Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 367
ay only native Hawaiians can infalliblysteer an outrigger canoe through the raging surf,although the small white boys of Honolulu aresometimes successful in the smaller canoes andin comparatively calm weather. Then there were the famous mountain slidesdown which the most athletic of the… … HAWAIIAN BOYS AND THEIR SURF-BOARDS. time of living Hawaiian princes. Few others at-tempt it, and the white boy is usually quite will- 876 A BOYS PARADISE IN THE PACIFIC 877 ing to watch the native try his remarkable aquaticleap, foot foremost, while he plunges into thewater, head first. The white…
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