The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-12-21
Our Island correspondence.
Review Of Kauai and NIihau-Ss- Y.

q CooS's IlAKnoR, NmHar, November, 1867.
After an interruption Of some weeks, we resume
our notes from No. I6 Of the Advertiser.
In our last we left you the sunny brow Of
the table land that gently slopes into tic valley Of
Koloa- Here will pause and look upon it,
spread out before Us like n map. The valley in
shape il iFrrsttlsf tsisai- with its base rest
ing on the sen To the northeast 1t il bounded
BY a line OF extinct volcanic cones, which COM
mence in the sand dunes that bound the beach
and form a basaltic rim, that reaches westward to
the pas- Of Kohoaia- The central range Of noun
ains, and the elevated grassy table land bound it
on the northwest and west. Scattered over the
valley are several truneated pyramids, symme-
uieal in form and clothed with veriure To their
-ammits. Perehcd high upon one Of these II the
white tomb of some ambitious native-mOre pre-
tentioas than the hero grave Of Themistccles, but
boxing over the lonely with NO associations,
no memory Of the past, and surrounded with no
halo OF departed glory The view Of the valley
either from the sea- or from one of these eleva-
tious, with the variegated emerald ,Ints of the
grass, the cane fcld-, the foliage Of the trees,
and the scattered houses OF the village, is very
beautiful and with the blue spreading
away -outhward and the lofty back ground of
mountains, it possesses air Of grandeur. Wind
ing down from tile pass, beautiful stream scat
tiers Fertility anil gladness over the vale OF beauty
Although KOIoa has air Of dreamy quiet
ness-a kind Of .. Slcepy Hollow " tranquility of
repose, yet there no Rip Van Wrinkles there
It has been and ,tilI IL the theatre of industry
and enterprise The name KOloa, or long cane
Indicates its principal production Here COM
IHeueed the planting Of cane for the mandatory
Of sugar these Islands by the enterprising firm
Of Mcssrs. Iadd & Co., in 1885. A rude wooden
water mill was erected ON tine KoIoa river, few
yards east Of the residence of DIR. j. W. Smith,
not a vestige of which is now remaining but this
was soon suppIanted by steam power. and excel
lent sugar was made. Messrs. Izidd x Co., like
the Originators and beginners of all experiments,
did not reap that rich reward which they merited,
Yet they accomplished much to develope the
Resources Of the Islands, and turn the attention
OF the public in the direction of the culture.
Here too, our friend, Dir. Charles Titcomb, ex-
perimented ON the mulberry and the silk worm, a
branch Of profitable industry, that will yet be
extended in the Hawaiian Islands. The cul-
ture still continues proftably-Dr- Woods plan
tation being among the few that paying insti-
tutiOns- y new business has also sprung up in
the cultivation OF the cassaya or mandiOc, and the
manufacture Of tapioca- Mr.. Chairman has a
plantation and mill in successful operation. Now,
as on the yizit of Captain Cook, the sweet pO-
fEtO, banana, and other Vegetables and fruits are
extensively cultivated, all except the fGTO, which
has given place to the sugar cane the poi comes
from lianapepe. The valley Of KOIoa Is arid and
story near the sea, but gradually becomes more
fertile towards the mountains
The haFbor u an open roadstcad, but generally
secure except during the prevalence of the south
ern storms or KOnas, which occur during the
winter months The climate L. equable and salu-
brious, and i much cooler than that Of WainIea,
because more open 10 the trade winds and refresh
ed by frequent showers. We have witnessed
heavy showers near the base Of the IIaupu range,
and even tar down ~ the church in koloa,
when not a drop fell in the arid belt near the sea
snore' and while the more leeward portions oi
the ISLAND suffer from drought, Koloa il refreshed
by moisture
In 1888 the population Of KOlOa was estimated
nj @,OoOi It does not contain One-third Of the
number It were needless % ask, where they
have gone They were sands in the hour glass o.
ume-they have run their cOurse-are minglin2
with the sands ON the sen shore and tossed abOu
BY the restless breeze.
Beyond the narrow volcanic range of Haupu
extending northeastuard spreads the elevated PlaiT