The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-24

grand spread, and the person who can
not devour then several pounds Of food
is the subject of solicitous interest
among his associates. The Hawaiians
never sit at tables or in chairs, and
this feast Is served on mammoth palm
branches spread on the floor of a house
or more often on the hard earth In
grove. All who partake of it sit Turk
ish fashion on the grass mat, where the
native delicacies are served. Poi In
wooden bowls-into which the feeders
dip their fingers when they want a
mouthful-haS the place of honor. Pol
is made from a tuber made from taro
root. 1t grows nowhere outside of Ha-
wall. Another dellcacy is raw fish. 1t
takes strong nerves to sit and see
native woman reach into an aquarium,
pull out a writhing mullet and bite off
its head. Yet that is what she Is apt
to do. Some of the more dainty ones,
who are well brought up, select a live
ninnow and roll it under the tongue,
finally swallowing it as we do an oys-
ter. Sometimes there is roast dog,
with which inquisitive tourists are
served under the name of young suck
ing pig. Those who had been deceived
in this wise say that unidentified dog
is a luxury only second to pheasant
and soft shell crab. Among the en-
| trees the live squid has an honored
place. 1t is sliced, peppered and spiced,
and hG n6ed about on ii leaves to the
| guests. Then there are ell manner Of
| berries. Some are as hot as cayenne
pepper and how any one can ever
chew them by the dozen is a mystery
to the pale faces. Raw shrimps, salted
seaweed, a batter of sweet squash and
the inevitable gin for those whom the
feast has left unsatisfed, are on the
luau list of creature comforts.
FISHING.
| Old Izaak Walton should have come
to Hawaii before he wrote Of the de-
| lights of angling. Here he would have
| found the most devoted race of fisher
men that lives. Every Hawaiian, from
the little chubby brown-faced boy of
years old to the white-haired, decrepit
old man, goes fishing. Half the love
matches among the young men and
women are made while they fish off the
| shore or from the cumbersome log ca
noes. 1t would be torture to keep a
| Hawaiian away from the shore, when
he knew that schools of edible fish were
! feeding there. He strips himself OF
clothing down to the simple clout. and
pushes of in a long, narrow canoe
| with outriggers into the still water be-
hind the coral wall, guiding his frai
craft with paddles. He feels his way
to some narrow break in the Jagged
Gordon of reefs, and waits until this
last and higher comber has wasted it.
self in the shadows. In the nick Of
time he shoots his canoe through thS
channel and it rides over the waves like
a water fowl lpausing on easy swells be-
yond. The depth is about fathoms
and the ocean floor shows acres o.
cleaning sand, with archipelagoes o.
coral rock sprawling darkly on silver
plains. But the fish are found furthel
out. and the native paddles along unit
the frail craft rests over a depth of 10
fathoms. The canoe is a mere racin,
shell. as cranky as a scooped out log
but the angler knows it's tricks anC
stands upright in 1t, leans over it's sid
or walks from stem to stern. His fish
ing gear is quickly adjusted. He has
stout grass line. such as nets and tn
warp of the royal feather cloak ar
made of. Slender as it looks, it will
stand a powerful strain. The cord
tied to a piece of iron like a sasl
; weight, which hangs in the deep waite
like horizontal bar, and serves as
sinker and as a rod to hold the thre
short lines to which the hooks are tied
This device is dropped half way to tn
bottom, and the angler prepares for hi
work with a long pull at his gin bottl
and hearty Here's good-by to all G
YOU in his native tongue.
There is a tug at the line. The Ka
naka hauls in quickly and brings tw
3-pounders to the surface. where the
7 gleam like flakes of gold. He bait
: anew, and in a few moments anothe
: yellow fish, or perhaps red snappe
and banded sea perch rewards his in
. dusty. Hour by hour he casts his lin,
: and he is bound to fish until his 81
gives out.
SCENIC BEAUTIES.
The visitor at Honolulu finds man
places of interest outside of the cit,
There is the lao Valley. called the Yose
= mite of Hawaii where stupendous cliff
S | of basalt rear themselves $1,000 fe,
5 high, and about their feet rush foamin
L rivers. Then there are the wonderfl