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http://openlibrary.org/books/OL23528430M/Alice's_Visit_to_the_Hawaiian_Islands
The references with
surfing content are:
1843 James Jarves:
Hawaiian
History.
1873 Isabella
L. Bird : Surfriding at Waikiki,
Hilo and Kauai.
1891 W.D. Alexander
: A Brief History of
the Hawaiian People.
1896 Thrum*(Hawaiian
Annual) : Hawaiian
Surfriding.
The other book is;
Judd, Laura Fish:
Honolulu;
Sketches of Life, Social, Political and Religious, in the Hawaiian Islands
from 1828 to 1861.
Anson D. F. Randolph,
New York:, 1880.
In writing this
imaginary journey to the Hawaiian Islands I have described the country
and the people as they were studied by me during two actual visits.
The volcano of
Kilauea was at the time of my visit in a state of great activity, and the
account which I have given of the wonderful spectacle was prepared from
notes written within sight of the crater.
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Among books that have been especially helpful in the preparation of this work have been J. J. Jarves's "Hawaiian or Sandwich Islands," W.- D. Alexander's " A Brief History of the Hawaiian People," Mrs. Judd's "Honolulu," Mrs. Isabella Bird Bishop's "Six Months in the Sandwich Islands," and "The Hawaiian Annual."
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The Hawaiians
made little sledges with curved, polished runners and coasted down the
grassy hillsides.
They also played
at bowls and threw spears at a target ; and the chiefs were fond of shooting
mice with bows and arrows, a sport in which no one else could engage.
They ran races
and wrestled; and in their boxing matches struck such heavy blows that
men were frequently killed.
The most popular
of all their pastimes was swimming.
They used a very
long, narrow board, with which men, women, and even children swam out to
sea until they met a huge wave, when they threw
themselves upon
the swimming board and were borne swiftly to the shore.
They were so
skillful in this dangerous amusement that they were rarely hurt or drowned.
They were also
very fearless in leaping over high waterfalls, into the deep pools below.
Indeed, they spent so much time in the streams and the sea, that they were
almost as much at home in the water as on the land.
Few of the Hawaiians of to-day would venture to leap over even a small waterfall, and they rarely use their swimming boards.
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