The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-08-03
Commercial Advertiser.
Island correspondence.
CooK's Ii,EEoE, Niillau, July, 1867
uanaIeI and the Prinse,iIlr Plantation.

,bat clothed the beetIng walls 1T the eliifs with
an er1erah robe, We g'zrl upon the scene
from a spIen.Iii pint Of view
We had climbed by a winding path through
s-iava bushes b. avoid 'he mud, anil assembled the
bi,b point OF table land that makes down in a
bokI bluff To- the beautiful little bay Of IIanaIei
On th. promoutory-like point -tands the hou-e
ofCapt. John KeIlctt. one % the oldest residents
OF the Islands. in of the met romantic and
beautiful situations on the Islands. We were
warrnIy welcomed with grucrOu- Scotch ho--
piality, AMI enypyed the luxury Of eating some of
the largest fes that any country can produce
We have been in many lands; We have been
where the 6g tree shaded and the vine twinei
over the cottage door OF the peasant, We have
been where the fs Wa- Produced staple arti-
Gle of commerce. hut we have never seen fgs ~
Inr.e a. those growing in front Of the door of
John KeIlctt ON the sheer brow Of the bluff above
IIannlei valley
From thu point the view Of the valley i mag
niGcent IL was green and bright with cane
fcid--evcry row eouh be traced, the different
s,rowths distinguished, AMI the busy laborers
eoud be be seen flr below in their saecharine
pro,iucing toll. Notwithstanding the borers are
Mt work. the cane looked thrifty in the distance
From the hamlet at the landing, by Waioli, the
mill and the buildings Of the Princeville Panta-
ton. far up into the gorge Of the mountains. the
green cane acknowledgements those portions which
had been recently cut for grinding.
Through the centre Of the valley wound the
IIanalei river, in n silyery, meandcring, serpen-
tine line, from thirty to fifty yarls wide. Beyond
the stream was the bold and lofty hack ground of
green, wooded mountains-theIr SUBMITS lost in
the dense clouds. And from these SUBMITS. and
beneath these clouds, poured down the siIyery
waterfalls, in bong flaming lines, white and dis
tinct the ground Of deep green. We counted
five, and some Of them must have made single
dash over the bold, basaltic mountain wall. more
than n THOUSAND feet. y rainbow sTanned the
valley like arch Of glory, one base rested
upon the tremulous deep, and we involuntarily
repeated the lines Of poet Of nature:
s.rTf. e vie1s on high
Ihc rainbow basel on ocean span the sky.-
But IIanalei il the land Of rainbOws and Of
showers. The scene grand and beautiful :;
rthward, 10 the right, the sea famed and beat
with laundering sound against the base of the
peninsula ON which we stood. The beautiful hay
lookcd calm AMI lake-Iike in eOmparison and the
schooner Prince lay upon il like ocean bird
with It's wings fokled-a resurrection from n past
geologic age.
We descended again into the valley, visited the
Rev. Mr. Johnson. ut WaioIi, the Messrs. MarkIc.
and all the stores OF the Chinese. The Celestials
We're ever polite and obIiging. There was a ma
tive fcast-a hlGz-at Judge Wana's. We went,
~ dill many haoSS. and had n night OF it. We
had the first, and probably the last insight Of the
native fs-ists-a relic of the OIdcn time before the
Vices Of civilization had corrupted the warm and
generous nature of the IIawaiian-. But all pass
e, OF merry ~ a marriage bell, and the belI,--
there were merrier still. Thanks to YOU, Judge,
for that evenings entertainment, and thanks To-
the iolIy fellows and bright wahines, who assist
ed ts make IL n memorable evening,
Wen. We aeain found oursclf mt Eoloa. How
We ept there. we will leave 10 conjecture We
We're waiting anxiou-ly at generous friend
Newman'- for an opportunity D. go somewhere.
whom the Nef,is came into the anchorage. A.
certaininc from Capt. Kinney that be was gpfng
10 Niihau, we - embraced the opportunity" We
were of BY y. ". with fresh breczc AMI en-
ioyei ourself in admiring the green, wooded
mountains, the ser,lnnt valleys. the green. grassy
hills that -lopcd down to the shore. OCCASION
ally made out in bold, PERCEPTIONS hcadtand.
The Captain pointed out t. the wreck Of n
vessel that once beipugcd IN n native who bet
three in one day. II Iies near the place Of resi-
dcnce OF the sail natives former employer. who
died. anil wh,rr money went. God knows where
Oh gotten glin never pru-psrs. Slii native j.
now in duranrr vile. We arrived at Waimc.i
put ashore some freight. walked upon the beach.
and enjoyed the hottest sun We had experienced
f'r many duy.
Voyage TO William.
u WIS - W.-high mcri,Iiau-w W. weigh
e,I anchor at waimca. The trade winds were
blowing e~ntly. anil the warm -un hight .Iittcrcd
over the blue WATERS that spread away tovari-
Siihnu. which booked shrous,I in n go-sau,er veil
or haze in the distance n appeared still silent
dreamy "a giant 1Dtu- eater asleep upon the
oeran- y, We gltlcd ont into the channel. the
bold Tromoutory of NnIaIi swept down To- the
waters, while Iong. low sand-spit appeared
making cut from Manaa towards the dim little
i~et IT Lihue. This i-let CONSISTS Of hill that
rises Like great wave from the deep. md j.
separated from Niihau Nv n narrow channel We
informed that there j. "A -prius. or fine fre-h
water ON IL. IL il uninhabited except Nv -ca
bir'is and y colony or rnbbit-.
~ We swept onward the wind fr,-shcnei and
we had n heavy cro-s -ca. We passed 20 the sa-,
of Niilau anil conveniently close. 40 TINT every
line Of tho shore WIS distinctly visible
The bobi headland that forms tie southeastern
terminus OF the Island. when first seen. appeared
like high roeky i-let, owing 10 the lpvInn,I- oi
of NiIhau that extend from that point 10 tho
highland in the nprthvestern part 1T the leland
But ~ We gradually uearrd II We saw the CON
ncction in low gr'rs-y plain.
This eastern promontory i composed Of vol
eanic fzfa of dark brown color. scanned. larni-
hated and wurped. with dip toward the I-Ianl
0f - dsgrce-.
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