The Hawaiian gazette., 1869-02-17

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sGa beat down iaseasely. o. our beads.
The ccass Of yanAa Lew. sloag which ne
were uaSing cur wsy, was. hike many parts
Of The islands, perfectly hidden at the MA
ssss edge BY denss growth Of naagyovs
esshes, asked the nasives-~SSngi Ia
zs,-~Are there no Inhabitants aud
the answer was. YES thers are plenty Of
people there, bat they are Wild set Of fsl-
lOws, and live mostly in the hills. rot das-
ing 10 cone to the sea-shore.~ Ths man
who gave me this answer was an elderly
u,2n. Of very grave cast Of eoantenance,
and had. apparently, taken = great liking
to ne. and eoatiauslly advised NE as
~Nunyu Turanga~-0y chief had that
morning given him nsw clay pipe. which
be had carefully preserved. BY inserting
the stem in slit in the lobe Of O0e Of his
ears While sitting beside me. and eO1-
versins together. as vel as my knowledge
Of the language would aIlow-oaly few
minutes after his remark that bad people
of this part Of the coast scarcely ever came
down to the shore. there came whizzlng
sound. and a reed arrow frvni the shore
struck the bowl Of the pipe which hung in
ny frie-d's ear. shivezing it to atouns.
Pausing for an instant to look at the fras-
ments OF the pipe. he seized the musket
which lay by NY side. and fred it into the
bush. in the direction from which the ar
row bad come IdOn't think any o0s was
hurt, bat that they were scared pretty bad.
was evident. As we saw a number OF the
uasires seramhEng up to their village on
the heights in great haste.
We arrived At Mall about ten oeleek
that night. in drenehing rain. We were
provided, however, with tarpAulins; pro
vidsd, more especially. doubtless. TO pro-
tect the trade more than ourselves, but
We got under them and escaped the rain.
Tui-Nai. rather elderly man, was on the
beach to receive Is. and the rain had. by
this tine, quite ceased We found that
the 5iets-ls-ntsr house and our own quar-
ters had been Completed. and, attended BY
the chief and lighted with the blazing
kzaa-HaEziia1s call them klnsGklua-
the sheath in which lies concealed the
yo0ng eoeoanuts. until. bursting asander,
it exposes tas cluster Of nuts to the ripen-
ing warmth Of the sun These cocoanut
sheaths, Is l Term them. were very dry
when they fell OF frum the tree, and the
natives always gathered them to use Is
illuminat0rs- The oil Of the tree-nOw
quite an article Of commerce explains the
reason Why these dsGs burned so brightly.
When We got into the house that had
been bailt for our residence, We found it
everything that We could desire. The
mats % the floor we're foot in thickness.
and fne iH texture After changing our
clothes, Gslg0RG (azal was announced, and
tie chef AID Brown, each drank eoeoa-
nutshell faI OF the mixture. but ny pre-
vi0us experiences Of the taste Of this favor
ite Polynesian stim1Iant. led ne to decline
the flowing bowl Then cane smoking
hot supper First several kinds Of 6zh-
some boiled, others broiled on the Goals,
AID others again, cooked in leaves. Is Is
common in HaEafi-neL Next, the pieos
ds rsssss1Hcs, as the French say-a small
pig. cooked under gr0a1d. with taro. szeet
potatoes and bread-fruit- The feast wouDd Z
aP With rGka-lOlO-Poi and eOacoanut milk
and rsLE1-s0s0- bananas stuffed with gra-
ted coeoanaL After all. the inevitable Sc
Izku- and then 70 bed The chief slept
EIlh u tie first night on the shore Of Mali
bay After BrOzn and | had stretched 4
ourselves 0at on the yieIding mats, old !
Tsi-Maii had another bosI Of angina, and
beiorz drinking il. the priest-ihe chiefs /
never 20 anywhere without an attendant
priest-n4de . prayer to the k1iz, or spirit
The FgiiAnz do not worship idols, and |
never saE Al image among them Bat
they are thorough spiritaaIizts. and believe
thar they are constantly surrounded By the
spirits Of their dissmbOlied ancestors and /
kiend=. and to these they pay Each l
toSn has. IN soms central spot, elevated on
high fo1adAtion Of stones. 20 as to over
top al other hO1zez- tastefaIly construct
ed bat snzIlzizsd hoase, which ( called
the Vas H5nTs- Note how cIoss the rs-
ssmblznes of the n4ns to Halk Pnk-the
Hawaiian, for house Of prayer Into the
Fin ho1se Of prayer, 10 female Z allowed
to snter. The chies aud elder nen Of the
town meet there Ia the evenings, and often
spend the whole night there, drinking an
g9aa and taking -poIitiez"
Tie saSstanee q the prayer Of Tui-ylz-
is priest va, as k-F a ny oEn knosiedgs
q tie language. zad the assistance / r.
esiFe9 from Br5sn. a. foIIoEs: Thou
spirit Formerly of earth. bat Bow relieved
from the ties of the body-IIssea fhou 70