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Tracks of a Rolling Stone-Part32_Henry J.Coke(1827-1916)_English Literature(文学名著)-第2页

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simple garment for a chemise of printed calico, with the



waist immediately under the arms so as to conceal the contour

of the figure. Other clothing have they none.



Are they the more chaste? Are they the less seductive -?

Hear what M. Anatole France says in his apostrophe to the



sex: 'Pour faire de vous la terrible merveille que vous etes

aujourd'hui, pour devenir la cause indifferente et souveraine



des sacrifices et des crimes, il vous a fallu deux choses:

la civilisation qui vous donna des voiles, et la religion qui



vous donna des scrupules.' The translation of which is

(please take note of it, my dear young ladies with 'les



epaules qui ne finissent pas'):

'Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard



Are sweeter.'

Be this as it may, these chocolate-skinned beauties, with



their small and regular features, their rosy lips, their

perfect teeth - of which they take great care - their



luxurious silky tresses, their pretty little hands and naked

feet, and their exquisite forms, would match the matchless



Cleopatra.

Through the kindness of Fred's host, the principal merchant



in the island, we were offered an opportunity of becoming

acquainted with the ELITE of the Honolulu nymphs. Mr. S.



invited us to what is called a LOOHOU feast got up by him for

their entertainment. The head of one of the most picturesque



valleys in Woahoo was selected for the celebration of this

ancient festival. Mounted on horses with which Mr. S. had



furnished us, we repaired in a party to the appointed spot.

It was early in the afternoon when we reached it; none of the



guests had arrived, excepting a few Kanakas, who were engaged

in thatching an old shed as shelter from the sun, and



strewing the ground with a thick carpet of palm-leaves. Ere

long, a cavalcade of between thirty and forty amazons - they



all rode astride - came racing up the valley at full speed,

their merry shouts proclaiming their approach. Gaudy strips



of MARO were loosely folded around their legs for skirts.

Their pretty little straw hats trimmed with ribbons, or their



uncovered heads with their long hair streaming in the wind,

confined only by a wreath of fresh orange flowers, added to



their irresistible charm. Certainly, the bravest soldiers

could not have withstood their charge. No men, however, were



admitted, save those who had been expressly invited; but each

lady of importance was given a CARTE BLANCHE to bring as many



of her own sex as she pleased, provided they were both pretty

and respectable.



As they rode up, we cavaliers, with becoming gallantry,

offered our assistance while they dismounted. Smitten



through and through by the bright eyes of one little houri

who possessed far more than her share of the first



requirement, and, taking the second for granted, I

courteously prepared to aid her to alight; when, to my



discomfiture, instead of a graciousacknowledgment of my

services, she gave me a sharp cut with her whip. As,



however, she laughed merrily at my wry faces, I accepted the

act as a scratch of the kitten's claws; at least, it was no



sign of indifference, and giving myself the benefit of the

doubt, lifted her from her saddle without further



chastisement, except a coquettish smile that wounded, alas!

more than it healed.



The feast was thus prepared: poultry, sucking-pigs, and

puppies - the last, after being scalded and scraped, were



stuffed with vegetables and spices, rolled in plantain

leaves, and placed in the ground upon stones already heated.



More stones were then laid over them, and fires lighted on

the top of all. While the cooking was in progress, the



Kanakas ground TARO roots for the paste called 'poe'; the

girls danced and sang. The songs were devoid of melody,



being musical recitations of imaginary love adventures,




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