The Hawaiian gazette., 1869-04-14
A Voyage TO the Fijiis.
SUArsZ FIFTEEN

eminent divine Of the State Of New York
the name. which Is. or Was. $ well-kuOxr
one IN religious circles. l care not tc
mention Kept under the ztricseSt and
{ Eost severe religi1zs snd scholastic disci,
I pine by his f.tssr. his spirit rebellsd. and
rebe-liag, he ran a~ay and shipped in !
whaIsr- BE sooa found, however, that he
had not chosen the lsaz; Of the two evils,
bu; had, in fact, Jumped Oai Of the frying
. pan into the IRE. go one fine evening.
While the ship was ring of aud or near
one Of the FIN Islands. he quietly slipped
ovec0oard and S<an on shore- He sAs
IdDdly reeeiysl by Sks natives. taken into
TIE household Of the chief. was given one
Of his daughters 70 wife. besides numerous
/ other female attendants as be termed
them, and L fact, vas made 3 real chief.
He had eooforued 70 all the native ems
toms excep: the practice Of eannibalism.
Somewhat TO nv disgust, however. he &C
knOEiedged that he had once. out Of cur
osity- tasted = piece Of human flesh. and
he declared with emphasis. that the favor
was more exquisite than anything IN the
shape Of fish. flesh Or fowl that had ever
crossed his palate Noting, perhaps, by
nv eountsnance, that be had not struck
upon particularly pleasing topic, he added,
But there Is 10 more canuibalisu carried
on in NJ district have strictly forbid
den it anong ny people, and We now have
fsr or 20 wars
W people. Here was the sou Of an
American D. D. highly educated among
the re6lsmeutz sud Injuries Of civilized
society content TO spend the best days of
his Iif=-he vas under tseuty-fve-amoug
savags=- He never associated with the
Other foreigners Who lived On the group,
and he spoke Of them eoutemptuouSIy. as
= low, vulgar set OF bcutss- Did be never
think Of returning to his home again I
asked Yes. he might possibly do so. at
some remote period, whenever the charm
Of his present kind Of life should pass
away, bat nov he was happy and content
ed in his izIazd ehieftansbip, enjoying the
society Of hIs numerous wives, and over
seeing the work Of his tenantry.
After tEo or three hours conversation,
il which he more than ever strengthened
NJ determination TO remain OF the Islands.
# possible, he bid Is goodbye. I have
never seen him since. bat have heard with
in the pas. few years. that he had left the
Islands, returned to New York and settled
dozn as civilized nan once more What
= vivid picture he =oaId be able to give Of
Life II FIN, from an inside view.
As the evening shades drew on, Gipsy
jim. still drunk. got upon his feet and
staggered cat Of the door, and that was
the last We saw Of him 1 bouutifgI sup
per vas served TO Gs in our tent-az it
might be caIed-aud then. after smoke.
We wandered Of into dreamIand. And 50
e1ded ny first day IN ReEs, in the eharac-
ter Of e dezertsr.
The next morning. an hour before day
light, ous Of our uatehers-for we were
constantly watched, sleeping or waking
EftIng the mosquit9-6ar brought message
from Philips TO the effect that now was
= safe time to 90 out and bathe end enjoy
the fresh air. This privilege Eas gladly
avaiIed Of and sooa We we're diving and
swimming sboat IN the river, which runs
very near 10 the chiefs house. I had I
swan TO the opposite oank and was anus
ing myself, as had often done in boyhood, /
By floating on ny back jim, whose edu-
cation in the at Of swimming had been .
soueEh4t neglected. had not vsntgred be- I
You'd the shoaI water near the shore Sud 4
denly be shouted to ne 70 look at this .
great eel, swimming On top Of the water"
I was angry with him for making such .
noise. which feared zould betrzy our
presence to the people Of the town. and 1
With fsz strokes I brought up With the /
creature Catching It By the neck I aanz
It. vrithiDg, right Oh 70 jim. a. be lay pad
ding IN the shallow water. at the same
tire remarking, What DO y0q want to
make s1eh q noise for, all about q water
su4ks?- He did not stay 70 argue the
quesuoa, bit scrambled to the shore IN al
haste, IeaTing the Supposed -eel- to depart
in the opposite direction eqa4lly scared
With jim
On the eoazt Of Wanna Lew. l lad often
seen these Ezter-snzkez. swimming along
o. the top Of the water. They are some
tines FIVE or 81 feet in length. and swim
with = Eigziinz motion, the head erect
They are qaite harmless, fact which ! had
learned from the natives. and hence ny
5oldness Il seizing tie creature By the
neck and aingng II apon Jim, who, ignO-
rant Of itz nature, Ezs terribly frightened (
At the word snake.
While jim returned TO the house I f0at-
ed down The stream 70 vale mbgrs," near
The bo7ss AZ The Efuz- Fr,m thenes the