The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-07-27
Commercial Advertiser.
Island correspondence.
H,NALEI. kanai, July. 80.

war-horse that feared nothing. His durability
and pluck were proven before arrived at the
conclusion Of our journey.
There il no more pleasant ride in Hawaii ne
than from KOloa to Nawiliwili. IL is through
an emerald pass Of gentle elevation, with noun
tain- To the right Of us mountains To the left of
US bristling Ike the Balaklaya cannon a. de-
-cribed by TennysOn. To tine right the Haupuu
range was Jagged, rough and serrated; To- the
Irft the central group Of Kauai was bold and pre-
eipitous but covered with vegetation and wooded
o. the SUBMITS of the mountains, the foliage
gradualIy growing deeper from their bases To- their
summits Beautiful streams winding down
through elevated valleys, birds were singing in
the verdant groves, anil their glad voices awaken
ell memories of far distant scenes.
Fairly in the elevated pass the winding road
to NawiIiwili, the pearly drops came sparkling
down from the wings of a cloud and treated us to
n shower bath. that seemed 10 be more grateful to
the grass and green woods than to ourself 1t
was not. however, Of long duration. and although
the roads were rendered a little slippery, we did
not pause in our gallOp. The whole country
the road from Koloa il one Of great beauty. 1t
IL fertile and well watere, and, if properly cult
vateci, would yield abundantIy. The PASS is an
EteNdtfi beINteu EIsiiii WHILE
The Koloa stream heads in the central group to
the left, and after winding through the valley of
the PASS, fertalizing it and the plantations at
KOLoa, falls into the sea at the harbOr landing.
1t formerly had a greater volume of water than
IL has nOw and turned tine first sugar mill Mt
KoIoa but the destructive ruyuges Of the cattle
and the telling of the ancient forest have rendered
the country, within twenty years, comparatively
dry anil barren.
Passing onward, we could not but remark that
which should awaken the attention Of every per-
son Interested in the prosperity of these Islands
The destroyer at work Fires had been busy
with the forests i'm the hills The ax Of the wood
chopper was sounding ON all sides. The country
was undergoing tie process Of denudation. Nom
resident landlords, large landholders, have in
most es,-es leased out their ars by long ascs to
vanlaI-Iike tenants, who making the Inoet of
their time and their bargain by cutting down the
forests, and supplying the sugar mills, shipping,
anil even Honolulu with wood Great and ire
parable damage is thus done, not only To the
forest itself, but to the land and the climate.
When the forest il cut down, it IL gone for
ever There il no growth. The possibility
of this il precluded by the large quantities of
cattle and horses grazing over the country. They
not only ueuute -bi VI Hu0ssAiif-
ing grass, but they make tracks and guIIics for
the rapid escape of the water they browse upon
and destroy the young trees, and by rubbing
against the larger ones destroy them also. Six
teen years ago, where beautiful kukui groves
gladtcned the scene, is barren plain We
searched in vain for any young tree ON any Por-
tion OF our route, and we not confined 10
the mere border Of the road, but several Oeca-
sicus BRAN he'd OF considerable distance towards
the mountain on left
l. this beautiful Island 10 be made n desert =?
II the inhabitants are too short sighted To and
appreciate the inevitable consequence Of this
vandaI-lke destroying the forests there should be
some Legislative action ON the subject
From the KOlOa Sugar Plantation To Lihuc,
distance Of miles. there il cultivation, and
vet the country il beautiful AMI well-watercd.
yerIunt valleys with bright waters either
side which only want the magic hand Of indus
try to convert them into Eicns OF beauty and
fields Of prructivcncSs. especially in tllt great
staple cotton. which will grow here luxuriantly.
But the population Is not here, and this fertile
country must remain in the primitive beauty of
nature until policy is pursued which will
give Hawaii accession Of population
leaving the pass descended to the bold,
dashn.. stream that enters the sen at Nawiliwili.
We crossed it ON n substantial wooden bridss-
indeed all the bridges good ON Kauai. We
passed the new irrignting canal Of our enterpri--
Ing friend George y. WilcOx-wcrc shaded by a
Ipn.. Ilutala grove, were refreshed by the sound
Of more ,urgin. streams. and entered ON the oTen
plain. Here We met nItivc-Iauss,d and s.sIzci
upon the lie pointed out to n prcciEit-
Ous basaltic bill, southwest Of the bridge which
We had just passed. the scene Of battle i'm the
bygpue days os Kauai, when the chiefs rcigucd
alone One bold fellow Of the defeated party
mad,. the frightful leap Of the cliff toward the
river AMI made good his escape. Ii WIS far
greater leap ttErn sam pitch ever made
We gaIlopeI over the plain AMI were soon at
the residence Of our hOspitablc and conyiyial
frirnd. Thomas II. Marshall, E-.i-. the Sheriff Of
the IsIiai- Enjoying his happy smile and social
converse. were OF Tor the house Of the intelli-
gent, g,-ahcad t;eorgc y. Wilcox. Here We met
the patriarch Of the Island. Charles Tito1mb.
Esq-, bound f,r WaioIi, his plantation. ON the
road and near To- Hanalei. Enjoying, George
hospitality. we mounted about = r. NJ AMI
started Off at a furious giit our friend Titcurnb
paused ut Lihuc, and did not Oycrtakc W. till we
had passed H1uOmaull river AMI were near thu.
borders IT the -ca. This j. bright. rapid stream.
with a narrow but very fertile valley, which waS
filed with rice and tarp patches, and here and
there were scattered native halcpiIi-. Beyond
this we came into the cattle nnsr or Wuiluu.
The road descended from the high plain To n low.
marshy Hat near the sea, with here and there
banks of sand and dense groves of hau trees. We
reached the Wailua river, near the mouth,
and were fcrried ACROSS it, estuary, where IL
about fifty yari- wid, the Gust Of six cents for
mtu and horse. Hence the rad lies along the