The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1868-01-18


a kHkui candle-stick, or lamp-stand, well made Of
basalt and polished. We bore it to the house for
the benefit of Patrick's cabinet of curiosities.
| Exercise is tho best opiate, and just had
enough in our ride from Honolulu to make
sleep well and reireshingly. We arose early, with
bright anticiIations Of splendid day among the
mountains Our steed was surc-footed rs n cat
or 4 wild goat warranted not To stumble over
rocks slide in mud. The morn cool, hazy
dampness in the atmosphere, and dark cloud
Overhung the mountains toward Waianae Yet
the sun shonc out brightly for half hour we
galloped over the rich plain. The gentle breeze
waited delicious fragrance from the sweet grasses
or flowers, and we felt an exhilaratiOn of spirits
that is only produced by breathing pure atmos
pbere, and | inyoluntarily exclaimed with the
American poet when speaking of the prairics:
AVE, this 10 fr-e,Iom these pure skies
The fragrant xini hat through them aies,
l. brcAthri frSsn wastes by plo~ unbroke."
Thousands of acres of the best cotton lands cx-
tended ON either hand, and n few wandering
cattle seemed all that enjoyed any profit from it.
We crossed several deep rivincs in the ascending
plain and came to the green rounded foot hills,
where the wiliwili and kukui trees first made their
appearance in the rayines. We assembled the grassy
foot hills by winding cattle paths, and when we
arrived in tine region Of the koa, discovered
flock OF about sixty turkeys in glade, heading; in
n fast run towards the timber. Ii is the peculi-
arity of the turkey to alight only on tall trees.
The koa forest was young and low, consequently
they kept To the bush and we did not tree them.
We got hut one shot and brought down fine
young one Higher up the mountain we discov-
cred signs of wild hogs, and on a lofty ridge in
the midst of n kca forest we came upon 80 bee
tree" in the form of hollow koa that had been
blown down by some wrathful tempest, but was
vet green and iourishng. We had axe, and
sounding the tree to ascertain the lay of the honey,
we were soon applying the force of an AroostOok
lumberman 10 arrive at the concealed sweets.
While the axe was vigorously ut work our sep
tuagenarian friend Clarke was busy with matches
and rag to raise bee-quelling smoke, in which
he succeeded well that he set tie dry wood of
the tree fire, which he had some difficulty in
extinguishing. The honey at last came forth to
view, and proved that it tasted as deliciously
as the sweets Of Hymettus or the far-fimed
honey of Yucatan. III. proved to be an active
mountaineer. lie was off through the forest for
Wild Boar Chase.
Shade of Wodin and We mighty Morse chiefs
lighted at the mighty boar and the scenes of wild
grandeur aruund-how We would have welded
your CORY spears and thirsty lances But as it
was, We had an adventure and excitement in the
:. green wood shade and the glorious noun
tans, and felt as exhilarJted as the mead-drink-
ing worshipers of the god of the Norsemen, or
Meleager after he had conquered the boar sent by
Diana to rayage CalydOn. The dogs-we had
four-Pincher, Tray, Blanche and Sweetheart
all classicaly nAmed except the frst-soon started
a large and furious wild boar, black as Erebus, |
the giant if not the patriarch of the mountains. /
lie was tearing away at ii root with his sharp
and formidable tusks, when startled, but soon /
tore through the forest with the dogs in chase /
and we after them pel-mell. Pincber pitched in /.
and felrlessly charged upon and clenched the
boar, but the other dogs with classical names
stood their dignity, and like demagogucs only !
created terrible noise. Pincher was n large
mastif, belonging to H., of great strength and
genuine doggish pluck. lie would have glad /
dencd the heart of Davy Crockett n m2del
- bar dorg." Single handed he encountered the
boar, who fought hOggishly and whirled upon
him, gashing him with his bayonet-Ike tusks. !
Then followed indcscribablc scene of ground
and lofty tumbling, but the tumbling was princi-
Ially the part OF Pinchcr, for the huge boar
maintained has ground and piled his formidable
weapons - well that, had il not been for two
shots from H.'s doublc-harrcled gun, he would
have made end Of PiDchcr. The last shot was
IN the head and 80 close that the smoke poured
from the bOar's nOstrils - like the smoke from a
tar kiln The monster weighed three hun
dred pounds, and would have been worthy game
for Francis l., or any of the boar-huntng kings
Of the past. After =. baggins'' the boars ear az
q trophy, VIC proceeded in quest of the turkeys
and smaller game, but we did not care to lag
them, and were bent on enjoying the scenery ard
the pure air from the mountains.
The scenery asccnded the mountain
benches opened out grnndly. From the summit
Of the loftie-t ridge Of the Kaala mountain more
than half of Oahu can be taken in nj n glance
eastward, beyond Diamond Head northward, to
the summit Of the eastern mountains; the wide
plain Of Eva, from wave to wave and mountain
To mountain, the Serrated and romantic group Of
Raala, and beyond the bold coast Of Waianae the
view extends over the waves TO the lofty emerald
. leland Of Kauai. II must be seen to be appre-
ciatcd. We have never witnessed a more lovely
Place than that Of Eva and the Icninsular plain
that extends along the FROM the southeastern
terminus Of the Kanla mountains To the salt
Works mt Eva bay. Ii was a vast green meadow,
Of the richest grasses, sparkling with bright lakes
From the mountain heights we counted twenty
seven bright mirrors in the frame Of glossy green.
The forest trees attracted attention for their
beauty. They far preferable to any of the
foreign mportations. What trees are more bcauti-
ful than the kuku. with uxuriant light green foli-
age, and the dark lcaycd koa, which stands at the
head of the acacia family. Then the delicate
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