Hawaii, a Snap Shot

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Excerpt from Hawaii, a Snap Shot: Being the Record of a Trip to the "Paradise of the Pacific" In Which the Truth of General Impressions More Than Literal and Often Misleading Fact Is OfferedHe became ghastly as the idea struck in. Good heavens, I am lost! My insides are stuck together and I will never eat again. I knew this foreign travel would be the death of me. A brutal sailor, noticing his emotion, came up, touched his hat, and requested him to Please go leeward and weep in the sea, if it is all the same to you.The Pacific Ocean is a perfect paradise for that class of people who are inquisitive about their neigh bors and who do not feel easy in their minds unless they know what their acquaintances had for dinner. I have always endeavored to keep dark what I have been eating, particularly after' partaking of onions, but 'on Senor Balboa's Pacific it was of no use. The fatal secret was wrested from me three times per day, and the gossip mongers had it all their own way.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.