The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1861-09-19
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not drinking any from one years end 10 another tn,
moisture OF the dews and frequent showers tht
grass, being sufficient 70 support lie. The koua
: and hau beet has long enjoyed the reputation O
being very superior and tender, which i attributed
u the fact that the cattle drink water. Whether
this be the not, had ample opportunity
70 attest the fact, and both at kelakekua and Wal
Ohnu We found the exceedingly tender. At
Capt. Cummings we were treated roast beef and
steaks from working OK, a tender the choicest
veal. Were a butcher 10 set up shop in Honolulu
AMI obtain hs stock solely from Kona, if fortune
did follow MS enterprise, crowd 0: customers surely
would
AInnIu. the HarBor a Rau.
The district Of kau - the ultima thule Of the
Hawaii Group. comprising the southern portion
Of the Island Of Hawaii, and probably Is the least
visited IL Possesses pretty good harbOr, fiUGiu.
some ten mile> around the south point Of the island
which affords safe anchorage for small vessels The
wind blows along the Shore and vessels to an
chOT and get under way with perfect safety. IL
sembles hOlOa harbOr very much, though both the
anchorage and the landing FOR boats better at
Alualu. From the harbor to the village, n distance
OF seven eight miles, Is good road, made
some ten or twelve years since under the superin-
tendence Of the late Rev. Mr. Kinney the missionary
stationed In this district Until quite recently YES
sels seldom visited this harbOr but the schooner
HeEGUiuOhi runs there regularly, and quite an i'm
portant trade is springng up between the district Of
kau and Honolulu, with considerable native travel
The LcVnur'- Spar.
AbOnt a mile north Of the harbOr Of Alualu is the
place where lies the spar supposed TO have belonged
10 the lost shiP-Of-war LerdHt. Having a curiosity
and examine II, visited the spot and found
the spar lying the rocks, bur two or three
feet above low water mark. The spar measures 20
feet inches. aud it, diameter the foot have
been twenty-eght or thirty inches. Throughout its
whole length, from the foot the head, 1t is much
chafed, and probably Of the original surface Of
the mast is remaining. In places it is chafed
of at least SIX inches, and perhaps more II is
made mast, that is il had strips four Of
its sides strengthen it. and had several iron bands
rF.a f,Fs,,
ships When ii driftci on shore, there three of
these iron bands remaining it, but the natives
have cut them off. The rust marks however remain
only of these but of Others and the bands appear
by these marks 10 have been every nine ten feet
throughout its length. The spar is evidently q spe-
cies OF pine, but the HHfe part a. fish, ship
carpenters term IT. is kind of cedar. 1t has we'll
made step at the foot similar to other masts. An
animation is sufficient satisfy any that il was
a we'll finished mast, and must have belonged o some
large ships whether 10 the LeraHt not, be best
decided when the sketch of it, and measurements,
taken by US on the spot are examined IN Washington
or by the maker Of the Some have thought ,
that it cannot be the LerGHfS mast, because it
has spikes in IL, such n used made in
America But this mast may have been made and
put IN IN some foreign port This objection, then, Is
argument against il having belonged TO the LeraHt
BY inquiry among the natives, found that the
mast irst early in March for two three !.
days. 1t then hoated off in high tide, and again
drifted ashore, about the first of May, where il
lies. During these six or seven 49, ' mus Nl'e
been E.aaI Iysks and along the coast
in heavy suri-which sufficiently accounts for its
present chaed, mutilated and wOrm-eaten condition.
We will close this sketch with an item two which
we find in foreign exchanges referring to the
LerdHf.
Hawaii may he the LerGHf's fore
mast, IS feet long. Tie maI-t o the lost corvette
length there gun rack marks in
a rlan-0f-Ear fJrrma-t.
There are no gun rack marks the spar "
ing on Hawaii. The spikes remaining in it,
evidently served fasten the male pieces of the
mast.
THE LEyAvr-The sIoopofwar LerHt has been given
b0tt-d oil Tie naval registers
mary every country. The pay of officers
on handel their C
authorizes the preceding, which done
July. years VIII probably be paid
tire friends u the uuflrtuuIJes-