MARK TWAIN

slanting mists—beautiful luminous blue water; inshore
brilliant green water.

Two sharks playing around, laying for a Christian.

By order, the blue uniforms changed for snow-white
duck this morning. I bought a suit of it—coat and pants—
for £3.

Aug. 31. Five new cases today, five deaths.

This town has 25,000 people now, one-third white.

The Bennington came out and anchored a little to the
windward flying the yellow flag at her foremast. There
had been a death on board (cholera) and some of our
passengers were worried. A protest was sent and the
Commander said his ship had been thoroughly fumigated
and all his people were healthy, but if any fell sick would
go to sea at once.

Sharks playing around our stern all day. Could not
catch any.

The most marvelous of sunsets.

We have the snake liar and the fish liar always with us.
Now I find we are getting toward the atmosphere breathed
by the boomerang liar. The first officer has seen a man
escape behind the trees but his pursuer sent his boom-
erang high over and beyond the tree; then it turned,
descended and killed the man. The Australian passenger
has seen it done to two behind two trees, with one throw.
Maturin Ballon heard of a case where the boomerang
killed a bird and brought it back to the thrower.

Passengers who had taken rooms in this ship were not
allowed to come on board at Honolulu. One lady prisoner
wrote our Captain an imploring letter.

Sept. I. Lying at anchor till midnight.

And so they must sail away. For thirty years
he had dreamed of going back to the Islands,
only to meet this disappointment. One is re-
minded of Moses and the Promised Land.
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