Hawaii — page 50: what you’re looking at

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iain Pa ll "+ * A] ™ ’ ig ™ . ; ; g 0 a 7 MANNERS AND CUSTOMS—INHABITANTS. 41 less shades of distortion throug the magnifying and diminishing quality of their prison, I saw cats—Tom cats, Mary Ann cats, long-tailed cats, bob-tailed cats, wall- eyed cats, cross-eyed cats, grey cats, black cats, yellow cats, striped cats, spotted cats, tame cats, wild cats, singed cats, individual cats, groups of cats, platoons of cats, companies of cats, regiments of cats, armies of cats, multitudes of cats, millions of cats, and all of them sleek, fat, lazy and sound asleep. I looked on a multitude of people, some white, in white coats, vests, pantaloons and even white cloth shoes, made snowy daily with chalk laid on every morning; but the majority of people were al- most as dark as negroes—women with comely features, fine dark eyes, and rounded forms, inclining to the volup- tuous, and clad in a single bright-red or white garment that fell free and unconfined from shoulder to heel, long black hair falling loose and encircled with wreaths of natural flowers of a brilliant carmine tint; plenty of dark men in various costumes, and some with nothing on but a battered stove pipe hat, tilted om the nose, and a very scant breech cloth; certain smoke-dried children were clad in nothing but sunshine—a very neat-fitting and pic- turesque apparel, indeed.”’ The changes that have taken place in over thirty years -since his visit are remarkable. One no longer sees the. native arrayed in silk hat and breech-cloth, and the women are attired in fashionable gowns. In the city are horse car lines, electric lights, police, water works, shops which are well filled, and very hand- some residences and villas. Gomichbooks.¢o