In The Crowd And Outside Of It, And Everywhere, There Were Piles Of Fruit For Sale - Oranges And Guavas, Strawberries, Papayas, Bananas (Green And Golden), Cocoanuts, And Other Rich, Fantastic Productions Of A Prolific Climate, Where Nature Gives Of Her Wealth The Whole Year Round.

Strange fishes, strange in shape and colour, crimson, blue, orange, rose, gold, such fishes as flash like living light

Through the coral groves of these enchanted seas, were there for sale, and coral divers were there with their treasures - branch coral, as white as snow, each perfect specimen weighing from eight to twenty pounds. But no one pushed his wares for sale - we were at liberty to look and admire, and pass on unmolested. No vexatious restrictions obstructed our landing. A sum of two dollars for the support of the Queen's Hospital is levied on each passenger, and the examination of ordinary luggage, if it exists, is a mere form. From the demeanour of the crowd it was at once apparent that the conditions of conquerors and conquered do not exist. On the contrary, many of the foreigners there were subjects of a Hawaiian king, a reversal of the ordinary relations between a white and a coloured race which it is not easy yet to appreciate.

Two of my fellow-passengers, who were going on to San Francisco, were anxious that I should accompany them to the Pali, the great excursion from Honolulu; and leaving Mr. M - - to make all arrangements for the Dexters and myself, we hired a buggy, destitute of any peculiarity but a native driver, who spoke nothing but Hawaiian, and left the ship.

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