Whitewashing The Natives In The South Sea Islands

The Rev. Mr. Williams, g'ues in ono of lis narrative?, a aughuble nccourti of theefect produced on the nativos of onc of the Snuth Sea Island. by nn sttempt whfch he madcto convert the coral of their shores into lime. After having laughed ut the procesa of' iiirning, which Ihey believed to be to cook the corul for food, what was tbeir nstonishmcnr, when in ihc inormng1, tliey fouiid the niiscionary's cottage gHtterrng jir the rising tin, white as snow. They danced, tliey snng, they shouled, ihey ecreamed for joy. - The whole I&iand was soon m co:n:notinn, given up to wondei and curiosity. The bon ton immediaiely voted the whitewash a cosmetic and a kalaydor, and superlatively happy did many a swarthy coquette Consider hen?elf, could she bot enhance her charms by a d.'iub of the white brush. And now a party spirit ran high, os it will do in more civilized countries, ?s to who was or wlio was not, enlitled to preference. One party urged their superior rat k and riches; a second got the brush, and were determined at all events, to keep it; and a third tried to overturn the wliole, that they mighi get some of the sweepings. They even did not scruple to rob each other of the little frliarc that somc had been so happy asjto procure. But somc ncw li'no was prepared,and in a week nut a hut, u dotnestic niensi), a war club, ur'a ormt-nt, but vis ;9 white áa añów; not an inliabitant but hnd his slun puinted wilh the most groíctque figuréis iiot i pi bul what wus similarly whitened; mui even motheis iniglil be seeii in every diieclion, caperingf with exlravaant gestnres and veiling wi'li deliglitnt iho superior beauty of ilieir wliitowashed nfants.