The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-08-28
SUNDAY IN
THE SURF
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On the lawn of the Annex a bevy off
spectators watched the aquatic enter
tainment and slipped lemonade beneath
the sheltering trees.
The Moana hotel and Waikiki Inn
each had numerous visitors and the
private residences appeared to be do
ing their share Of entertaining.
Kapiolani Park was looking at It's
best and many lovers OF sylvan nature
directed their footsteps thither. The
park is a sanctuary for birds and
many unusual opportunities are afford
ed of watching their habits. It is a
thousand pities that the local avirauua
is not larger in variety. The paucluy
of the visible supply Of birds in and
around Honolulu is frequently COM
mented upon by visitors.
There are in the park a number OF
sparrows whose feathers are more or
less marked with white. They are the
descendants of an albino sparrow
which made the reservation his home
seven or eight years ago.
The park is an ideal place for picnlcs
and, thanks to the generous planting
of judiciously selected flowers, grasses
and shrubs, is becoming more and more
beautiful.
In the infield Of the race-course, the
Winter Baseball League brought off a
couple Of games in the presence OF a
large crowd of spectators.
The Aquarium, as usual, received
plenty OF attention, notwithstanding
the untimely death of the shark, which,
had it lived, would have provided
mammoth drawing feature.
The shark was brought in on Thurs
day night. It was Shark XIV, by the
bye, and he was sickly from the first.
He passed away peacefully on Satur-
day, leaving Goliath, the monster tur-
tie, and a big balloon fish in undis-
puted possession OF the tank. The de-
ceased selachfan was ten feet long.
He was lowed out to sea yesterday and
sunk
The majority Of the fourteen late
1amented sharks have been hooked
off the harbor and lowed thence to the
Aquarium, an experience producing too
culaied to lengthen the days of any
creature of the deep, undergoing it.
The baby fish have received several
additions during the week and play
tag with each other in manner inn
mensely pleasing to the children who
are getting so that they make a bee
line for the nursery Immediately on
arriving at the fisheries.
A small but interesting denizen of
lone Of the tanks is the oopu pahu, or
box fish, little black fellow, with
white spots and shaped as much like
a box as anything else. A visitor yes
terday asked to be shown the trunk
fish. This queer little fish is abundant
of the shores of Oahu, and the other
islands, and is reputed by the natives
to be poisonous He certainly looks
the part.
The squid were on the move yester-
day and every one OF the four seemed
to have a chip on its shoulder. No
actual hostilities ensued, however,
which is well, for when these creatures
fight it is generally to the death, the
victor drowning his opponent by en-
folding him with his tentacles until no
life is left in him. There is more Of
love and hate in a squid than is gem
orally suspected.
The wanna or sea- urchin, always ex-
cites curiosity and is certainly the
queerest looking article in the outfit.
Just what method of progression this
black-spined nondescript adopts in
changing his position from one side OF
it's tank to another, seems to mystify
many
!. The manini have thriving colony
4 of their own and seem to be perfectly
commended with their lot. Yesterday
they browsed happily in mass OF