The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1868-10-17

will pass innumeriOso
wish you had your gun with you, before You az
rive in the region of the plOyer. The vegetation
looks withered for all the world like that Of the
great sage plains Of the West. You will find the
atmosphere intensely warm the first part Of your
ride, but after rising To the height Of about 1000
feet you meet the trade winds with glad well
come as they gratefully cool your ieyered brow.
You soon breathe free and feel exhilarated. Two
miles before YOU reach the Waimea courthouse,
YOU come to the bright waters of the WaikolOa,
leaping over huge basaltic bOulGcrs in innumcrable
cascades, and If you disposed. you can refresh
yourself with an impEomptu bath. Ten to one if
YOU DO not find n half dozen natives enjoying the
luxury. If you are too modest to keep company
with the dark-eyed naiads, keep on. Everything
now begins to look green and fresh. Buildings
make their appearance, thrift aud industry are
seen, sheep are feeling on the rark-like hills,
herds Of fat cattle are grlzins and lowing the
plains and If il should happen to be on Saturday
evening, all the fair maidens OF the country, in
gaudy c1lors and on spirited horses, securing
in amazonian troops over the plain. If you are a
bachelor, look out for their bright gauccs and
their merry ringing laugh. And If they should
osertaks you in one Of their mad glllOIs in the
road and you are bad rider, pull your strings
and sit YOUR h0rse like you essaying a stecple
chase, for there is no chance of a with them.
Don't bite your liTs in chagrin If they should look
back and laugh at you-it is all in fun-nO harm
meant-the mad excitement of the moment.
We will call and sec how Frank Spencer new
judicial dignity sits upon him he will ask you TO
dine and talk cattle and land your hearts con-
tent If Won remain over night, YOU will laugh
with him from the time of Lady Franklins
snake cxtcrminatiug imitation of st. Patrick
in Tasmania, through and round the bush to the
latest item in Australia. lie will never let your
spirits hag, for he has capital. sayOry humor-
some and most feclingly eloquent way of telling
a ioke. natural actor, all he required To make
him a second GarTick, was to have been stage
struck IN his youth But before we 20 to P.rker-s
we will ride around the country little with him.
GallOping and through the rich grasses that
spread their deep emerald carpet the earth
We will ascend this eminence and look forth upon
the beauty OF the scene. Behind Is the green
mountain forest, yaTiegated from the lightest
emerald tints OF the kukui trees to the deep dark
green Of the ohia forest. The feathery fern PLAYS
IN the breeze, and the parasitic ieie twines like
fDwery garland around the forest trees. Wild
flowers peeping forth from many brake and
bower, and the glad Voice of the bird cheers You a.
YOU gaze forth ON the grandeur and beauty Of the
scene. The crater- Of extinct volcanoes are be-
meath your feet, and rounded grassy hills spread
down 10 the plain.
You are 1000 feet above the ocean, which
spreads away your right 20 the black volcanic
VromOntory Of KIhplo. The grand domcs of the
mountains are curtained with clouds, but the vast
plain il clear and bright, and the green mountain
slopes up u the region Of the clouds are distinct
and clear. Let your eve range from the brown
barren shore Of the slowly over the plain and
you will comprehend its vast and varied beauty
From the Umbrella mountain at the base Of Hua-
lalai over the dark river Of lava by Pukapelc and
the AmOku, dotted by low volcanic hills SCARED
by raynes. sIrinkied with forests, and toward the
base Of Nlauna kea covered by deeD woods the
plain extends. Farm-houses, hale pills and the
cOurt-hOuse at Lindsay's, the buildings at Iihue
NOty and Puuloa, with the church at Waimea
appear ciuse beneath farther to the left beyond
the green plain of Pukapu, is the residence of
Harry Purdy, while further beyond in the edge
Of the green woods, over the mountains base j.
the establishment Of j. Il. Parker. Nearer. and
Ju-t below us, you can trace the bright flashing
waters Of the winding WaikOlOa, and watch its
green course over the plain II -atters gladncss
and fertility through its various channels the
relics Of the hydraulic skill Of the ancient Hawai-
ians. Sheep and cattle are scattered over the
wide plain. They arc ia fine condition, and OF
the most improved brcci-. Harry Purdv uride<
himself on his superior horses j. r. Parker on
his fine blOCded cittIc, and Frank Spencer on the
mOst improved meTinO and SOuthcJwn sheep which
he imported himself. being the fret beneiactor I'm
that line the Islands. The wool j. Of the finest
sIlkic-t texture. and If YOU will only dine with
Frank On a Toast Shutdown lamb, with fresh
green peas, you Will declare his mutton J. Of the
beet The whole plain presents picture Of rural
beauty, and for grandeur uf prospect exceeds any
thing on these Islands, and is rarely surpassed
anywhere.
When you are tired Of looking on this grand
picture, We will take a ride through the forest
On We dash among the grand old forest trees,
cieered by the song Of the bird and sOOn by the
ripping Water-, a. we pass over a mountain bench
Of unsurpassed fertility and approach a shepherds
station under the shadows Of the mountain and
the forest. And here we come upon party Of
ladies under the shallow Of giant Ohia tree en-
jDying pIczHe. On the rich velvet gruss gemmcd
with AOwer, thoy form picturesque group.
The fair blue-eyed daughters OF u foreign cline, /
contrast strongly with the dark-eyed maidens Of
the land, one Of whom gathering wreIth- Of flow |.