Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-04-26
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anil heing ga,'j At by company ~ giants
apparently some Guib,rt in rtuldHgn,p
This easy guess was proved by . reference tu
the lette, ptess 10 ht correct Wasaubilauve,
the hero 1T The book. makcs. hko our fngli,h
Gulh,rt number ~ iuume,s tu land, uu.
visited u, oihc, travellers before w since,
IIr doc, not hni any iilhpni. It ia tue. nor
any iapais hut be- goes In the Land VI
Perennial Youth anil lille les the Land ut
iuilcs, rlcnty. to The Land " sh,m,. 10 ihe
land Of Followers II the Antique, lu The Land
81 rhmdo,es, and finally, 20 ths Land II the
Dnnls To Bwlliugnag Though In lowt
volumes. the work Is quite short ono.
japanese often consisting ot hut a few pages
have, nevertheless, not found 10 convenient
To- translate the whole Some VI Nv, ldumcya
especially that tn the Land NJ the Antique
would l,c hard To make generally ineligible.
even with .n auay NJ note, and comments
quito dspinpouinnate to the merits " the
work IN question. The easiest, a. well A. thu
last, the journeys, v,5,, to the Land oi rcicn.
nal Life and 20 the Land 81 the Giants .
Translation ~ which. therefore. forms the iol
lowing papct Nothing has been omitted but
lew lines In the middle II the first section (,
and the version ~ as hicul ~ tho divergent
genius uf the English and Japanese idiums will
permit. The original. which bears date ma,
has No particular Importance OF cclchrily,
beyond thai oi having suggested Ia the we'll.
known novels, Bakin his work Of a somewhat
shuilat nature, styled I'm imitation VI the pie.
sent oncl "Musaubiyauwe. hut both treat.
men, and tendency arc so peculiarly Japanese
that. - specimen oi the modern dilaclic
literature, it has seemed to inc that the mem.
bets ot this society might like To while away
an hour in the company OF this obscure
Oriental Swi0, who, II not endowed with the
graphic humur Of his western prototype, /, ut
least fee from tha, pro,oypes disgusting
cnarScneSs.
The te,t is as follows;
rur LAND OF rFFFSNiAL lirE.
While the world was at peace and not a
ripple stirred within the -Four Seas, there lived
at Nngasak. in the province Of llnen, one
Shlkaiya Wasaubiyauwc, From father to son,
the family had carried on brisk trade in
ioteign merchandise, and Wasaubyauwc's
household Of ten persons passed their day, in
all prosperity. Like the rest Of the NagaSaki
folk. he was a fellow who had his wits abou,
him. could interatd his japanese with ehiRg,
c4asc, 1teHc when convcrsng with Cinnamon
and lIollaudefs, and was quite aware OF his
dignity as the head Of househould Of more
than eight souls. On reaching his forty
eighth year, he handel over the business &c
his only son ShiyuIau, and built himself 2
little retreat couple Of hundred yards from
with lad called Chiyaumatsu to cook his rice
for him. Having always been addicted tC
angling. he would go out day after day and
night after night on 10 the beach and fish
and, later on, having learnt to manage boa,
properly, he would leave Chiyaumatsu to take
care OF the house, and 60 out in the boat by
himself after the only sport he had any love
Tor, holding an oar in one hand and his rod in
the other, with face ON him like Taikoubau,
only with a crooked hook 10 his line instead
ct straight one.
WeNi il was when the eighth moon was Al
the full, that Wssaubiyauwc, bcthinhing hin'
self that, as this was he night of the year h,
was likely 10 sec visitors come pouring in will
their most genteel airs, determined TO escap,
the nuisance, and set off alone before dark it
l.
,hither, swiftly from beyond the eastern bill
lows. which she spanned like golden bridge
upruse the oft sung moon, frcsh-washed in thu
salt sea waves. Beautiful as picture, glowec
the breakers in the ofhnc and the pine.tree
upon the strand, while the moonbcams glide
from wig to twig like to an hare eourSinl
upon the waves scene which (Since We ncet
not make good our words was worth
thousand, was worth Two thousand pieces u
gold. So though, Wasaubiyauwe, as h,
hummed to himself the lines
IAN the delights of the four seasons arc summed
up in the moon
From oi old the bard sings bu, Of the autumn
and, as he hummed them, did not notice how
lar he was drifting from the shore. lie ha'
rowed out to sea about league, carelessi
angling and moon.gasing, when bank o
clouds, black enough, one would imagine, 70
a vampire to choose for his chariot, doomed vi
from behind the western mountain ridge
while the signing gust foretold the eominl
rain. So, saying To himself, e" No lettering II
this tickle autumn weather" Wasaubiyauw
SC, to work lain with the oars to make III
best of his way home. But heavier am
heavier fell the rain; gust ripped the sail il
two and broke the mast, and away and away
far gu, to sea. sped the little craft, as II born
on fleeies wings. Fighting FOR dear life, ans
utterly bewildercd. Wasaubiyauwc rowed on
now TO the right hand and now TO the LEFT
but. meanwhile, the moon had withdraw
behind the clouds. No landmark was any
where to be seen amid the inky darkness
East and West had become indsiinguiShable
and the poor man knew no, in what dircctio
to cndeavor to urge ON his boat. Ills arm
were exhausted his strength had given in
and, seeing that there was nothing more to b
done. he nerved himself 10 face the futur
with the knowledge that, even should b
escape with his life, !, would only be in ordc
TO lie cast on some unknown island lie there
fore crossed his legs to await the will {
Heaven. halcd out the water from time t
time, and sat watching ior the break OF ia,
leaving his future in the hands Of fate and ,
the winds. Ba, louder aud louder blew III
Tempest, while the boat sped on towards Shor,
unknown--was |, ior hundreds Of leagues
was ], ior thousands Of leagues Was he awake
OF was he dfeaninel
Meanwhile, daylight reappearcd, and &c,
dish tint ovenpread What seemed TO be Ii
East. liu, there came M, the least pause
the violence OF the wind and rain. The SC
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