1861: “THEY CAN SPRING UPRIGHT ON THE SURFBOARD AND COME IN ERECT!" AN EXCERPT FROM "THE VICTORIAN VISITORS,” BY SOPHIA CRACROFT

Sophia Cracroft, an adventurous and well-connected upper-class Londoner, visited Hawaii for two months in 1861 and wrote about her experiences in a book of letters titled The Victorian Visitors. While there, Cracroft and her traveling partner, Lady Jane Franklin, were guests of King Kamehameha IV. The scene below takes place in Kailua, on the Big Island. * * * At twelve, we [headed off] to a bay...

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