The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1862-04-10
NOTES OF THE WEEK.

A FEAT WORTH NOTING.-In these dull times,
when the country is more attractive than the town;
when rice barvests Cor the prospect of them)
ale more Turing and promise a better reward than
most kinds of city employments, il may not be amiss
to state how q leisure day can be well spent, and it
will be seen, moreover, that roads around the island
are improving under somebody's management. On
Wednesday last, Capt. Ccfin harne-sed up his pony
span to take to his ranch, at Llie, one OF our former
townsmen, who has retired 20 the healthful and no
doubt profitable pursuit of rice culture and stock
growing. The party LEFT Honolulu at Al z. NJ. on
Wednesday. and spent the night at Mons. Victor
Chancerel's quiet cottage at Eva. Starting on at
81 o'clock the next morning, they arrived at Lihue
in one hours drive, where the venerable Captain
Meek, always ready to welcome in the passing
stranger, entertained them to a delicious breakfast.
the :. iatted calf > having evidently been prepared
for the occasion. Leaving ut 8 a. VI. they drove
through to Laie, an fire hours, the road generally
being good. In crossing the Wainea stream, beyond
waialua. which is n much dreaded ford, that has
prevented carriages from gong more frequently
around that part of the island, a discovery was made
which il may be well TO note. This stream has al
ways been subject TO auicksands, and horses crossing
IL have frequently been immersed, body, neck, ears
and all. At some seasons il is much worse than Mt
others. So great is the danger, that natives living
near by generally pilot strangers through the stream.
Our party, being pilots" by profession, tried
q new route, driving their team through the sea. just
at the place where the salt and fresh waters meet.
There the road was found perfectly hard and no diff
fculty encountered, although the river was high and
the water running out strong. On the return of the
team the same track was tried, and with the same
success.
- The party arrived at Laie at 2 P. NJ, the time
occupied in driving through having been only eight
hours. Returning, Capt. c. left Liie at D p. W.,
arrived at the cottage of MIR. Vim. Lane in Waialua,
the Iatchsirings of whose doors are always hanging
out. and spent the night there. coming on to Capt.
Meek's the next morning, and reached Honolulu ut
2 2. VI. on Friday, the time occupied on the road in
returning having been eight and a half hours. And
this was done without n change of horses from the
time the carriage left Honolulu. The distance to
Laie 10y the above route is probably not less than fifty
miles. We state these facts 10 show the improve
ments gradually going on in the facilities for travel
ing about the island. Time was when even a horse
back ride TO Waiaiua was only attended with peril,
At least for ladies'; but now We see carriages frequent
ly passing over the route, and very comfortably. Dr.
Ford often drives around in a carriage to the other
of Oahu. -
- By the following, it will be seen that DR.. Gu
is lecturing in San Franciso. We learn that it
was his intention to proceed to the Atlantic States
uTlnR lut spiluB.
LECTURE OF THE COAL Isl Arps or The WESTERN Pacific
lecture will be delivered on this subject, on Tuesday
evening next. in the Academy of Music, by the Rev L. n. Gu
lie. NJ. u. Or. Quick has been invited nv The California Acsde-
my Of Natural Sciences TO deliver this lecture II will be Illus
rated by specimens OF the dress and orname.is Of th-natives Of
islands
\ LIVELY DAY.-Last Sunday there were two mer-
TWO whalers and three coasters arrived,
while a fourth coaster was signaled. but did not get
in. The telegraph arms kept moving quite briskly
throughout the day.
y The chorus Of the Amateur Musical Society
sill meet for rehearsal on Tuesday evening next.
April 18th. at the residence of Mrs. Samuel H..
-
y Mons. Charles de Varigny hns been approved
'y the Hawaiian Government as Acting Consul of
France, TO fll the place of the late NJ. Perrin.
2 The bark KathLesn. with the mails. will be
lue IN Saturday F-r