MARK TWAIN

land tomorrow, at noon. Good weather and a smooth sea
for the past two days. Dennis the hog was killed yester-
day and served up for breakfast this morning.

The water begins to taste of the casks.

Brown's boots are all one-sided with bracing to the
lurching of the ship, and his nose is skinned. Thinks he
will have cause of action against the company yet. Pas-
sengers all venir pour me voir.

160 miles from Honolulu at noon.

He steadily picks up statistics about the Island
which would be useful in his articles later; also
some political and social phases of the life there.

King strongly favors English, on account of attention
shown him in England and the reverse shown him in the
U. S. (Virginia planter said wouldn't sit at table with a
nigger) and favors all foreigners much more than Ameri-
cans—so, Americans are at a discount in Honolulu, and
possess small influence—on which account, and to curry
favor, no foreigner will buy anything of an American
which he can get of an Englishman. All money in hands
of foreigners circulates among foreigners, pretty exclu-
sively, and on the other hand Americans who have any
spirit retaliate by dealing with Americans, pretty exclu-
sively. The American Hotel is kept by a Dutchman. Ten
Americans there to one foreigner, but the influence plays
the devil, nevertheless. All English men-of-war foster this
partiality of the King by flattering him and showing him
royal honors and attention.