The Hawaiian gazette., 1869-02-17

HE ee1ef O. h4osr2ce Vas ferr eNfe0l-
tioes n pattiag sp sar e1iidsnSs ss Malta
ats. and IS they sFproaehsd eo=plesio0,
7 vas Ia daily expeesstSon Of IN order 10
take sp nv rsssieses On shcre. ii charge
Of the trade. With the faeijsy with which
some young nsn seqzire lS7guages-whseh
appears TO be gift rather than sac result
ef spp6estioa-I bad hscczs 80 familiar
with the k1agsage Of the nasives. that the
cspszia often called ne to tslS Tor hir: in
trading tranSacsi0Es 30 one srsaIrg
after the 5ieasls-mer kosse had been CON-
plesed at Mzshgata-snd fishing vas 10
commerce the next 6ay-I vss called into
the cabin The captain told ne that Was
TO % the usxt morning. n a canoe. 10 a
plsce called Mai ,Proaognce,i Mli-lsl
Sous thirty niles westward oa the coast
Of yauua Lew. there to establish smother
fishing station Ny assistant vas 70 be 4
Portuguese. who rsieicsd IN the -.pgrser's'
tame Of BroEa. ard who ve bad shipped
at LIbouka- He had native wife from
the sane place Nab wss tribatary TO
Rzberabe. as the htser vas to Nbaa. and
therefore. With the txo hostages "a beaai.
We felr safe II establishing station 80 far
removed from the vessel
At ten O'Clock the next uorninr. the
canoe was alongside in readiness and the
Srsds-shsss being PGt % boszi. the captain
EzFe ne ny final Instructions l vas TO
have the dealing cat Of the trade in pay
uert for fish and tortuise-shslL while the
Portuguese. BruEu. was 10 DO the taking,
be having lived god Hlany yeaEs o. the
Stands. and speaking the language quite
Gaently. Our trade consisted Of dozen
nzskets, tEo kegs Of powder. soue whales
teeth. fints. shsath-kaiTss, red and blue
Yankee cloth uarOs. snail loOking-slasses.
scissors. and red 0chre- The zrtsr Is ex-
tsnsively used By the FIiian dandiss. with
which they paint their slces IN Tarious f4n-
taStic ways- Sometimes fellow would be
seen struEring about. very grave. and svi-
6satly feeling very proud. With ous side Of
his face painted a Jet bI-ek- with the SCOT
obtained from e0okiag-poss. and the other
zlie deep rs,i. from the vsrmaEon Of the
-kl-pePala1gL
The captains instructlouz to ne were
short bQz impressive Said hs--Here IS
a list Of prices TO be given By yoG---bznd-
ing ne 4 written Papsr--but 1 expect
yoa TO look cut sharp and make as good
trade a yOG can Keep yoGr eyes open
and be % the watch. f1r IN spite Of our
having hostage oa board. these rrsaeher-
OGs devils are liable At aay moment TO club
yoQ- This was pleasant prospsct-za
Il MOTTO 90 thirty Or fort! niles away
from tae ship among saEsgss, who were
81 P4-SL ~ &C ai-7 "Nl-s s4td-1a u lAES1
savage IsIanders-so set Up 6shsry-Eilh
the eoTstsd wealth Of trading articles
which zs had IN Cur charge 1t Iookz At thls
distance to ny nind. rather risky piece
Of business Bar sas y0a1gaHd thoaght-
less then and the novelty Of the atfair
rlsass-.f N, zvrss,if-,-Ir
By eleven O'Clock. We we're Eliriy On our
Ezy to our destination, and the 1rig was
fading n the distance As she Esy qaisiIy
AZ aaeAar under the Ise Of Izth1afa, While !
the high and FsrsiErs-cnysrsd hills Of RAhe-
rabe Completed the r0maatic picture On !
the other slie Of the noble hag- Ozrcznoe
was a single 0ns- about thirty fset IN leugth- 1
and Ike al e1n0es Of th6ss stands vas
furnished with an elevated platform On /
which passengers and their freight we're 1
a1s Of the Fsaeh of any spray Our crs= 1
consisted Of dozen Mai men. under
the command Of -Ndina-- Literally. 1-llsI /
the soa Of the prineisaI chief Of Mali
The FijTn.sn are very zkiIIf1l N the nan
agsmenE 0f their caaoss- The sail L
-hrse-eornersd aEair, made of uats ssEsd I
t0gether- The mast 4 stepped INTO a
zockss "a the dsck- and + stayed b. ropes
made Of twisted encaa1ut kazks, which are
made ELzs to Zach e1d Of the cznoe- In
5eatiag 70 Ei1dEzrd, instead Ct turning
ths ezaoe about. Il zs ERDpezns O. 4uer-
ieans would With boat n taking. the
shses ( Stacked of- and passed 70 the 9th
er end Of the canoe shiIe Tie mast, zhieh
was st1Esd al Al azzss pointing oTer Ehat
vas Just n0E the bow, L. By means Of
siaeskiiug Up ard haaHag N the two szz7s.
za5s 70 lean n The oPposfre direction
Tie sheet ( nov hzzlei II q the stem
shieh vas rsezsEIy the boE. zni OF goes
s1r canoe @ . nav taek. zitao1t having
tuned rs1nd They sail Ike the sind- TOO
! ssvsr aS prsEtisE sight. thaa oae Of
these bag gzesfakEned. siagis ezoe. On
! wind with : stif brsszs. z1iag at the
zte of, AZ east. siuzsa knotz Al hsa-,
.he crew sith thar snsE-zhite ais1Ezs
'Ehe tzztAns of t4pal and ths L11g enss af
theiir ss1zlIIy Ehite zzrss streaming N the