The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1861-08-29
Commercial advertiser.
Rural Sketches
of the tiaraiian ,eslands.
hONa- IIAW All.


hONA. HAWAII.
The frey Of KiIlue;. having been reported to
b. burning more brightly than usual. the magnet
Of curiosity pointed % Hawaii as the island
most likely To afford, during short summer
vacation, abundance Of material 10 work up
into - rural sketches" At the shrill call Of her
master, the prompt steamer backed from her pier
on the eve Of our national anniversary. and we
Were soon gliding out 90 Honolulu h;lrbOr under
the uuItet pressure % steam and wind. The
steamer II now too we'll known and too libcrallv
pItryuIzrd 20 need her merits repeated here :;
suffice IL To- say that her commander and officers
remain the same. ever prompt, and attentive 70
their duties Z, well the wants Of the pas
sengers- BE- they we'll. sick Indifferent. More
than this. nothing can be said. unless 1t be- that
ali RhD travel IN the boat become charmed with
her, and acknowledge her superior qualities a.
an inter-sllud conveyance We found ON board
-1ine seventeen cabin Passengers, while on the
forward deck crowd OF lJj with their luggage
served put tine vessel IN her best sailing trim.
The gray dawn Of the morning revealed 20
LIh;sIEa, with it, bold and barren mountains
The vessel had anchored there before light after
good run of ten hours from Honolulu.
short walk or ride ashore, with strong cup Of
cOtfer, gives relish and vIgJr for continuation
Of the voyage, not inferior 10 a lunch at a rail
way station. \ few passengers and freight land
ed taken board, whistle at o'clock. and
the steamer w.t- again under way. On each trip
up 20 and returning from Hawaii she touches at
kalrpJlcpp and Niukces Landing. on Maui. and
KOFlill and Kaw.lilflc. ON Hawaii. From
thess last points she branches off either 20 IlilO
or Roma \ schedule OF her arrival and deyar-
ture from each port may not BE- unInterestng
here
Trip o IIHo. Arrives. Lz,v-s.
L'.siut.- 10 s An, Tuesday N An
5i1al. s., Esasa:......... Li....,., Isu -. ru.
Ka~aitae,- II mblnisL al AN: Wed
Hito, a PM, do pm. Thur.
TEr To Ko>A.-The first three stoppages are
mad. Ut the same hours ON Wednesday,, instead
Of Tuesday, the IIiO trip.
kss 10 10 F% gls.Si Mel 9. 10 %T F, 4H: Ms
Kaill',, --.----.@ a. an, Thur, 7@s
south n ous and ReaInkrL,ua Bay.
Touching ut kawaihac at midnight and Kai- /
lua the hour Of breakfast. the steamer passed
on arriving at keaakekul Bay at noon. Years /.
make very few changes in the appearance of the /
land-,.itIa. and SCENERY immediately around the .
bay. The same dark Lava rocks, the same waving .
cocoInut trees and rusty thatch nuts, constitute /
the chief features of kdaWaluI and of NapOOpDO, /
situated ON tine opposite shores Of the bay. The /
same cOcpd-tree stump, with Its rudely marked .
copper tablets, still remains the only monument
TO mark the spot where fell - the renowned cir
cumnayigItOr,'' whose deeds have added To- Eng
land glory and ELns Time is- evidently thin
ming out the population and the number of huts
IN villages on tine UIy mas decreased during
the last ten years. The census of 1860 gives the
South Kona district a population of 26S3. Most
OF the foreign residents (Of whom there in
the whole KOna district about 1907 live the
elevated table land back of the village of NapOO-
poo kellakckua, Capt. +. Cummings being the
only foreigner residing ON the beach, where ne
has been located for some sixteen years In the
appearance Of the farming and fruit district, the
past few years have made great change, both
in the number of dwellings and their improved
IL Vl..V IA
that reminds a traveller 80 much of the rural
neighbOrhOpds of New England villages, as that
lying between kailua and Kealakekua. Hand
frame stone houses, of neat style, and
almost buried in groves of luxuriant shade and
fruit trees, with their green blinds peering out
from underneath arbJrs of vines and climbing
roses. afford sight where else to be found in
our group
The Insect Blight.
The orange and coffee orchards, are to be seen
ON either side of the road, in some places loaded
down with fruit, while in others they are droop-
ing and dying with the insect JLght. lhls
curse still continues discOuragIng the farmers
and robbing many of them of their means of
livelihood Some think that it is decreasing. but
It's effects everywhere noticeable, and the eX-
tent Of its evil NAV De best Judged from the fact
that one farmer, who gathered, in the year before
the appearance of the blight, $4,000 pounds Of
coffee, last year picked from the same trees only
S.rsyl Huafr,d pounds With the orange trees,
D
u twenty years age. which formerly yielded
from 900 To 5000 oranges are now either Ell
tirely barren, with their limbs decdying. or yield
only 4 few hundred. No available remedy has
vet been found. though several applications used
on individual trees have been found beneficial for
q short time, but require 20 be renewed. All are
hoping that this >cJuTge Will eventually pass
away. a. other evils have done, from exhaustion.
The old natives sly that "A blight of a similar
character occurred long time since; bat We do
not remember of seeing any reference To 1t IN any
Of the historical works on the Islands IL 1t Oc-
currcd 1t all 1t must have been during the
tr.lditi1uarv period. and other fruits and
trees and before the arrival Of foreigners, who
brought with them the orange and coffee tree,
now the subjects of the scOurge.
The Konn Coffee.
The reputed excellence of the coffee Of this
district J. no fable. IL has a peculiar fragrance
which no other coffee grown these islands
possesses IN tine same degree. This Is said 10 be
attributable 10 the manner in which the berry Is
cured. being allowed To dry IN the husk. which
of it-eIf Possesses "A rich and delicious that
becomes impaired TO the berry in the drying pro-
cess Each farmer has his own method of curing,
and some Of the coffee cured here may b. little
more fragrant than other brands grown IN the
same district Contrary u most other kinds Ot
fruit are adds 20 the value and strength of cot
f,-r and IL NAV b.. thus kept i've SIX years
constantly improving. Such delicious coffee as
that Furnished NJ the table of Capt Cumlngs,
under whose hOspitable roof 1t was good for
tune % remain during s1i0Urn at kealake-
kua l. seldom found. There rich and
aromatic flavor IN the beverage prepared by
him. which intOxicates with delight, and IL
i difficult % conceive Of any preparation OF this
flyJrIte oriental beverage more delicious. No
one who tests the coffee uf kOna. u prepared by