. Life in the Sandwich Islands: or The heart of the Pacific, as it was and is. ar View of Educational andKeligious Progress—Commercial Position and Advantages of Honolulu—Keview and Summary of the French Difficulties—Documentary His-tory of the Negotiations with France—Eules of Conference, Protocols,and final Declaration—Appeal to the United States—Progress of theAnglo-Saxon Pace—Copy of the late Treaty with the United States—Notes—Professor Agassiz on Corals—Speculations as to their Uses—Testimony of Sir George Simpson and E. C. WylHe to the Value of thoHawaiian Mission—Extraordinary Eesults
. Life in the Sandwich Islands: or The heart of the Pacific, as it was and is. ar View of Educational andKeligious Progress—Commercial Position and Advantages of Honolulu—Keview and Summary of the French Difficulties—Documentary His-tory of the Negotiations with France—Eules of Conference, Protocols,and final Declaration—Appeal to the United States—Progress of theAnglo-Saxon Pace—Copy of the late Treaty with the United States—Notes—Professor Agassiz on Corals—Speculations as to their Uses—Testimony of Sir George Simpson and E. C. WylHe to the Value of thoHawaiian Mission—Extraordinary Eesults in Molokai LIST OF ENGEA\aNGS. KEALAKEKUA BAY IN THE DATS OF CAPTAIN COOK JfrOPtispiece. KAAnUMANU, QUEEN DOWAGER OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS IN 1820 Viariftte Title. CHART OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS To faflC p, 19 OLD HAWAIIAN IDOLS 28 LAHAINA AND LAHAtNALUNA FROM THE ANCHORAGE AT MAUI 6a THE HAWAIIAN SPORT OF SURF-PLATINO && VALLEY AND MOUNTAINS OF WAILUKU 12fi A SANDWICH ISLANDS DOUBLE CANOE p. 174. 4. CIRCULAR CORAL ISLAND OF THE PACIFIC p. LIFE m THE SANDWICH ISLANDS. CHAPTER I. LOCAL TRADITIONS OF CAPTAIN COOK, AND GLIMPSES OF OLDPAGANISM IN THE HEART OF THE PACIFIC. Gliding through Magellans Straits,Where two oceans ope their gates,Now th immense Pacific smilesRound ten thousand sunny Isles. A notable wonder—Curious fancies of the Natives respecting the first Ship—They ven-ture nigh in Canoes—They recognize their god Lono—They pay .vine worship toCaptain Cook—They grow famiUar with the Haoles—They smart under indignitiesand exactions—The bent bow snaps—They are undeceived—The denouement—Hegroans—He is not a god—The fight-The fall—The retreat—The burning of thenavigators body—The exploits of Phillips—The narrative of Ledyard—The revenge—The providence—We stand where Cook fell—We visit the spot where his bodywas burned—Monumental inscription—Natural reflection upon his end—Forms ofthe old idolatry—Pagan
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