, 1876-04-05
4 HAWAIIAN CONTRIBUTION.


Curious Japantbo O0PF OF no"01tcnvR
Navigator 10 dso Sent 10 tho Ucnacla-
mini.
Honolulu t17drdf1 Gd.ttD,
Perhaps tho most remarkable OF tho contribu-
tionn OF Hawaii 10 the Cootonn!al Exhibition
sEs couple Of ,s g0o%s: sesooss Of 9ssse
which aro ssnt BY tho Rev. Dr.. Damon, ,ot
thus city. The work IL ono Of twenty coploa
vhict, vera al made tJ hand, aud with lncredi-
bio neatnoae hud skill. IL Japan about twenty
umca We find this inscription TO Friend.
presont from hls Japanese friend, John
1tung." Tho book in mritten on thin paper,
NARY Uhtneao and Japauoeo ssyls. Tho work
Is illustrated With pictures and diagrams, ono OF
which Ia very isughaole, representing m ancient
mariner in tie oct OF taxing tho SUD-. Ihe
tended to DO foreign, ~ he wears pair Of huge
opsutets, and his Sihege Ia adorned With abort
beard, but tho tr1spressible instincts Of the
artist manifest themselves ,,.n IN = general
pieturos % 10 stands 10 an unstable sort
81 q way, holding hts so1tant in bis right haud,
while he squintu st The vcrniee through one tyo.
In front of him Is large basin hllod With Some
xon and tho auu. which g'ares doxn from tho
upper corner Of tbs page. Tho translator OF tho
book lfung, nov known as Capt Mungoro, has
had most checkored and eventual career. About
EDC y0A1 1c33t HuG0 u0 NAa HnlLH . IVY AH Nhb VII
board OF flaMng-junk which wae blown or
to SEA aud wreckod on m uninhhbited island.
There ho aad his companions romAined for
aiI months, Hlou ho and two otherB were
Uovland, and brought TO Honolulu. Ills com
radca remained tere, and MunR went on with
Capt. Whitfield to tho United statos and re-
nained theFe 8eTcral yours, whcro ho received
giving especial attention 10 tho science Of nayi-
cation. At tho time Of tho California gold ex-
element Capt. Whittleld's protege joLnod tho
vast crowd that aookod thithes. but, nko many
anoer Tss ~ as It,
wnlian Islands. Ho WAS owhomcsick and wanted
to sec Lis mother, Of whom he had, OF course,
board nothing doing. biz long abaenco. So
MI. Damon. although fearing that bta life would
DO forfeited upon his roturn, in accordance With
tho stern Japanese law thon In existence, raised
a small fund by subscription, and fitted him out
with whalc-boas, q so1tans, DoWdltchs Nay
iga.or, nautical almanac, and othoE supplies.
board tho Sarah Boyd, Capt. Whsmore, for
his native land. ue managed to smuggio
himself into tho country BY way OF the Loo
Choo Islands. but was taken by the Government
and kept In sort OF honorable confinement for
over two years, during which time ho busted him
eolf with thu formidable task Of translating
Dowditch's Navigator Into bis uatiye tongue.
He Was then released. and hastcned to
sec hla mothor. Aftor comforting her
and mado n7 officer Of Government, with tho
'priylaao Of woariug two swords. aud w;,s onl-
ployed as instructor In tho art Of bodybuilding,
for whicl, bis Honolulu whale-boat served al
model. When tho Kandinmartah MAS hero IN
1860, Mung was on board as intorpzotor for the
embaesy, with tho rank OF Captain Ia tho
Imperial Navy. Tho first thing ho did after
Damon, to whom he rocountod hia romantlo nd
vontnroB, and to whom, In token Of his graf
itude for many sorylees rendered he presented
the Japanese copy OF the Navigator, Of bits own
TRANSLATION, now boforo us, and q costly and
curious aword oyor 900 yoars old. Mr.. Damon
now sends tho two volumes ia tho Coptonnial
Exhibition aftef which We trust they will be ro-
turned to this country and deposited in the
Government Library, OF somc other equally sait-
ahln nlbca.