. Hawaii and its people; the land of rainbow and palm. day when we arrive at a placetoward the southern extremity of the island. Havingwalked six or seven miles, we sit down on a pile ofstones to rest. A large crowd of natives gathers aboutus, a motley group. Let us see how they look. Most of the children are naked, or, at best, have anarrow strip of tapa aiound their loins. Several menhave left the fields, and with their implements, sharp-pointed sticks or iron chisels with long handles, intheir hands, squat before us on the ground. Theirclothing consists of a cloth around the waist and thigh
. Hawaii and its people; the land of rainbow and palm. day when we arrive at a placetoward the southern extremity of the island. Havingwalked six or seven miles, we sit down on a pile ofstones to rest. A large crowd of natives gathers aboutus, a motley group. Let us see how they look. Most of the children are naked, or, at best, have anarrow strip of tapa aiound their loins. Several menhave left the fields, and with their implements, sharp-pointed sticks or iron chisels with long handles, intheir hands, squat before us on the ground. Theirclothing consists of a cloth around the waist and women have on a skirt, reaching to the black hair is, in several instances, turned orrolled up and painted with white clay all around theforehead. Some of them wear a small looking-glass, set in asolid piece of wood, and suspended on the bosom by astrip of native cloth. One or two wear this ornament,and a small wooden, brass-tipped tobacco pipe, suspendedby the same strip. Most of them have never seen such 188 HAWAII AND ITS A TOUR IN HAWAII IN 1823. 189 a company of white men, and their curiosity is un-bounded. Leaving this valley, we take our way toward the sea-shore, through sugar-cane fields and banana the path at the foot of the hills, we come to a pdhefloor, fifty feet long, where a game is going on. Ablunt kind of dart, thickest about six inches from thepoint and three or four feet long, of highly polishedheavy wood, is thrown along the level floor with greatforce. Two darts are laid down, at a certain distance,six inches apart. He who throws his dart, in a givennumber of times, most frequently between these two,without striking either of them, wins the game. Some-times he who sends his dart the farthest wins. Asmooth round stone often takes the place of the dartand is bowled along the floor. Whole districts engage in the sport, and thousandsassemble to witness the game between rivals from dif-ferent places. We are glad to see that t
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