MARK TWAIN

your pocket—" 2 doors to his house—stand wide open
night and day from Jan. till Jan.—no locks on them—
march in whenever you feel like it—take as many drinks
and cigars as you want and make yourself at home.

13 letters in Hawaiian alphabet—each a distinct sound
—3 vowels together sometimes, but each an independent
sound—no trouble to learn to pronounce. Have a large
lexicon and a small phrase book.

King sitting on barrel on wharf fishing.

King showed Asa Nudd greater attention than he ever
showed foreign civilian before—in return for his hospi-
tality in California.

Couldn't understand the bear-skin mats on floors—
whalers bring them.

French got possession of the Society [Islands] and
more recently the Marquesas, by means of Romish clergy.
They sent priests here—King said his people had been
rescued from idolatry—wouldn't have any more of it—
sent them away. Man-of-war brought another priest, dis-
guised as merchant—found out—ordered away—ships
threatened to burn the town—allowed to remain under
protest—ship brought back the banished priests from
Mexico—one is now bishop here and lives in palace. We
all know how France would regard treaty if she could
once get possession.

Mark Twain immediately fell in love with
Hawaii and remained in love with it his life long.
It becomes evident in his notes.

"No careworn or eager, anxious faces in the land of
happy contentment—God, what a contrast with Cali-
fornia and Washoe. Everybody walks at a moderate gait
but, to speak strictly, they mostly ride.

"O, islands there are on the face of the deep,
Where the leaves never fade and the skies never weep."