ports of Sandwich |slanders.

WHE simple natives of the Sandwich Islands do not have as many
means of amusement as do the more favored people of greater
civilization, yet one who has been among them wonders at the

 

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contentment
which they get
out of life. Their
favorite sport is
swimming, and
they seem as
much at home in
the water as on
the land. Not
only the men but
the women as
well spend hours
ata time in the
surf of the ocean,
‘sporting like na-
‘tives of the deep.
From their in-
fancy children
play in the water
and early learn
to have no fear of it. Itawakens admiration to wit-
ness these little ones in the surf. Over and over
they go, rolling, tumbling, splashing, diving, in a
most merry mood. Boys of ten and twelve become
expert swimmers, and it appears to make but little
difference to the Sandwich Islander whether he is
in the water or on the land so far as locomotion is
concerned, By constant practice they are enabled
to remain under water a long time. In this way