The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1863-12-03

formly a hard red clay with scarcely any perceptible
surface soil and mould. countless little rills and
mountain streams gush through the gullies, and the
water so clear, so cool and crystal like, foaming over
rocks or ripping over pebbles. invites the traveller to
many a halt to take a drink, not for the sake Of
shaking thirst but as a luxury. Our horses even
appeared to be under the same influence. AT every
stream they we're bending their necks to take a swal-
low Of the {" liquid crystal"
The road leads for several miles through open
groves of Bandanus. Very few trees Of other growth
except the kukui are met with. The pandanus
where SO plentiful, lends no beauty to the scenery,
but rather gives to the country an aspect Of dreari-
ness. On our left We had al intervals a view of the
sea, the deep blue ocean. i few hours ride brought
US 10 the new home Of Chas. Titcomb. ESQ, who
with true frontier spirit has pulled stakes on one
place to open = a clearing on another. Travelling
at our leisure, We accepted the hearty invitation Of
the IA frontiersmsu' and spent a pleasant hour in
the genial society Of our host. We learned that Mr..
T., has command Of a plentiful supply Of water and
a soil capable Of producing rich crops No better
judge than Mr.. I. Success 10 him, and may many
more follow his example and 90 TO 80 clearing" The
road from here to Mr.. Bertelmann's leads over some
fine tracts Of land. At Mr.. Bertelmann's We met
with q cordial reception. We observed a few stalks
Of sugar cane near the house, and could not help
wondering that q soil SO unpromising should pro-
duce such fine cane. But such is the fact. 1t
augurs well for the future prospects OF Kauai. A
short distance further on the road to Anahola, hidden
in a valley and fed by a plentiful stream Of water, is
the saw mill being erected by MIR. B%ertelmann.
This is an enterprise that appears to me of SO much
beneht TO the country that 1t deserves more than a
passing notice. Our road leads now around the
mountains Of
Anahola.
To our left the wide ocean stretches forth, to
our light the peaks and ragged mountains of
Anahola throw their dark shadows over the land
scape, before US leads the road through q dreary
and parched waste. High above. near the sum
NIT Of the most rugged of all peaks, is the g hole in
the wall. D." u round opening that in the dark mountain
side looks bright and clear like an cyclop's eye, toe
eye of the old man of the mountain. And how long
has that solitary eye looked down from its high pin
nacle upon generations coming and going, upon the
thousands that once enlivened the plain, upon the
thousands Of canoes that skinned once over the
waves of the sea, upon the thousands that were and
are gone like the years and months and days to re-
turn never more, till now it locks over d waste,
dreary, barren and desolate. Scarcely IA sound dis
turbs the dead silence. A herd Of sheep whose
woody coats are Redeemed by the blowing dust, crop
amongst the blackened stones; their dismal bleatings
the only sound OF life. But those very sheep that
bleat so dOlefully are fat, immensely fat. Down
hill again We go. and before us lies the thriving sea-
port town of Anahola, consisting Of a dozen huts, 8
or 10 acres of kalo land, 2 trees and a reed grown
swamp as centrepiece to a dreary land or rather
mud puddle scape. We climb again upwards to a
level plateau, and the road leads over fine pasture
land and through groves of fine timber to the resi-
dence of E. Krull, Esq, where We alight, meet with
friendly welcome and close our first days journey.
CTo be Continued)