The Hawaiian gazette., 1884-10-01

where now Is the recent approved theory Of mod
ern Geology That supposes II proved that The
eontnents IN geologic times have always been In To-
cality and outline, substantially as We see them AZ
the present day, only enlarged from epoch epoch
At the tentacular touch of science . the frreat
Pacific Ocean continent of the Hawaiian Board Of
oenealoey Is Drought up from deep sea soundings
lofty eminence above all the Wanted mountain
heights of Alps or HimaIayas The old Hawaiian
legend OF Maui fishing up the land from ocean
depths must retire into the oblivion BETTING the
dark ages Of Hawaiian superstition. Wills rno,e-n
hawaiian tentacular science sublimely brings TO
light this Pacific Continent of the years raet win
its peaks $500 feet above the level of the sea Il
IS noticeable too, that that old legend of Mani and
his hsh hooks, NOV in the Government Nnsennn
has been edited in new version to suit the ten
tacular science Of the Board of Genealogy
Not only are Hawaiian mountains the very tall
est specimens of such heights lifted above The
common level of the earth, but the Hawaiian race
IS the very oldest in the category of nations .Tbe
New Lealanders, or what are determined by them
seIves me naorf are of very recent origin. Their
genealogy dates from that of Hema, to the son Of
Aikanaka, Of the Hawaiian Geneaogy. or the sgI5tb
descendant from Lailai, the FIRST procenitor ~ tbs
Hawaiian race" That story in the Christian
Scriptures of the birth of Jesus about forty gener
atoms after Abraham, who was born about twenty
generations after Adam, bears no comparison with
these far-reaching chronological researches of tbe
tentacular science of tie Board of Genealogy of
Hawaiian Chiefs" We owe the preservati9n1 ~
its interesting pieces of iuformatiouto ssXRmokn
lki, colleague in the same school with David
Malo, under the tuition of Auwaa the GREAT bisto
RAN" But some doubt is insiuuated In regard to
the p, rfect truthfuness of her peneaIopirsi yorI
from the discredit put upon David Nalofs oeneai
ogy. We learn from this report that David MaIo
and all the other authors on genealocy scommenca
their genealogy at Kumuhonua, the SID genera
ton from Laiai, in order to conform as Il were
as near as can be approached TO the ScriptnraI or
Jewish Chronological table of generations But
II David Malo yielded to such a temptation TO
falslty historical verities in the interest of a de-
sired agreement with the records of other nations
is it not probable that in the interest Of r,oer,,
tentacular science there may be some tamperinp
With strict yeracity in order to establish claim
Tor the superior antiquity of the Hawaiian race?
While dlscreditlng the Jewish genealogical rec
ords in favor of this superior antiquity Of the Ha
wailan people the report also discredits another
Jewish tradition. We are told that ''to the pre-
historic age o. the human species belong the myth
ologies OF universal deluge with the attending
catastrophies attributed to the anger of the gods.
presumed as having occurred in no other particu
lar spot but one where the destruction of ali was
complete and none survived but those that the
gods found favor. The evidence of those deem sea
soundings apparently contradicts such n notion .
what matter of gratitude it is that these old
Inytnolog1es are contradicted by the evidence of
THESE deep sea soundings! hut the Board pro-
poses substitute for such unfounded sunersti-
tous notions. The locality of catastropbe which
the ancents OF these islands have often mentioned
IN their traditions as Kai -kahina-alii' meaning
ne sea which destroyed the Kings are the last
OF all Vestlges of former creation The first sub
sldence, or kaiakahinaalii (deluge) took place in
the reign OF Akahinalea and Palemo his wife. the
zUOth generation after Lalai. The second nj the
reign OF Papio and Loiloi his wife, the 4OIth GEN
Grafton after Lailai. The third in the reign of
Llpaq and Kaneiwa, his wife, the 602nd generation
aIter Lalial; and the last or final collapse took
place at the reign of Kahikoumea, the 96lst GEN
Grafton after Laiai"
wonderful is tentacular science, and the notions
Il teaches as truths verified by the researches of
me me Board OF Genealogy of Hawaiian Chiefs"
Where now is the Hebrew Moses and the Babv-
lonian account of the flood? Deluges are not such
wonderful affairs after all. Think how many
there have been in Hawaiian genealogy! Is il not
ABOUT time TO pray for another to wash away all
this nonsense to make this Board of GeneaIogv
subsidef Or to all the formerly enumerated
causes for the decline of the Hawaiian race"
must we now add last but not least the tentacular
ecienOe OI tue DOard OF GenealOgyI our