. Hawaii and its people; the land of rainbow and palm. I AND ITS PEOPLE. have fine pictures, handsome plate, and all the comfortsof life within their homes; but to this day have pre-ferred the unostentatious to the extravagant use ofample means. Many things relating to the modern civilization ofthe islands are left for future chapters of this volume;it is proposed to trace the gradual improvement ofHawaii, from its origin and low condition of barbarism,to its present position among the civilized and Christianpeoples of the world. Enough has been said, in this introduction of thereader to the c
. Hawaii and its people; the land of rainbow and palm. I AND ITS PEOPLE. have fine pictures, handsome plate, and all the comfortsof life within their homes; but to this day have pre-ferred the unostentatious to the extravagant use ofample means. Many things relating to the modern civilization ofthe islands are left for future chapters of this volume;it is proposed to trace the gradual improvement ofHawaii, from its origin and low condition of barbarism,to its present position among the civilized and Christianpeoples of the world. Enough has been said, in this introduction of thereader to the city which has been the source and centerof this remarkable development, to interest him, as wetrust, in going back to the times when heathenism wasrampant, and naked savages made the islands a sceneof bloodshed, oppression and shameful orgies ; and whensuperstition made human sacrifices a means of gainingfavor with the gods, and savage chiefs held the lives ofthe common people in their cruel hands. PART I. ANCIENT HAWAII AND FOLKLORE, CHAPTERS CHAPTER I. PECULIARITIES OE ANCIENT HAWAII. We have seen, in Honolulu, the native Hawaiian, ashe now is, a civilized man; not the best type of acivilized man perhaps, but well fed, clothed, going tochurch on Sunday, and living in a frame house witha veranda. He may not compare with many of theAmericans in that beautiful city in what he knows,thinks, or hopes to be. The Hawaiian is not very fondof books; he is not anxious to get rich; and he thinkspeople who have pictures and handsome bric-a-brac intheir houses rather foolish. He loves the sunshine andlikes to bask in it; he knows nothing of opera music,and prefers his taro-patch fiddle; but he makes a goodpoliceman under a white officer; he is the best liand atunloading ships, and as a sailor among the islands he canearn enough in a day, a dollar and a half, to keep hisfamily for a week. His wife and older daughters are con-tented with lounging about, or sitting on the sidewalksel
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