Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-01-28
Life In King Eaiasaaa's Capital.

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Horseback riding seems natural to TIE
llawaiians, and they dash along streets and
roads in troops and calyacades which fill the
air with dust and them with delight. The
women all ride man-iaShi0n, neatly tucking
| their long. flowing robes beneath them. and
/ being as bold and expert in the saddle as
/ their male mates They often ride without
shoes On their feet, and have spurs attached
to their bare heels which they use most vigor-
ously on their poor animals. On market
/ days-Saturday aftern0ons-there often as
/ many as three or four hundred eQuestrians
at the fish. market, down beside the bay, in
an Old portion OF the city. They ride all
/ kinds of old nags and come iiom all parts
/ OF the country, and make that occasion a
regular gala day.
The iair damsels generally dress in their
best bib and tucker that day, put on hose
and shoes which their liberty-loying feet
abhor and abominate at home, wear white
undcrskirts and hats wrcathed with flowers
/ OF flying long red or blue ribbons Nearly
all the men ani women wreath their hats
and necks with yellow flowers, and some
times with roses and kind of berry. One
afternoon | saw native woman dressed il
rich silk robes wearing costly hat and
kids, come to the market in a barouche and
get out and push her way among the crowd
with her more common sisters.
The fish market il a scene Of lively excite.
ment after O'Clock, when the laborer,
cease work and come in to swell the crowd
of animation. The market Is large open
shed beside the water. ana containing mum
erous stalls for FISH and meat, fresh and salt
All kinds of fruit are also for sale, and wher
left-the middle Of October-there were
plenty Of fine icy mountain watcrmelons il
the market The fish are of all kinds pc
| culiar to the waters about the island, III,
mullet being the finest. some kind o
shrimps are brought from the mountain.
done up in taro leaves. Several Thousand
persons will crowd into the market in TIN
space of two or three hours, and at the end U
that time leave it bare and solitary. Tn
bellies and beaux may be seen among tn
crowd casting sweet sly gances at eacl
other, and amid all the excitement and busi
ness Of the occasion carrying on desperate
firtati0ns.
The sorriest dogs ever saw are to be seel
around that very market. Nothing cal
equal them outside Of Constantinople. Fac
dog Is expected to remain beside It's owl
particular stall and devour only such oili
a falls to its lot. Bat some OF these dog
are wandering Arabs, and in addition /
eating every thing given them by their ow
masters, 60 around to other stalls and stea
all they can lay their mouths on, and on
or two of them have become 50 large an
tough that very few others dogs dare taekl
them.
The manner of eating among the hanaka
Is almost shocking to our ideas of usag
and propriety. Among the cities and vi
lages, and where they can get 1t, they wi
eat meat and bread. but their staple food
poi and raw fish. The poi is made of tn
taro root, which grows like tulip, with
Gala lily top, and in muddy patch. and
pounded up fine and put into calabash
ierment. 1t has rootish taste and is some
what sour. The natives mix t with watcl
/ and then whole family will squat aroun
the calabash in the centre of the room. b