The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1884-10-08
In Quarzutiae At visO

In the lIZIrgtto precincts round the island
are ms0red some eighteen or twenty steamers
AID sailing vessels Of all nations, all flying the
yellow flag, whose crews are permitted to land
and take such diversion IS they can find on the
Island Our whole party were proceeding
somewhat gliIy to our prison house, one
st1risd, blrrack-Iiks building, nearly in the
centre Of tie island when, as We passed I very
obvious English ssaflring person who seemed
To regard Us with compassionate glance, we
asked him what sort Of accommodations there
might be. he was the Scotch mate of ship
whose crew were spending the day on the is-
land His answer was impressively delivered
in i ssPulcHrli voice, ''Sir, /. Is simply awful
The Scotch gentleman vas right. We were
ushsret into the house and were straichsway
salutsd By such an odur, as even I, who have
faced many bad cue, have never vet encount-
cred the Ike Of. To the meaHest intelligence
It vas Obvious that = cesspool lay close UNDER
Meath the tscdye5 flooring Of the house, and
this turned cut 70 be the case-l capaci0us
cesspccl H. as gsographsrs say Of volcanoes,
''fCll and permanent activity" existed IN the
very centre sf the house Il vas explained 70
Is lfterwaTd By tie medical 0Scer Of the esta-
| u.IsEmsEt that an escape pipe therefrum had
been stopped % for some time, bot this did
not seem 70 Es tg mend the matter much
When we had somewhat recovered our cut
ragged senses We looked about Us aud saw that,
IN regard to dirt, decay neglect aud dilapid1-
-i1u- tie walls, f1Crs and windows Of this
| gael, f1r the IlaCcsut, wers n harmony with
the sanitary arrIuggueats- After great trou-
BE, for the prisou-Lcuse was crowded, the
| four ladies' Of cur party were provided with
! four wTzicbet beds IN q room still more
Ergtclsd On the -rGtui foor IN smaller
and not less miserable apartment We two men
were glad q be thrust. The furniture Of our
ruou consisted solely Of two broken-backed
| IrCu bedsteadss cue Of which when It was
| touched fell n two. The bed-cI0ihes I would
rather rGt describe. The plaster on the walls
| had IN the course Of years fallen away, and
| lzy, some gift, On the uuswept foor, thick with
| dust and encountered with cigarette ends and
| 1lts Ct waste CT svsTy horrible kind. There
! vas neither table nor chair, nor a chest Of
| drawers, nor "a EashEtaud, the ceiling was
| hung with dEzt-lldeu cobWebs, the walls,
I stained with patches Of black and green mould
were gTimv beyCud description With great
/ 1Ir1culty ne procured l cracked basin and an
/ apology for Jug We raised clouds Of dust IN
| irving q sweep tie floor ourselves: We brihed
/ IN overwsr&zd attendant 20 break Of for Is
/ few square inches Of an already frameless aad
backlezs looking glass Of his own. Only one
/ alienation Ct tie aEominzbls stare Of this den
| did I per-iETs- there we're two windows oppo-
| site 70 each other, and both Of them had far
mCrE LTgseu-out paEes than sound cues. Il
/ Ezs clear that some previous inmates, mad
de1zd with the evil od0rs, which We observed
| 70 be aEgrayated N the night season, had
rushed frznueally to the easements and in
| Proved the ventilation sGmmarily. Is the
walls q Dungeons are found scribblsd With
| the Duplaiuts and Lamentations Of imprisoned
Wretches, so we're the walls Of this quarantine
Dungeon written over With the indignant pro-
tests q Its former inmates, and i IS historical
evidence Ct the uegisct that has so long lain
over this island llLarett5 that some Ct these
Inscriptions hear date besEeea 1865 and so.
I vas t1lf q 1ue dated 1857, bat did not see
It The fgod arrangements we're far better
Ihan the lodging, aud both we're distinctly
cheap-ws paid bot - Cd each day. Still
there mast have been a large pr06t, for there
were but tEo meals . day, taken IN Common At
II AID s, besides the universal cup Of morning
cE1colztgs AID tie food vas such as Spanish
PEASANTS eat-Is9t az fssr, steEed and fired fish,
al beautifully favored with onion and garlic
and cuoked with oiI-Londi57E Tfmss