The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-10-26

in thoughts of the breyity of life, and the
mutability of human hopes and ambition. Mans
short yet chequered journey from the cradle to
the grave his existence on earth but pendulum
between II smile and tear-a breath family
lowering between life and death; life well spent
here his only hope of life hereafter, all rose
III our mind to exhibit how fleet, how shadowy,
ms hold upon earth, How vain all the airy
visions of mortality the brightest rose-hued
hopcs-the loftiest dreams of ambition As we
gazed upon the bowed form before us, we could
not but think life spent like his, who honor
able In all his walks, just To himself and just
all mankind, was far preferable to any career
guided by yaulting ambition, although it might
bring what the world calls glory. honors, distinc
tiOn and wealth. Like venerable oak that had
brayed the hurricanes and storms of more than
three quarters of n century, and at last with
crIng before 80 Decays efiacing fingers which
were sweeping each line where beauty fingers, so
he appeared to we babe him sad, and per-
haps u last farewell
The gardens at Paauhau looked well. Pota-
toes, cabbages, tomatoes, pumpkins, and vegeta-
bes suited to a cool yet temperate climate, flour
ish without irrigation. There is moisture in the
rich soil and in the atmosphere, sufficient to pro-
cool and elevated region. \ sumptuous dinner
and refreshing nights sleep, prepared us for the
ride across the base of Mauna Kea to Laupahoe-
hoe, for the morrow.
We rose with the dawn. greeted the sun and
cheered by the glad singing of the woodland
birds that made the wild redolent with their song.
The Deputy Attorney General and the Circuit
Judge of Hilo, with Juvenile and exuberant
spirits, and a wild desire TO 90 through to Hlo
in one day, started merrily by sunrise; but we
had long since passed the milestone of vanity on
the journey of life, concluded to take it coolly
and lcisurcly. We walked forth to an elevated
knoll, oook two sketches of the magnificent
scenery, enjoyed the glorious and exhilarating
mounta in air, returned for breakfast, and found
that Harry had been tricked-our horses were
not in the corral.
But Harry has plenty of resources, expedients
and more horses, 80 after 4 few Hibernian bless
ings on the miscreart of a spdLpeen, bad cess to
him, who had turned the horses out, he vaultcd
into his saddle, secured over the plain and soon
returned with others, better than those which es-
eapcd, with ono solitary cHception-the mouse
colored, fast walking Godolphin Arabian, that
carried the Judiciary. Fertile and aecommo-
dating Harry. We afraid you will never
hear the last of that mouse-colored pony, with
the Baalam stripe extending along his back, from
name to TAIL BE all hunt him up and
make prisint i'm to the '' Koort!''
With kind adieus to friends and glad bright
eyes, we commenced our winding way over the
northeastern flank of Mauna Kea. Our route
lay upward through glade and woodland dark
forest groves and green grassy lawns succeeded
each other. The morning air whispered through
the leaves and tossed the flowers and eathery fern
tops the birds wi.rbled from the boughs, the bees
hummcd in the petals Of the rosy and rainbow
blooms, and the golden sunlight pencied out the
many-hued foliage of the forest, and the grand
buttresscs and turrets of the mountain, still
drapcd with the white gossamcr cloud. Ascend
ing to the highest point-the summit level-the
forest became deeper and darker, and more tan
gled the ferns as large those of the carboni-
ferrous period, and we approached the region of
the clouds. They swept up from the sea around
us. coolly envcoped us, shut out the sunlight
and left us to pursue our way over the rolling
hills, while the atmosphere hung around us like
n wet blanket. Passing the gulch ravine of
Hanapoi-nu, the growth of trees appeared to be
frcshcr and more vigorous than those we had
passed, the woods were more open, the grassy
and from all Appearances we had passed the range
of sheep and cattle. Strawberry vines were
strewn thick over the gades, but the season of
the fruit was past, occasionally ohelo or whortle-
berry bushes were seen, from which we plucked
some fruit, rather dry and acid The soil was
extraordinary fertile on the whole route, and but
few rocks-in fact none, except in the beds of the
rayines of Hanapoi-iki and Hanapoi-nui, which
flow over purple porphyritic masses. We also
passed wooded ravine where there was water
and former cattle station, on the land of Kl-
maui.
We came to some rose bushes, an orange tree,
ruins of a former dwelling (Kalapiiahi,) the
OdOr of mint, which had the fragrance of julcps,
rs IL from the grave of n F. F. v. and on enquiry
of our guide, Harry, we found that n quarter of
a century ago. it was occupied by him as cattle
statiJn and dairy and when snufed the favor
of the julep-reminding mint, could not but
repeat the words of his favorite poet,
aYou may break, YOU may ruin the vase IL YOU will,
But the Of the jut,ps will hang round the sfiH
We were compelled to leave the roses 90 out in
the cold,' Harry informed that there was
water in the nvine on the right. This was on
the land of Kaohe. But will puuse here and
continue journey in the next.
Yours, Ia PAz.