The National tribune., 1891-04-16

hcldlNp importance oil the factors concerned IN
bringing about their extinction, the world
would, al course, he much better OF than il ID
likely 10 De- or somc time 10 come. Some Gle
mente operating toward this end arc obvious
and will : e reverted 10 subsequently.
Formerly. it is said, these people were IN
usually healthy They had itch and opthalmia
from want Of cleanliness and care, while minor
affections OF the air passages were common.
NO accounts ui serious endemic diseases among
tbem have been given upon undouhted au-
th0rlty, but probably The population, ms IN New
Zealand. was steadily, though comparatively
slowly, decreasing before foreign influx proved
% be 80 terribly destructive la its effects,
HawRiiaus arc commonly described as
having brown skin whose tint IL informed late
between the dark Papuans riuon the one side,
and Fighter IoEEnns on the other Their
stature b rather lofty, but bone and muscle are
wanting iu development, and they display q
distinctly morbid trait in the general tendency
20 become obese Oveubundance OF fat Is
always a symptom OF disease or more exactly,
OF an abnormal state NJ the system.
lu language New Zoalandcrs and the Sand
witch l1andcIs SO nearly resemble each other o.
40 be mutually inteiligible.
HAoEI And KkHAKAs AssTsTLkTE
20 one another IN temper and character also
bOth being aIniabe, imprOvdent, courteous,
Boll-satIs6ed, h0sPitable, aud extremely i'm
disguise, vanity ard the conduct il involves ap-
peaT c0nspruUusy.
Naturally likewise these people give them.
selves up 30 The qualification Of any present ca
price or passion. They delight ia display oil
all kinds hayu many holidays and fetos array
themsciFrs Or maguihcently as possible, take
mo thought Tor The morrow, and are happy
They ~ % church and vote for the most part
arc Professionals, md play, and dream, aud dis,
TlFT.fF
ligion, Or politics, OF their native land
The man whose mind and character are thus
portrayed by most Of those who have really
made Ais acquaintance has an ignoble head
AZ projects uustUrOrly, the forehead Is low and
lie lahs Hre somewhat prutubCUmt. His lips
are iuiL lis eyes arc prominent, aud his uustriis
widely Uprucd. Both sexes seem 20 be rather
P0ed looa ,ug in youth though females quickly
Jade auo bo'h commonly become unWicldy
eHriy Ia lIfe.
These islanders I've under the parody OF :
constitutional monarchy but the government
De- kept from harmful extrayagcucics, partly be
cause it b under the censorship OF surround
lug civilization, aud partly because the cour
and tho parliament thT army aud the peopi,
cannot crgeudrr enough oarucstness. perspi
cscityi aud loIcc 10 do much harm.
FUELc oEgsINhLrrY
stands ln 90 Inverse proportion 10 private vice
Z
tuc. bul Ifum the neRations represented b,
weakness md indifference.
s0cieiiC- grow liic the individuals OF which
they are composed. The imuOssibility Of trans
forming lusmatutity into maturity u rs abso
lutte boz The Que case az in the other i Is quit,
feasible coifgf The habilI mcHts Of cyiliz on
but d b. beyond the compass Of human ca
deaTOr ~ make them It, Hence the Hawaii
ans occupy position that would b. ludicrou
enough u Toe s0nlbCr aud tragic elements .
Their situation did not eltClually check anS
disposition towards mirth.
Tie race hHs never passe through the inter
mediate Stages between sayagery and civiliza
ton aud arc, therefore, necessarily devoid
al the experiences which n other prople
have become instincts were gradually trans
mutcd into faculty and transmitted by descent
There b among hanskHs grotesQue and in
c0ngru0us cOg2lsteuce Of savage traits aud ~,
customs attaching 10 a civilized state Theu
women, i0f Example promenade tie streets II
tho nearest approach 10 a European toile
they can accomplish, and disport themselves IA
very Intellectually he4goi gardens in the COS
tune of Lyg before the fall An officer OF N,
iOyHl Guard, when at home, glad y exchange
his epauiei- plume braided surtout aud deco
Taiious ior thc cl0ak Of paper mulberry bark
and wear Dds kiGei, ia which lac feels al ease
az bis only garment, Like his iOreiathers beior
The days o. Foreign contact.
10 many b is matter Of mutual c0ngratu
lHiiou that Che IawaiiHus have 30 generally
avoided t'Ic med ievali~m as Il Is called OF thl
tathoicf hHrCh. Missionary reports however
90 mol mention Tie fact that these enlightened
fF0iesiants ali over the islands persist IN pay
1ng divine houors 10 Lizards, and that they caE