Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-01-08
EVENING STAR.
SATURDAY.. ..Ianuary -. Is-G-
The Kanakas

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| LIFE IN KING kALAKAUA's cAFTrAI-
/ HOW THE PEOPLE RIDs AND RAT
yIioIseosck riding seems natural % the
nSWallans, and they dash along streets and
roads IN troops and cavRlcadeS which M the
al Win DUST and them with del ght. The
women al ride man fashioned, neatly tuck
~ thtlr long, Moving robes beneath them.
ana being as bold and expert in the saddle as
thelr male mates. They often ride wffhouf
-, t or Yer teet, and have spurs attached
10 tbelr bare heels, which they use most Wig
orOusiy on their poor animals. on marked
uaAs-Saturuay afternoOnS-there are nrtsn
a. !, any rs three or four hundrcdeQuestrians
n me hsh market, down beside tue bav in
an old portion Of the city. They ride All kinds
OF Old nags, and come from all parts OF the
country, and make that occasion a regular
The fair damsels generally dress In their
best bib and tucker that day. put on hose
and shoes which their liberty loving feet
arhor and abominate at home; wear white
underskiris and hats wreathed with flowers
or flying long red or blue ribbons. Nearly
ali the men and women wreath their hats
ana necks with yellow flowers. and some
times with roses and a kind OF berry. one
afternoon i saw native woman dressed in
rich SILK robes, wearing a costly hat and
Kids, come 10 the market in "A barOuc che aud
get out and push her way among the crowd
with her more common sisters
The fish market is a scene OF lively excite
ment after O'Clock. when the IaborerS cease
work and come In To swell the crowd OF ami
nation. The market is "A large open Shei b.
slde the water, and containing numerous
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kinds Of fruit are also for sale aui when
left-the middle OF OctOber-there were
plenty OF hne icy mountain wRtermelOnS in
tht market The FISH are OF all kinds paru-
nar To the waters about the Islands tn..
muliet being the finest. Some Kinds o.
Shrimps are brought from the mplgfains
ooNe mp IN tarO leaves. Several thnlSaud
persons Will crowd into the market in the
space of Two or three hours. ana az the end
or that time leave IL bare aud solitary. The
bellies and beauN may be seen among The
CASING ul1nenG
other, amid all the excitement aud business
tiOns.
The sOrriest dogs ] ever saw are 10 re seen
around that very market Nothing can
equal Them outside OF COnstantinople. Each
u"S - expected TO remain beside its own
particular stall and devour only such DIAL
a. falls toitS lot. But some OF those dogs
are wandering Arabs, and in addition to eat
ing everything given them by their own
masters, 60 around 10 other stalls aud steal
all they can lay their mouths on: aud one or
two or them have become so largeand tough
that very few other dogs dare tackle them
The manner OF eating among the kauakaS
Is almost shocking to our ideas OF usage and
proprlety. Around the cities and villages,
ana where they can get IL, they will eat
meat and bread, but their staple food is mol
and raw fish. The pol is made of the taro
root, which grows Ike turnip, with a Gala
lily TOP, and Ia muddy patch, and i pound
81 M fine and put into q large calabaSh 10
feTment. 1t las rOOtish taste, and Is some
what soar. The natives mix 70 with water.
and then whole family will squat around
the calabaSh in the center of the room. Be-
fore eating they sometimes rinse the fingers
with water. The way l saw woman do
this one morning was by taking mOuthful
OF water out OF small calabaSh, then squirt
Ing ~ out OF her mouth over her fingers. then
she sat down, aud, plunging her fingers into
the pol, stirred IL around aud thrust into her
mouth what chung TO the fingers. Aud thus
they each and all eat pol with the first two
myers, men, women, and children sitting
around and eating from the same calabash.
In Ike manner they eat the raw fish with
their fingers from the same dish. They live
Ia this manner all over the islands.-lSJ
FrG9lciScO CTrOaictC.