The Polynesian., 1840-08-22
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the Cascade of the Rainbow"
The population of the district of Hlo !.
nearly eight thousand. A store has been 20
Gently established at the village, much ,o
the benefit OF the natives, in atiordinp them
market for their produce, and foreign goods
in return. "A spirit of enterprise is deveou.
ing, which no doubt will soon make this place
the garden of Hawaii, but it is here as else.
where through the influence of foreigner,
that better day appears to be dawniug upon
these islands. This year the exports from
lIilo, Mr.. p. informed me, would amount "a
two hundred thousand shingles, a considers.
bic quantity of Koa lumber, forty or fifty tons
of sugar, and if called for one hundred and
fifty tons of arrow root. Seven miles inland
there is a saw mill, which, when water i,
abundant can saw from six to eight hundycd
feet boards per day. Two sugar mills, by
water power, and capable of grinding from
four hundred to six hundred pounds each per
day, have been recently established, and are
expected to turn out two hundred tons of su-
gar the ensuing year. That which has been
made-the past year, at the Chinaman's mills.
has a disagreeablc flavor, and lacks grain
The climate of IEilo is particularly favor
able to agricultural operations Regular
land and sea breczes prevail, which give
very delightful temperature, tempcring the
noon-day heat and rendering the nights cool
and bracng. 1t has formerly been consd-
cred as obrcXious to continual rains but the
residents state that within the last four yeas
great change has taken place in that re-
spcct, andthat now much less falls; indeed,
no more than is. necessary to preserve is
iruitiulness. Orange trees do not thrive.
well, but the mango, chirinoya, fg, straw
berry, and many ether fruits grow thriiiiIy.
Corn, mulberry, and sugar cane do excel.
lcntly well, but the plant which seems to
thrive the best, and is destined to become the
principal export is the coffee. The expense
of raising it is triiing compared with silk or
sugar. 1t grows most luxurantly, and the
branches Of the trees then in fruit. were
bent to the earth by its weight Mr.. p.
states that his mature trees lave produced
ten pounds apiece, which is an enormous
product comparcdwth most coffee countries.
In Brazil and;he, West Indies, three to four
pounds to the tree is considered as a great
crop. here are now two plantations Of
the berry, containing 5000 trees three wears
of age, which commence bearing little the
present year. These are planted in rows,
shaded by banana plants, and are at present
from three to four feet high. The strong
trade winds, which almost every where else
Oh the islands operates as a serious impcdi-
ment to the growth of plants, is here ncu-
tralized by the land breezes, and the neigh
boring g'mountains. A pleasant wine has been
made from the wild raspberrics.
The mission houses, three in number, are
pleasantly situated near each other, quar-
ter OF a mile from the beach. That built by
Mr.. Goodrich is of two stories, painted red,
and an exact model of one of our Yankee
farm houses in New England. Indeed,
1t looked as if it had been transp.aned
to its present situation, from the country
of frost and snow, and forms quite singu-