Pamphlets: Sandwich Islands (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Remy, Jules

Softcover

ISBN 10: 133082041X ISBN 13: 9781330820414

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Excerpt from Pamphlets: Sandwich Islands One evening in the month of March, 1853, I landed at Hoopuloa on the western shore of Hawaii. Among the many natives collected on the beach to bid me welcome and draw my canoe up over the sand, I noticed an old man of average size, remarkably developed chest, and whose hairs, apparently once flaxen, were hoary with age. The countenance of this old man, at once savage and attractive, was furrowed across the forehead with deep and regular wrinkles. His only garment was a shirt of striped calico. A sort of veneration with which his countrymen seemed to me to regard him, only increased the desire I at first felt to become acquainted with the old islander. I was soon told that his name was Kanuha, that he was already a lad when Alapai died (about 1752), that he had known Kalaniopuu, Cook and Kamehameha the Great. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from Pamphlets: Sandwich Islands

The original Récz'ts d'un Vienm Safe/wage pour isee a l'histoire ancienne dc Hawaii, was read on the 1sth of December, 1857, to the Society of Agriculture, Commerce, Science and Arts of the Department of the Marne, of which M. Remy was 'a corresponding member, and published at chalons~sur~marne in 1859. The translation is perfectly literal, and the Mele of Kawelo has been translated directly from the Hawaiian, M. Remy's translation being often too free. A portion of this work was translated several years since by President W. D. Alexander, of Oahu College, and published in The Friend, at Honolulu.

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Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

About this edition

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 133082041X
• ISBN 13: 9781330820414
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 70