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$6.00 for desecrating Sabbath the first time; $2.00 for second 

 time; and fine doubled for every repetition. 



$6.00 for catching deserter near harbor; $12, if 10 miles off. 



$6.00 for drunkenness. 



$10.00 for lewd, seductive, and lascivious conduct. 



$5.00 for fornication. ■ 



$30.00 for adultery. 



$50.00 for rape. 



The religious agencies, too, sought to combat vice and im- 

 morality with rather more than ordinary energy and insight. 

 W. M. Davis, for instance, in his "Nimrod of the Sea," spoke 

 with real enthusiasm of the work of a Reverend Mr. Deil, 

 who succeeded in boarding incoming vessels ahead of the land- 

 sharks (no mean accomplishment), offered reading and writ- 

 ing facilities, and befriended the men in a vital manner. But, 

 in any large sense, the religious forces of the port were no 

 more successful than the police in curbing the boisterous spirits 

 and reckless self-indulgence of the seaman on shore. And so, 

 in spite of the activities of the Reverend Mr. Deil and of the 

 King of Hawaii's police force, Honolulu remained for many 

 years a whaleman's paradise! 



