The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-13
|jIIIlE Of
SOUTH SEAS
|DvHoracs Hold
E'farsdAmons
| Savages'
L1RAcT5 FROM
| An OLD VOLUME
sr,rss Facts Upon Which a
| |h.d Newspaper Romance
Vas Founded.

s.,k, ago the Advertiser re
..,tan the New York Herald a
NJ the adventures Of Horace
]. nan still living in Salem
! vas said to have been the
n I savages in the Hawaiian
Il vas described as the first
- here Investigation show
ssree Holden. while a former
~ Hawaii and an object of
Interest more than a half
"a net his adventure, with
ID o,her islands than these.
sSsE Of his dangers by food
"a tod in a little book is
sN 4 copy Of this now rare
4sA 4 owned by Prof. w. ID.
s,s, b whose courtesy the Ad-
q i lSe to print the following,
nss stEh will run through sew
ss, gsting the whole book.
irsaa appear in the tale are
sas dasirm Of Boston printers
nugti ut the book, they having
std esEzn pages in the binding
es c;te,s;
PREFACE.
%slds now known by geogra-
lss lie general name of Poly
Ar 10 some time past attract
4eAuOh Of the scientific and
-sril world. Few opportunities.
% stur Of obtaining informa-
aEllHg any Of them except
1-a are resorred TO for COM
Nses. With a view, there
u Collecting Of all the neces-
-lsas for the history or their
-4' productions, and other
4h especially or such of them
MA already been visited by the
> gs0pie Of Europe and Ameri-
essrabls to preserve all au-
!. S'oale Of them, even of those
saa Is 9 Inferior Importance.
sewing u1pretending narrative
, ~. I.rl an account OF one of
I-n'liy called Lord North's
\. T..' sometimes known by the
: as'A Island and Johnston-s
r.. : ! situated in about latitude
minutes north, and ac-
'le most correct eaIcuIa-
SHa -0- ues 'eeS "A
s.aa si.t has been stated in geo.
- s'Iss Of authority to be
but Horsburg S India Dis Ge
81 gs- ~. Il !. ?. is7, edit. of 1870
- ~ II, l Is Inhabited, and that
Il. I'LL slll sometimes come off
s,i1 it-Is.lg near" And il will
n: NJ. ~ iound, by the present
J, 7 .s.a .aa' II has a population Of
b. -ss ~ and four hundred in
b. ,ss = nearly as could be esfi-
Rs ~ ~ american al. seamen, whose
/ sas ~ u,s ssunerings are the sub
|s55i1so0 s0!h; the island itself he
1s,.t-5ss,i s 70 their judgment also
al4 tratIeFs h b Of a nile long and
srlss y Horace Holden, T.''e ens we're re
Fa en,a so9ye mentioned, who
saiss5 pellon, Benjamin Nnte
q tsS ra : captive by the isIans'
|sls c55Sls; sSals; during which tlro tine
3 . isr y paalon acquired the Ian
\ DIS sra,.oos h. " converse in II with
Pa s5S -S1viued them the roaans
s soei5 ssos: Observing many thIn9s -
Iss snd SSape ~Sa9 the mere passing
h. ,at Sas editor has evarS Ig,rLspts ,'s,t are
q, 70 sorS,Sat y entirely relied UPON UPON
|sa.ts i vOnplste the little p coiioo opon'
Esl hslv h t5S.au9n :. i5T to this people
Vie MAJ oe called a new peonIa
gu terri,aa,as,ss aas ever before been
/ 81 s-sss Sc is added to- opffiinen t5a en- Of
.ss;ass5 n, out 10 small isb,r al indny bay
y y, % fsr gsr ~ ~ in order to rem
satag the ,as ss Was practicable
E, IS now maj ,lat quarter Of the
i. ma. alss.led, that IsIly IanS,,, agreed
~ I'D i + Jest s,.. Of the affiniffies fe al, 4,
/ n n SsNentiOn sba!,, " De desired
as sabiacc, should be bestow-
|sg y " tn The United S'5 st5tslll Intelligent
an Who S n1s nSCisntidc young naaa ano
ss. 'aasnt let Would fde Permission
+ = stiis! t5ss science. 1s5n6enslng w6i7t a the
d 81 ~ eoplry s0ula confer honor 1nr
Ss., iSssiiioears to add ar,..,
| i. soioae Bn, s. the contents ts,'df oi
i q 20 u 'sass -gut oi again express ass
4 i atirldiaal ssqs,stion, Z, ion, to the iSe' b.. by
i5s'. s5.'s SaS q his ss.so own s'.s eou9- 13-
asct-, and this @;e b ! relieved
ri a5i5s55 aiS5 a note .s On ne t5st 55gPioiRs s,i9
\ te as,,.e .ae Gentlemen
'st Va 'Sn, and / tSa3s.p Stephen OIL