The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-08-03

.yc, and the commercial Importance and great
iuturc "l thc-s Islands upon our vision the
Venetian Rcpublic On Il grand scale, whose canals
arc the eight se.ls, and whose gOniolas are ocean
-tesimcrs'
We visited the residence Of the Mc-srs. sin
clair, and although unknown and without those
stere"typed PASSPORTS Of Soccty-letters of intro
ductiOn--we warmly welcomed and received
and entertained in that genial, old fashioned kind
of Scotch hospitality that does ones heart good
that hospitality which spring- spontaneously from
"a warm AMI generous nature, untramInellei by
the cold conventional rules of society, rather,
mock -Dciety. That welcome, those exhilarating
refreshments, aroused emotions that had long
slept. Memory Travelled back through the yista
of tl. past, and recalled hoIncly but cheering and
Lo-pits,ble OF home like this, 'Oer the
glad waters of the dark blue sea-
The situation Of the hOu-.; is very beautiful
and commands extensive view. Ii IL on
long clpc-like ridge, the northwest side Of the
Island that terminates ia the sand dunes referred
to. Trees only wanting to give 1t that rural
air, which country mansion can ever wear
without trees to wantOn IN the breeze.
We wandered down To- the sand dunes, and ON
To- the shingc of the beach, which We follow
al DOWN t. the boat landing. chasing tie fright
cneI crabs and taking geological notes. The
same cnnglomerstc sandstone wall of shinsle ex-
tended along the whole distance. The formation
Of the beach is the same seiiinentary and horizon
tai sandstone, hardening in the process of forna-
tiun IL j. generally of a yellowish gray color, but
occasionally purple, where the hydrate OF iron has
acted strongly upon it. Over this formation the
i
against the shingle. IL worn by the waves
into every variety of form. Occasional crratic
sphcrOiis Of augitic basalt were seen in the con-
glOmeTatc sandstone, and wherever that was the
case the action Of the waves had worn a deep
well-like avity, by the corrosion of the harder
volcanic material on the softer sandstone.
Continuing our devious way down the beach
and over ihe broken shinglc, we came across two
wanderers from the northwest coast of America,
that had been upheavcd by some kona, high and
dry, out of reach Of the waves. We examined
them a. old acquaintanccs. They were two logs,
worn and abraded, though in good preservation.
One a Douglas pine, the other was a rcd
wOOd-the former from British Columbia, the
latter from California.
We seated oursclf on the brother Of the big
trees in Calaveas, and reflected ON winds, ocean
currents and the natural course of trade and COM
mercc, and could not reprcss the conviction that
these mute witnesses pointed out the current and
direction of each and all uncrringly.
On, rcsistlcssly forever, aS the tide of time,
sweeps the ocean current from the American
east to the Hawaiian Islands. From the same
direction the exhilarating and restless trade wind
forever pours along this great natural pathway of
commerce. If the driftwood from the American
shores. borne by the winds and currents, make
these Islands ON their hclmlcss way to China and
japan, why should not ships and ocean steamers
follow III u . same channel? Nature has pointed
out the way, and soon commerce must follow in
the same track. Then will these Islands rise in
the mid-Occan, the warehouses and centre of COM
mercc of the Pacific Then upon the highest
rcak Of Diamond Head should he placed n col
ossal statue of Magellan, with his left hand rest
ing ON a globe and his right extended over the
ocean, pointing towards the sunset, with the
words there is the route to Cathay-there Is
the channel to the wealth of the Indies ~
Yours, &c.. Ia PAZ.