The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1869-06-29

side herself we're saved n few days
sic Lad recovered from Der exhaustion,
and uuiil lately She Wa living to tel
,ha wonderful story oi her exploits
Har3ly less surprising than this are
tie feais Of ,he natives 10 lising TIE
gsesi clipper SHIPS that sail between
CAlifoFnia and China. in the six and
tea trade, touch frequently for passen
gers At The roadsteAd Or outer hay u
Hon, lulu, anehoring in len or fifteen
intho,as oi water v Nhile lying in this
xposed condition. they some lines part
their cables under the pressure Of
squalls, aud leave q valuable anchor up
on the coral reef When, as il ocoas-
ionaliy happens. the buoy line is not
strong enough TO raise il again, il be
comes necessary to send dowu native
diver with a strong rope Passing this
around his left arm he pluuges into the
water, holding in bis hands stone OF
twenty OF thirty pounds in weight. ~
This carries him rapidly 10 the bottom
he saves his strength and breath for
the work Of fastening the rope to the
huke Of the anchor have known di-
yers to do this job at depth Of over
ninety feet Water at this depth pres.
ses with force OF three atmospheres,
or no less than forty-fve pounds to the
square inch, pressure which amounts
to the incredible figure Of fifty tons up
on the surface Of man Of average size.
Were not this tremendous weight 50
eqalIy applied to The divers whole body
il would Instantly kill him; aud, in-
decd, le blows ike a porpoise when he
retarns 10 the surface, and the blood
olton streams flom bis mouth and nos
trils Divers seldom remain under wa
ter over two minutes at a time,
A common amusement with our ma
val officers, stationed at Hawaiian ports
when silver half and quarter dollars
were more plenty than now, used to be
to throw CONS from the quarter deck
into the water, for the native lads to
dive after These active mermen new
er fail to catch the silver bait before it
reaches the bottom, too many Of them
chance to bump their heads over it at
once, like fishes darling at crumb.
Only one drawback exists to the per-
feet safety OF enjoyment in these wa
ters-the occasional presence Of sharks,
who sometimes attack and deyour the
swimmers. Were there any sharks ? is
the usual question that the old people
put to their young barbarians at play,
as they return from the seaside; and
have more than once heard the mourn
ful wall resound through village
Pau ka ma no Pau ka ina no
| KILLED by a shark But these catas.
trophies are rare, especially of late years
for the ferocious animals of the sea,
like those of the forest, seem to feel, in
some occult way, the presence Of civil
ization, and retreat before their enc.
mics to distant regions Sharks, how
ever, are abundant in most of the war.
mer parts OF the Pacific Ocean. / have
seen them, even as far south as New
: Zealand, flock in hundreds around 0
whale ship while the crew were "cutt.
ing in" monster sperm whale, and
fed upon the fragments that they bold
ly tore from the monster carcass.
In the streams that empty into nearly
all the Island bays, the natives finish
the sports which they commence in th'
sea, freeing themselves from the stick,
salts that the brine deposits upon th'
bather's skin. One of the favorite pas
times is walking on their hands through
| the water, exhibiting only pair Of leg
tui med upward as they cross the shal
low stream.
The Hawaiian rivers abound in falls
: which tho natives utalize, not as Emil
: privileges" but for amusement. Strip
ping themselves to the marc, or marrow
girdle about the loins, they plunge int
! the stream, aud allow themselves to b,
: clrried down with the torrent OF cas-
J cade, sometimes fifteen or twenty fee
~ heighth, into the deep pool below
: Rising again, they float along to th
brink Of a second fall, and 90 over it il
the same way. Then, emerging fror
the foam unhurt, they make their va
: 70 the first cascade, and begin th
round again.
In some Of the volcanic districts c
Hawaii, the larger island Of the grour
there are caves and ponds filed wit
warm water maintained at a uniforr
temperature of from so ? to 1909 Fab
by the eessaless action Of sub;erranea
fires The underground pools are th
warmest Nothing can be at once NOR
strange and delightful than a bath Il
! one Of these warm caves. Guides con
duct you hundred yards or NOR