The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1889-11-06
SOUTH SEA BUBBLES.
Interesting Account Of the Trip OF
II. Ii. vi. -. COrmOrant, from HO.
nOluiu to COquimbO.
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Left Tahiti June goth, arrived at
Pitcairn on 10th July. j sent on
shore the remainder of my stock,
explaining to Miss Young, the
school-mistress, organist, writer,
and poetess, how they were obtain
ed and L hope she has written to
Honolulu. They were very accept
able, especially the illustrated chill
dren's books and toys. Some draw
ing materials from Mrs. d. evoked
wish that we had brought an art
teacher. Miss Young is very talent
ed. She is engaged in writing his
tory of the island, giving illustra-
tons of the many stone implements,
found in digging, and also of the
curious figures drawn on the rocks
by former inhabitants. Our sur
veyors went over line of sound
ings taken by Capt. BECKY in 1925,
and found that in most cases the
water is ten fathoms shoaler now
than then. Here is food for geo
logist, and argument for those who
teach that the present Pacific Ocean
was at one time q continent in
which was the Garden of Eden, that
the remains of prehistoric man are
under this ocean, and that the now
dry land was then submerged. How
| comes it that the above mentioned
stone tools are of the same shape as
| those which were in use by the In
dams of British Columbia about
century ago? Their shapes are so
similar that one is prone to believe
that their users were formerly in
communication either by land or
short water journeys. The history
Of the present amiable inhabitants
is we'll known. They live a pastoral
life, each tilling his own land. The
widows and single women get their
living thus, and l think that the lot
of these is rather hard. Boots are
seldom worn, clothing generally OBJ
tanned by barter from passing ships,
81 passed last year. II was curious
to talk 10 Miss Mccoy, the CORE
| spending secretary with outside re-
ligious bodies, say it was curious
to hear her PROFOUND knotty theo-
logical questions and to find that
she had been to work that day in the
fields, and had brought off dish OF
Irish potatoes of her own growing
as n present to our mess. Mis-:
Young herself often handles the
spade, she says she is fond of field
work, and can personally testify
to the deliciousness of her pine
apples.
When We were here last asked
them rs to their jubilee celebra.
ton. | suggested that OIL
Sovereign Lady might have beer
pleased to receive from then
some token of their yeneration ant
alteration. They had discussed
the question but were perplexed a'
to what form to send their offerings
in. i suggested that some of theil
basket work might show that theil
hearts were good though their means
were small. In a week after we haC
left they had worked hard ant
made their collection and ii wa
sent home in n sailing ship, togethe
with small sum of money. He
Majesty sent them q letter, which W,
brought, and they were exceeding
ly joyed TO learn that their offering
were accepted and placed with th'
other jubilee presents. Her Ma
iesty had also sent some of TIN
jubilee coinage for distribution
The magistrate, Mr.. Mccoy, recelv
ed sovereign. Our captain theI
apportioned the other coins, abou
GO, among the females. Mrs
Young, the elder, was the first re
cipient. She is the mother Of eigh
children Gone son was killed will
Bishop Selwyn), the grandmothe
of about thirty-six, and the great
grandmother of one. A nice, ami
able, guileless old lady that it is ;
great pleasure to meet. Her nus
band is the schoolmaster. The OLD
lady was joyed to tears at receiving