The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-07-10
For the Pacific Commercial Advertiser.
An Argument in favor of Inter-island
Steam Navigation.

Steam Navigation.
\ hot FURNISHED sky with a haze Of impalpablt
dust overhead ; deep dust beneath the feet worr
to a fine reddish powder tropical fruit trees that
hung sad, dropping and dust-powdered over vine,
yards where grapes in bacchanal profusion reeied
to earth a scarcity Of water that reminded one
of parched desert regions all gave indications
that Lalaina was n stranger to that rain that
maketh glad the thirsty Garth The only change
in the dull, dusty mOnOtOny was when n stray
breeze, as if lost from its home in the ocean. wan-
dered through the dusty streets and whirled and
tossed thc dust on high. 1 wished to breathe the
free, pure air, and thoroughly tired Of the dust
and bad water, and surfeited with the delicious
grapes and tropical fruits, 1 was glad To find my
self on the deck OF the Mary N on Thursday
evening, the 18th instant
\ heavy swell was rolling over the reef, and an
intermitting breeze that blew from no particular
quarter OF the heavens, excited a hope that il
would shit round To the point Of the regular trade
winds, and that we should have the pleasure Of
entering Honolulu harbOr on Friday morning.
We had often done il without steam in the old
KiLauea. Already in anticipation We bounded
over the pillows, and while waiting for the AssO-
cate Justice, we saw in imagination the little
schooner, with the irrcpressiblc Captain Crane,
walking the waters like Il thing Of life, or skim
ming the laughing waves like IN ocean bird. We
felt in fancy the exhilaration-thc pulse bounding
excitement-as we rode the mountain waves and
the foam-wreaths curled around our ycasty path
way. Bright, delusive hope airy phantom
baseless fabric offs vision
We weighed anchor and got Storage ut 6, p. VI.
IT, ,-.-.r .I-E-. $500 $3.50 -- -
chopped as if the wind had been playing n blind
mans buff from the four cardinal points. We
wabbIed along to a point of Kaanapali, when the
curtains Of night, lit up by q crescent moon, gath
cred around us. The clouds on the mountain isl
ands settled down motionless, the breczes died
away, and we slowly driftcd with the current, the
sails tapping idly against the masts. As the last
tintinSs of the sunset clouds faded into night,
hope died within us, and We gazed ~listlessly Mt
the moons long column of light, and the star
shadows dancing on the slow subsiding wayclcts.
We were drifting almost imperccptibly with
the current between Lanai and Molokai us day
light broke upon US. Not n breath of air stirred
the lake-like ocean. The sun rose with a fiery
glare and cast a glow over the waters which APP
peared like a vast ocean of molten lead, with a
A"AAiN ~ 10 l"J rs wv - OAD pDCshlcI
parched and withercd beneath a drapery of fiery
clouds. Lanai giimmered in the glowing heat,
and casting our eyes behind us, the clouds that
o~yerhung West Maui resenblcd the fiery, sulphury
glow over an active volcano. The morn wore
away in murmurs of discomfort among the pas
scngers, with shrill whistlings and short prayers
for wind. At noon the vertical sun cast no
shadow. The atmosphere appeared like n vast
convex leFS, that was concentrating its fiery
powers upon our decks. Respiration was no
for the exudations that poured forth from
the passengers. 1 was fearful that u grease spot
would scarce be left Of some of them. Blankets,
shawls, handkerchief, old pieces of canvas, every
thing that woOld cast a shade OF could be placed
between us and the sun in this our melting mood,
were drawn in rcquisition. We had several
porkers on board, and to prevent our deck being
into a lard factory, bucket after bucket
Of salt sea brine was thrown over them. The
fowls closed their eyes and painted as If already
in the bake oven, or bad calmly submitted to ex-
ecution under the talons Of q condor. To add TO
BUR comfort the odor Of stale bilgc water aoated
penetratingly upon deck, acting systematically
Ipon our olfactorics, and smOthering completely
he perfume of several bottles of Cologne water
hat had been Tesortcd to in order to counteract
ts influence. IL was a drop OF the altar of roses
n an ocean Of skunk water. But rs the sun
lowly and reluctantly declined toward the. west
few puts Of air came up and drove US in front
{ His Majesty's domains on MOlokai.
The sun set sloriously and lit up the golden and
clouds like islands of the blcst, and we
reamed Of the bright p~octical fancy of the carly
irceks who placed their cIysium in that gorgeous
Iestern cloud land. How gratefully the shadows
I twilight with solemn step came down upon us
nd the wings Of night waved over u.s. Our ycs- ]
j bodied about like a cork on n horse-pond.
he waters in their lake-like stiffness, mirrored
nc gems Of night. An intense silence reigncd.
nd glad that | was neither melted nor yet quite
'asted, 1 eoiled myself up on the yet warm deck,
I'd said with Sancho Panza-.. blessed be the
an that invented sleep"
The suns fiery eye was blazing over the high
t peak Of Molokai as / awaked the next MORN a
2 The clouds had been eyaporated from the 4
ountain SUBMITS. The lofty and broad dome
Haleakala sbone in clear bold outline with a
lrple tinge. a radiant glare glimmcred along
C deep, but not a zephyr rufied the glittering "
Up rose the sun, its intensity and brill "
neg increasing till it appeared like n point of g
nccntraied flame on 4 dome OF FURNISHED steel.
Iery moment the leTycnt waves seemed on the b
ling point, and we looked anxiously for the p
cbulition. Half scalded and hungry s.
liking sharks came leisurely alongside and peered d
at the vessel. \ leaden dullncss seemed fr
rest like a mantle on the passengers, and every V,
ing was mute except the pOrcines that squealed W
onizingly when pierced by the fierce rays of the Il
n. Even the most upright among us had n -
ctaste of that hot domain of which preachers Il
ate and poets sing Blessings on the eie,nakuLe q
1t brought a cargo of lanai watcr-melons on on
ard before VIC left Lahaina, They saved us by sc
interacting the influence of the great atmos- -
eric lens that concentrated the suns rays upon :
We tried every method of amusement to dis CT
ct the fiery contemplation of our situation. 70 %