, 1869-06-13

Of the current, and held snc,f course toward Tue
distant and deaer1 ts'and Of K7-hoo-ts-Ee; they
cnaa SC u a sss A. sts ~ e'f q. a., eaes 1
Eave<l from the lost schooner covcEed basket,
upon hleh they sNan-
y cloudy night now closed oreT then, and the
.hipw1ecked company, deprived Of The guidance
Of the stArs, tec1fue Widely scattered. ftS0rous
Jouus nsu- toastag upon The cover Of the hstsh-
nscrntng; but his brother and tnanJ others died
before daylight One very klender and appsrent1y
weakly youth, unsupported by anything but bis
own skili IN swimming. got ashore after ocsns
Atsunltsr, ka-u-a and her HUSBAND found them
selves alone In the ocean, and 6t,l tas from land
ed all Monday morning. Toward the evening" the
st-rngsh OF 3tau 1c began to fall rapidly. 1ees
stepped md Ies;s nossns upon tne;s Y, narss: 'ss
until he wM hnte 70 s&ttn Again, and they held
their war aS7tnst the current, which had now
land In fuii view. But Maa-ae now began TO lose
Strength more rapidly than before.
His heroic wife then placed him upoa her eaeE.
making him hold on hy the hair OF her head, while
she, swimming upon the remaining bucket, lowed
him In the direction Of the shore. II vts not long
however, before his hAnds slipped and lost Their
power Of grzsptng. She told him then tn1t he
must pray, but he coald only utter sentence or
TWO She pEaytd for him; then aht eudeavoreal to
revive him with the saai-omi; nnally she put n!s
Win one hand wh1le she AVIAN With the other.
Xa1.ae MAS now speeches she redoubled her
eAe1rons, hut eren her almost Incredible strength
that she bore upon her bsct. She PAUSED, she
placed her ea5 p he1 hasf41d. 6rrass 70 listen fo'
The llte had now turned aSat1-thls time tn hel
favor, She wna within mile Of the shore, and
She carried II untA she found thai she must Alan
IN Monday night she reached tie snose, bat IA 4
condition Of such exhaustion that she WAS 8lua,,si
beaten down by the hreaktrs npon the beach. The
| SAT- water hsd icnamel her eyeA aui she co1lt
scarceli see; 1t Was all that she could do TO sraw
| upon the sand. she naI been thirty hoars Ii
he ~.t.r, AMI bad zwan rnnre ihsa that nunhe'
| Me slept soanlit that night; bat during Tues
Gay. Wednesday and Tnlr*t1y She xauecgct
| without tnalng natbtt<s or food, and or1l
sAred hettet from ktasya,on By t11csias BE rs!E
wafer that stood In the holiaws OF Ina retss. @
| Friday she discovered melons growing IN aaat'
| Place and while eating them ate Was found b,
q e5 81,
| company besides herself were savet. In a fe1
dayi she had 1ecot cred from her exhaustion, and
uata lssely. sas ,S xas living 70 tel the wonderful
Hardly lesa surprising than this sze the fea.s 0
the nanres in distns. The g.ca: clipper ship
and tea Trade. touIh Frequently! for passengers
the rosnsteai or outer bay Of Honolulu. anchor
Ing in ten or fifteen fathouas Of water. While y
their cables under the pressure Of squalls An
leave valuable anchor upon the. coral reel
WEeh ~ |, OCCASIONALLY happens, It's onoy-ne
lot strong enough to rAl.e 1t again. IT become
necessary to send down = n2tive dsveF, With
stronger rope PA,si09 this around his arm. b
plunGes into the ater holding IN hts hanls i Eton
| oftwenty or thlrt, pounds In weight This carrie
him rapidly 10 the GottoU-he asyea Ills sttrngt
and breath tor lie Work u fastenlng the sopa
the duke Of the anchor. have Known divers t
DO this Job At the depth Of over pinety feet Wate
NJ this depth presses With = force Of three attno.
pheses Of no less than iory,ave pounds % Ii
square inch, a pressure which amounts TO the II
l credible Egure Of flty tons upon the surface OF
uau Of average size. Were not this tre1neniou
weight 80 equally applied TO the dires's who'
body, It wousd instantly Kill him: and. lRtesi, h
| hloHa uke porpo!se wheu he returns 70 the 81
| {ace, and the blood often streams from his 1nout
| and uostr1ls. Divers sedun ren4ln under wal,
t over two minutes ~ = time
I 4 common Amusement with our naval officer
stationed II Howa1tao ports, when silver halt NJ
quarter Ioliars were plentler than nov, usal
! bc to throw these eotns 5som tho quarterback Il
70 the Nater TOT the natiEe laas to dive lite
These active I1ernen never fall 10 c1tch the 4
yer bait before It reaches the bottom unless Il
tnAns Of them chance to bump their heads over
1t ouce, Ike fishes dartin1 as cfumb,-T.
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