moon
light and sang their wild mees in delicate tones
till far in the night, and the next morning fonnd
in 0ahn.
But what spectacle we presented as we neared
Honolulu. The senior member of the bar presented
in that por.ly member Of his countenance on which
he prides himself exact counterpart of a boiled
lobster; while high parsonage Of the appear
ed as if he was nursing young crop Of grey blossoms
on the same member, and the representative of the
Crown, looked like swell who had been going it
strong for week, and knocking at the bar-room
door for an eye opener with fly in it.