The morning call., 1893-05-21

bound them were running grunting about
the deck under the feet of the cattle. who
kleked and stamped but were unable TO
nook their tormentors. | inquired of the
native captain. who stood regarding them
with pItying eyes, why they we're tied up
| so snort and learned q entirely new les
son In the history OF these creatures. 1t
seems that if one of them lies down he does
so never to rise again. The horses ard
mules that are also shipped in large num-
Ders on The Hall will lie down when tired
and rise when they feel like it. but the
Duilock that lies down for half an hour
cannot get up again and soon dies. So all
night long the Kanaka sailors are on watch
among them, asslDg back and forth,
keeping the tired animals on their feet.
Ii one restless creature twists around, as
tney sometimes do. and gets tangled up
with his neighbor on either side. Kanaka
Will run out along the edge of the ship,
and, apparently holding on by his eyelids.
will with his bare feet punch and pull the
animals into line again.
saw one native boatman support HIM
sell by his chin over rope on the ships
edge, while with hands and feet he hauled
and Kicked an obStreperous steer back
into position. They seem to treat the
Cattle well: The Kanakas are all tender
hearted; but nothing can ease the pain,
fatigue and fright Of the great helpless
creatures. | went forward at night to
look at them. l could scarcely get across
the forward deck-so thickly was it strewn
with slumbering deck passengers-and had
TO make my way along the rail. The cat
Tie still stood swaying back and forth. as
the vessel rolled, and occasionally plung-
ing about as an extra heavy sea rolled
over the edge. Now and then one would
lllt his muZzle and thrust ii over the edge,
as though To get freer air, ana all along
the two lines of them on the deck low
moaning arose from every deep throat A
more heart-rendlng sound never heard.
One near ME, with one ma jeStic horn broken
on close to the quick, stood with his head
down. moaning Ike hurt child. | was
glad to see, however. that the horn, which
when the animal came on board had been
hanging by a bit of skin, had been care
fully removed, so that he had that much
relief.
The cattle are not killed until several
days after they reach Honolulu, and then
only two or three at time, SO that they
have ample time to recover from the i'll
effects of the trip before they are converted
into beef for human consumption. All the
other f0ur-fOoted stock on board was
asleep and snoring peacefully, though now
and then clatter from the hencoops far
forward bespoke trouble in the poultry
camp, but the cattle seemed not to sleep
at all, and certainly their attendants could
not. Turning at last from the sight of
K,
deck TO my cabin. There is no steerage in
the inter-slaDd steamers. The steerage
passengers are here deck passengers"
aud their accommodations-if such a word
applies 10 the quarters assigned them-are
on the forward deck. or this there
was not six inches available space
where some man. woman or child
natives and whites, Chinese, japanese.
negroes, all huddled in an indiscriminate
heap of ill-smeliing, tired, sleepy. COM
fortress, seasick wretcbedness. The sight
was lndescribabe, and as between the
fonr-legged cattle below and the human
quadrupeds had the better of the trip.
presume, however. that in this matter.
as In every other, all. or nearly all, de-
pends upon the point of view. sia
Everywhere about the island of Hawaii,
as upon them all, one sees the urgent need
Of little capital and enterprise to develop
the possibilities of the country. Save for
the small and wholly inadequate one at
Hilo. there is not wharf at any of the
steamer landings. The ships must anchor
hall a mile-,Or more from shore and all
freight aud passengers are conveyed to and
from vessels in lighters. Some Of the land
Ing, are perilnus in the extreme, as the one
at Kukaiau, where Miss Stevens. daughter
OF the American Minister. so unfortunately
lost her life some time ago.
af1tis asightato make ofisa .shiver, a pas4
senger being landed here. and since the
sad accident referred to. the landing is not
attempted save in calm weather We saw,
on he down trip of the Hall. the boat from
which Miss Stevens was lost, and which
was carried away by the sea- 1t drifted
ashore above Kealakekua Bay, and lay,
bottom upward, on the beach. All traffic
in the. Islands is just now conducted at a
great loss. The inter-isIand steamers on
their downward trips bring sugar from
Hllo. kaul. Lahaina and the other great
districts. coffee from KOna. and fruit. vege-
tables and stock from half dozen impor-
tant stations; all to be carried to Homo
lulu, unloaded. reloaded and brought back
over the same route by San Francisco
steamers. So all freight from the States is
brought directly past these stations to