Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Volume II, Number 260, 17 August 1891 — DEATH'S DOMAINS. [ARTICLE]

DEATH'S DOMAINS.

(Contini;ed.) It seeiuB all but ussless to attetnpt to educate tbese leper chi3dren, who bave no hope arid i4o fwture. Edui3ation ean never bfe of the shgbtest uee to thera. To hear or to read of the outer. buKV happv world ean only fldd to their (bspair. Then the party visited the hospitul where they tr«nks without hands, without feet, witbout hunian features, blind, niere liuupe of raw, corrupting flēsb. but breathing and feeling endloss tortures, and thinking. yes, thinking — what thoughts eome- to the soul in such a position ? —and fearing, still fearing soraething worse — the king of horrors—death. I>et us turn away; it ia to mueh. The clothing and quarters of the lepers ai>peared elean and corafortabīe. There are many neat coitages that were in mueh better order tban those of the average native elsewhere. There is some eom* plāint of crowding and insuflicient room, but there seems to be no great distross on tbat aecount. The | lepers wore clothes as good as the average, and «iany were provided with excellent horses, ele.-m limbs and sleek hj\it*.s contrasted strangely with the deformity of their riders. The party theii started ībr Kalawao distant about three miles on the opr)osite side of ihe Peninsula. V\ r hen the summit was reached a beautiful view met the a series of rolfing hiiis descending to the sea, dotted wi th white cottnges and pretty gardens while on the right the lofty precipice shni off half the sky. Kalawao contains about half of the" 1 e»er popu 1 atioii, butfrom eouie cause none to greet the 4iueen. Some one said the people . were all in their houses crying with their friends, and others that the leperswerej thus expressing their dissatis faction with Hei* I\rfjesty for making ccrtain further changes in the Board of HealtH. At Kalawao the Queen listened tosomeexercises by the school, not different froai what was aeen on the other side. When thē party r®ached Mr. TeH's house on the retdrn an excelient luneh was served according to tbe native fashion. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sam Parker was beBeiged with applicants for re-examination. Many showed only very slight signs of the disease, and some none at all. This was the case with two or three little girls who, even on l>eing stripped appeared to be perfectly healthy. v The Minister expressed hia «urprise at the number of apparantly well persons confin id here, and proniised to make athorough invest)g;ition. There is no doubt that s-jme persons have been sent to this Go]gotha because they nave chanced to offend 6QO»ttofficial. In Hawaii here an o!ficial with a oull ean «»asily send an enemy tojnil or to this ehamel house. Some of the j)ersons showing Bympt<r.ns uf tho ni;ihidy Kcvover afn j r a whiie and are to ail appearatices well. About o'oloek the rov.»l narty \vent o'.i h,»ard the steamer. The v:mitors and »epers gathered at the la;\<Vin U> say the last titrewell, Loiui \v.niing and lamentations il[ied ihi air, Men and woiiieo \vere 10 the remaii»s

of th?ir n**ar an<J dear kii), bug£ing Aiui kie«ing tho ghas»tly fester ing bodies and S:obbiug convulsu<i with uncontro!abie angiiiBh. What sounds eould exjjref<B Ihe ifithute j pāin and dispair of snch pdrtings ? |No one ean diecribe or imagine l aueh ascene. , ' At last it wns over. the people 011 board again, and vve sailed away. leaving the inhabitants of the settlement to their.sores and their djing. 0n board thi ngs were n> »t a 1 together pieasant The Steaiv)cr v;as | erowded. T he passengers L: v on ;the deck 111 r >*.vff <:!o?e)y. r>.u:ked | cupying ev< ry loht of available |space. The Q')een and suite took jtheir places «.n mattresses spread lon the and could not be disi tingmshed from the mass of n,«tives laround. | In the cabin things were worse; ievery bunk and heneh erowded. ! with snoring and uerspiring natives [ while ehe laek of ventilation ren!dered the heated atmosphere ali most unsuppr;rtable. 80 freighted the steamer slowly made her way baek to Honolulu, and so ended an excursion iiito the land of delirium and nightmares. The people who went on this trip were mostly the near relations of : lepers on Molokai. An observer I night imagine he saw many signs !of the dread d o sease among them. ! To be Continned.