Identifier: richesmarvelsofh01stev (find matches)
Title: Riches and marvels of Hawaii; a charming description of her unique history, strange people, exquisite climate, wondrous volcanoes, luxurious productions, beautiful cities, corrupt monarchy, revolution, provisional government and annexation
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Stevens, John L. (John Leavitt), 1820-1895 Oleson, W. B. jount author. (from old catalog) Stevens, Nellie M. (from old catalog)
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Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa., Edgewood publishing company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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th a fruit stand, or a fish stall, or adiminutive curio shop, but there have been few insta.where he has successfully conducted any kind of busi-ness, requiring banking and a credit system. It is not tobe expected of him. The mercantile spirit has been theproduct of centuries of progress in dickering, and thisexperience has not fallen to the lot of the unsophistic.Hawaiian. OCCUPATION OF KANAKAS. The-are, how.few occupations in which Hawaiians are not found. Theyare painters, carper lacksmiths, machinists, er._ teamsters, sailors, clerks, book-keepers, editors, market-men, dairy-men, farmers, cattle-raisers, sugar plantfishermen, school teachers, clergymen, and governmentofficials. They are lawyers and judges; and th. gmajority of compositors and pressmen in the half-a-dozenprinting offices of Honolulu are Hawaiians. The hework in the foundries, and in lading and unladingis largely done by Hawaiians. That most essential servicein inter-island traffic, viz., the manning of the boats to
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THE NATIVE HAWAIIAN. 53 convey passengers and freight to and from the steamersand the various landings is altogether done by Hawaiians.This is a most hazardous employment, requiring strength,skill, courage and hardihood. Sometimes these men willbattle for hours, in wind and rain and an angry sea, toeffect a landing at a dangerous point. At certain seasonsof the year there is hardly a return trip of the inter-islandsteamers to Honolulu that does not bring one or more ofthese freighters or whale-boats more or less badly stoveup. All the deep-sea fishing is carried on by Hawaiians.They go in their apparently frail canoes out of sight ofHonolulu, but they rarely fail to return. This is quiteremarkable, for there are strong currents passing the islandsthat would easily bear them away beyond all hope ofrescue. These men swim like fish, and the capsizing ofa canoe is an indifferent matter to them. This accountsfor the comparatively small loss of life on the island coasts,and how it is that b

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