Identifier: logofkaalokai00walk (find matches)
Title: Log of the Kaalokai.
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Walker, F.d Kaalokai (Schooner)
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Publisher: Honolulu, HI. : The Hawaiian Gazette Co., Ltd.
Contributing Library: Brigham Young University Hawaii, Joseph F. Smith Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Consortium of Church Libraries and Archives

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race. Poi and raw fish make thejnhappy; with the addition of a bottle of gin,technically called square-face, they becomehilarious; more gin, boisterous; and so on. Now that Moses, Jimmy and Bill have toeat hard tack and rice instead, they long forthat which was but is not. The same feeling isexperienced by those who go on a long voyagewhen the potatoes give out; then the backboneof the diet is gone. As we shall be absent somethree months, we take the utmost care of ourspuds, picking and turning them every otherday. June 9th,—This afternoon a coryphee camealongside, and to our great astonishment itturned out to be the same one the mate grain-ed two days ago. Being an expert harpoonist,he quickly grained it, and there sure enoughwere the two prongs in his body. It is a ques-tion for the naturalist to decide, whetheriishes suffer pain or not. From the rapidityof this tislfs movements and general de-meanor. I am inclined to think they do not.You can ^\ a shark, cut his belly open and 20
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remove the contents, put him in the wateragain and the first thing he will do is to devourhis own stomach. (Absolute fact.—Author.) We had enough fish for all hands, with ourprize. The flesh though dry is fair eating. At noon we sighted Gardiner Island, and at2:30 were up to it. GARDINER ISLAND. Gardiner Island is simply a rock one hun-dred and seventy feet high, or thereabouts,densely covered with birds. Hundreds offrigate birds were sailing majestically aroundit, watching with keen interest the results ofthe tropic birds labors. It is interesting towatch them. The instant the tropic birdarises from the water with a fish in its mouth,our buccaneer makes a rapid dash for it. Thetropic bird generally drops the fish, which isinstantly seized by the robber and swallowed;but in some cases, the tropic bird dodges inevery conceivable manner to escape his pur-suer. Their cries when once heard are unmis-takable, but they seldom get away. A heavyblow from the wings is sufficient to make them

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