is THE WHALEMAN'S ADVENTURES. 



a life-preserver, I ventured into one of the little 

 canoes that came alongside the boat, and was 

 paddled and handed by a narrow cleft, through 

 roaring breakers and ragged rocks that threat- 

 ened instant destruction, among which a com- 

 mon boat could hardly live a moment. Those 

 frail canoes, however, only nine and eleven feet 

 long, carried safely through, one by one, all that 

 ventured ashore. 



Immediately on our landing, the natives 

 gathered around and formed a ring, naturally 

 curious, like savages every where, to notice 

 every thing, and I not less so to observe their 

 own eager attitudes, expressive gestures, and 

 fine looks. The women have an uncommonly 

 pleasing aspect of countenance, clear skin, but 

 a shade or two darker than a dark brunette, 

 black eyes, hair, and eyebrows, and a capti- 

 vating beauty of form, and bashful turning 

 away when looked at, that is not a little attrac- 

 tive. Their nostrils are not so negro-like, nor 

 their lips so thick as those of the Hawaiians, 

 but still they bear to them a close resemblance. 

 Many of the little girls and maidens were truly 



