The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1873-05-10

49, E@E@N- - 1879
: Whitney for similar fayors per -ht6raskd.
q The report came BY the schooner Ka MOI, on
4 Thursday morning. that Captain McGregor of the
KTlauea was severely injured by q fall, on the pss-
sage up. The MOI Ksiki. now due, may bring
particulars -
misunderstanding over a year ago, we i'm
ported a cage-fnIl Of sparroWs from Australia, and let
them 20 in the Hotel yard. We have never heard Of
them since. until one day this week, H. G. Crabbe,
Esq, informed US that he had discovered a pair max
ing a nest in q tree near His Majesiy's seaside cot
tage at Waikiki. -
LENSETs. The pretty little Californis linnets,
whose pleasant twitter is so melodious among the
trees and s~hrubbery Of the town, ere a nuisance and
q scourge to the rice planter. While the rice is qnite
young and before it has hardened in the husk, the
tiny linnets are TO be seen in focks in the rice fields,
perched upon the stalks of grain, which they effeotu-
ally clean out" Somebody advises TO import
hawks to clean out the ~linnets. but they would go
for the chickens-we tried them once.
FRE-PLrGs.-During the past week, the various
FIRE plugs in the city have undergone a change,
which appears te have evoked considerable adverse
criticism. While they were formerly on q level with
the street, they have now been built up with brick
and cement TO the height of six inches or more,
making an ~ungainly appearance, and, as they are
mostly in the carriage-wny, may prove a serious
obstruction. whereby a capsize is not unlikely to
occur. In such o contingency, or that of a broken
leg of a pedestrian of a dark night, who is to pay the
damage -
JCBT-ANT GUANO DIGGERS.-Yesterday some sixty
natives who recently returned from Starbuck ISL
and, paraded through the streets in a body with
flags aying, and paid a visit to the store of T. II.
Davies rSu a0apf of tho Etono C,u,nony for
whom they gave three hearty cheers, and then
marched on to q grand feast prepared at Kaulu-
wela. The men were all dressed alike with brand
new clothes, and badges on their breasts, and were
a hearty, strong looking set. They expressed them
selves as well satisfied with their treatment at the
Company's Island. -
EMMA SQUARE-Now that, thanks to the repeated
hints of the press and the exertions of Judge Mont
gomery, this one only breathing-place of the city is
supplied with seats, Emma Square is becoming more
than ever u favorite resort of Saturday afternoons,
to hear the Government band. About five O'Clock
one may there find the wealth, rank and beauty of
our island metropolis, in carriages, on horseback or
on foot, filling the street in front of the enclosure,
while there are sitting accommodations inside for
seventy-fve to q hundred ladies and children. And
then the music is really fine. The band master must
be Industrious and the men apt scholars, for we
have new pieces every time they appear. The moral
effect of these concerts cannot be otherwise than
beneficial. Says Shakespeare
"The man that hath no II usc in himself,
nor is not mov'd with concord OF sweet sounds,
3, nj TOR D,t treas 50 str rl and sPGils'
And his a ;sctons dark as EIebus;
A HAZARDOUS VoYAGE.-By papers received q
short time ago, we noticed that a little craft called
the Dolphin, was to start some time in April from
San Diego, Cal, for a voyage to Japan, hunting the
sea otter. Yesterday this yenturesome little craft
entered our harbor, reporting "a days passage, all
well. From the San Diego Union we copy the fol-
lowing regarding the Dolphin and her proposed
voyage: !
"The sloop Dolphin, by which this perilOus voyage
is to be made, is in fact a mere cockle-shell, measur-
ing only thirty feet from stem to stern, ten feet beam,
and three feet three inches depth of hold. She is
built sharp at both ends, and is capable of carrying
about eight tons. The Dolphin is not much longer \
than an ordinary sized whale boat, only instead Of
being open she has been decked over. There are two
hatchways in the deck; one. the main hatchwaY
being in the centre of the deck; the other, over what
is intended to be the cabin.
'FThe cabin is simply three hunks built in a TRAN
gle, the hunks forming the sides of the triangle fol-
lowing the curvature of the vessel and joining at the
feet; the bunk forming the base of the triangle ex-
tending from side to side. Above the latter there is
still another bunk, between which and the beams of
the deck there is barely room for a mans body. A
man-hOle in the deck Immediately astern of the after
h~atchway has been provided for the helmsman. The
deck is flush with the gunwale.
1.-The Dolphin was built in San Francisco, and is
commanded by Capt. Davis. In her voyage to Japan
she will be manned by four men, including her COM
mander. She viii be supplied with water and provis-
to serve six months, the supply of the former
to 800 gallons. Her cargo viii consist of
two tons of coarse salt, implements for hunting the
sea otter and curing the skins, and provisions for the
cruise.
"This hazardous voyage is undertaken by these
hardy and daring men for the purpose of hunting
the sea otter, the skin of which is very valuable on
account of the excellence of the fur. The sea otter is
exceedingly plenty off the coast of Japan, and the
adventures expect to succeed in securing a full
cargo of skins. With fair wind and weather, Capt.
Davis expects to make the passage in six weeks time,
as the Dolphin is a fast sailer, being regarded as one
Of the fastest vessels, large or small, on the Pacific
coast. He has every confidence of making a safe and
quick voyage. The little vessel he regards as being
safer than a large vessel. She is certainly as staunch
as a vessel well can be. and has been thoroughly
for the present voyage I
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The Asinus Americans.
lated by the novelist, James Fenimore Cooper, in a
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