The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1883-03-31

b0In Climate aud weather. Nothing can be more
plainly ludierous than the plaintive tone and
~dexteriiy with which 4 martyr ola hot day or an
unusually cool one excuses himself and his lazi-
ness or procrastination.
The top layer Of Garth with which Fort street
has been covered, serves the double purpose OF
compacting the newly laid metal. and deadeninr
the sound OF passing vehicles. So quiet was 1t
yesterday on that street near Merchant, that the
steam roller could be distinctly heard as it passed
up and down smoothing Of the work.
Those who are not accustomed to rising
early probably lose many more sights, as
we'll as many more advantages, THAI they
are aware OF, which the early riser enjoys.
Among the most pleasing of these sights
which a devotee of Morpheus would be
most likely to miss is the harbor and shin
ping as II appears in the r~efulgence and
tranquility of a calm, clear morning Just
ere the full flood of the beams of the sun
breaks over the hills or mountains of Oahu
in the eastward. There is usually then no
stir along the wharves or among the various
craft upon the waters of the port, save
that here and there a solitary spectator of
the serene phenomenon of nature appears,
perhaps, upon the deck of some vessel, or
lettering leisurely along the ESplanade.
There Is n pleasure in contemplating every
cheerful aspect of nature, which seems To
impart a kind of elevation to hearts of re-
finement and Sensibility. During the day,
under the oppressive, realistic light of a hot
sun ANA in the turmoil, dust and hurry of
business, the whaTves and shipping GER
tainly lose much of that attractive sheen
and beauty which the mellow rayS of a
fair dawn invariably cast like a veil of en-
chantment around them. Then the prows
of the great ships, the masts tinted at the
top with golden beams, the nets of the fish
ernan spread out to dry, the small Tshing
boat, the native canoe, the placid water
and The rough quay and docks, are eudued
with the poetry of nature and speak of the
sentiment of its charm and loveliness.
A great deal of interest has been awakened in
Europe by the exhibition at the Royal Aquarium
in London OF II strange, hairy littlc being claimed
10 be the missing link between the human and
animal creation, of which we have already made
mention. krho, as the creature - named.
il described ar "A very bright luokrug intelligent
girl oil about seven years of age. Sine MAS caught
in Il forest near Laos in Siam. and brought 10
England by il noted traveller and writer. Mr..
Carl Book, Il Norwegian. who has been exI lnrins
Siam aud states to the northeast. Hearing in
various quarters of tie existence oi il race OF hairy
people, similar in appearance Ia IL family kept at
the court of Munialay. he offered II reward tor
the "a lIure of ii specimen and secured this crea-
turc along with ii male that appeared to he
her father. Tue cyes of the child are large.
dark and lustr0us the nose Is latteued. ;he nos
tTils scarcely showing. The checks are tai and
pouci-like, but the chief popularity is the strong
and abundant hair all over the body. On the head
il is black, thick and straight, and grows over the
eyebrows and is continued in whi-ker-lIke locks
down the cheeks. The rest OF the face is COW
cred with a fine dark, downy hair. and the
shoulders and arms have Il covering OF hair from
one to one and a half inches long. When we
commented upon the remarkable creature in n
former issue of the ADVERTISER, we were led to
associate this remarkable hairy semi-human being
with certain remarkable wild women described
IN the romance of Laksamana. Those beings are
the creation OF imagination and We have over
looked Tie statements al TACT as recorded la a
lecture delivered by Mr.. W. NJ. Gibson before
the Gengra phical Society of New York and as set
forth III Il book entitled - The Prison OF Wcltev-
rcdcI or Il Glance at tie East Indian Archi-
pelago. In the lecture aud the book there is n
lull and particular description Of II hairy race OF
human beings only capable nt imperfect articuln-
ton, and found in The swampy recessess OF the Is
land OF Sumatra. Much skepticism at the time was
entertained OF the description Of these people by
the traveller, but the Dutch writer De Sturler has
confirmed the statement made by Mr.. Gibson
and 1t has been declared that Il similar race was
to be found in the interior of the vast continental
island OF Borne Now we lave confirma-
ton Of these statements about theke wild hairy
people to be found in the Businesses of the great
Malay islands. by the accounts now well anthem
ticated Of hairy wild races found near Laos
in SIainese territory. Il parent country Of the
Malay islands.