The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1866-08-11
Correspondence Of the P. c. Advertiser,

Maui, August. 1866.
In most every country-but more so in those
lying between the tropical lincS-a certain Icgu-
larity in meteorological phenomena IS observable.
Rain. in most tropical countries, is looked for al
most with certainty at stated intervals and at sea
sons and months. in which the annual and regular
supply Of rain has taught the inhabitants to look
for it as they would look for the sun to rise, or the
new moon to appear. That islands-and more yet,
mountains of such altitude as are to be found on
these islauds-should break the isothrrmal lines is
natural but that such a total absence Of any reg
ular system. as it may he called, of rain-supply
should exist ON these islands, situated "a they are
within the tropics. is rather a remarkable fact,
Months. that were months of drouth in one year, are
turned into wet months in another. and what is
termed the rainy season this year. likely enough
turns out to be a dry season the next. There never
was a country. | think. that stood 50 much in need
of u good. conscientious =. clerk of the weather = as
this. and | regret that this letter will reach you
after the close of the Legislature, as that eccentric
body might have seen fit to appropriate a liberal
salary for some ministerial favorite for this " highly
respectable office, rain or no rain.
At Wailuku. Waikapu and Waihce. the inhabit-
ants were RECALLED with some generous showers at
this unwoutcd season. and " the house of the sun
for weeks has been turned topsy turvy by a visit
of sportive naiads. taking foroible possession,
splashing and dreuching with plentiful showers the
COLDER chariot of the sunny god as he issued from
the portals Of IIalcakala. and drove lazily over the
wide spreading sea. Showers by day and showers by
night, showers gentle and showers copious. and all
kinds Of showers. have been %showering down upon
the thirsty soil Of the. 1t this time of the year, gen
orally parched and sterilelooking slopes of Hale
akala, forcing back the green covering that already
began to show marks of dirty Patchwork The
%. oldest settler" whoever that may be. does not
recollert such n propitious season as the present.
The plantations on this island. with the cxcep-
ton Of the Lahaina. Ball n Adams and UluPala-
kua. are all grinding. The last named will resume
grinding this month. and no one can tell when those
now running will stop again. as the supply of
cane will he almost eXhaustless.
The q" glorious fourth that ever bright agi
sparkling day-buLblc upon the placid stream of
time-has foaied past merry homes on Maui. a it
has been watched. expected and reioiccd over in
thousands Of happy home circles and festive gather
iugS far and near-in every country. in every
cline. under arctic SHOWS and troric >un-till night
set in and even fireworks and rockets blazing ou
high. could not bring it back fronts course. giid-
ing toward the rrtcutivc past.
However much the "Chiva.ry Of the South
NAV boast of their l." Southern hospitality. il i
doubtful IT 1t can compare with the generous and
frank hospitality Of our island lankc" planters.
whose residences open their doors with an unvarE-
ing and generous hoSuifali'v to friends. strangers
and wayfarerS. the recollection of which cannot hr
hUt cherished 10y many hearts in distant lands.
even when in memory they revisit our sunny shores
and mountain slopes. y long a plantations aye
ike oI>cs I'm our waste and depnUulatcj Gi7.rtct--
~ long as no cheerful inns or hundreds of small
arm-jrads dot rnad>iars. valleys and mountain
-louc~-thc planters will have 10 bear the burden
which is cntai'cd Up0n every first settler In any
new country. be II Alabama. Missouri or the sand