The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1871-09-16

neglected is dying out rapidly, even the young
trees seeming TO languish In the midst OF Tue ianh
grass. We saw some nne old trees that STOOD in
the midst of cultivated ground, looking as iresh
and beautiful as ever, and bowed down With tbelr
weight of fruit. The Ramie has been introduced
into this section. and will probably De a valuspIo
addition to the resources Of the district. III IL does
not succeed tits hard TO say what can be done
Goats do entirely too well, that is, when let loose
they disappear in the direction OF hllauea anu
that is the last seen OF them. turkeys make
tracks for the impenetrable Businesses OF phe
craggy woods it's too warm for butter-making,
the cattle soon run wild, aud the natives as a gem
eral thing demand such long credit in business
transactions, that "store-keeping" is a tremen-
dous tax upon capital, without the hopes OF a re-
munerative return. Leaving Eldhart's, our way
leads us through fine groves OF cocoanuts ana
kdmdniS, over vast plains OF lava, by picturesque
hills and valleys. And so skirting the sea-shore,
we soon reach the church and school-house ut Po-
hoiki. Here the usual orders are issued, Send q
boy or two after cocoanuts, tie out the horses, call
the school together and start your examination"
The church "a watch-pocket edition OF the foreign
church at Hilo) is placed in a beautiful grove OF
kdmdniS on the s~ea-shore, a small bay-let affords "a
precariOus landing place for canoes, and scattered
about are several butts.
Al usual, our advent is the signal for a precipi-
tate giving up Of the contents OF these dwellings,
and women, men, dogs-in-arms, babes-in-nothing.
chickens ct cetera, Il name them In the order OF
their social importance) cluster around the school
house. Your correspondent, while examining the
cOuuiuOn q u ~ ublue OI the JuliuiuB = IpOtf uio-
charged the contents of a young cocoanut down
his throat. thus neatly killing two birds with one
stone, and proceeds to confuse and distract as
many OF the scholars as be can bring within the
range OF his eye. by producing his sketch.book and
pencil. and assuming an expression as who should
say, Five got you now, and don't intend to let
you go until I've your likenesses fixed on this fair
piece OF paper" Repeated experiments have
proved that a years learning can be driven out OF
the heads of a half dozen scholars by subjecting
them to this simple process. Passing rapidly
along, another hour brings us 10 Opihikao. We
light on this school witbout a moments warning,
and see il in its>snofmal state. The lumber OF
scholars is~a50ut the same AS usual, say twenty,
but tbsff progress has not been up to the standard
OfIhe other. The hamlet is a very neat one. The
church out OF repairs, but boasts u bell, and We
cannot expect to have sUerything in this vale OF
tears. Making but "a short stay here, we pass on
over a rough hill sacred 10 Pele, aud crosA a sue
cession OF lava fields, alternating with fertile strips
of land, and go to the school-house
AT KEHEUA.
Finding the scholars dismissed. we blow up the
Pedagogue. and find our days journey at Ills
house near the church at Kalapana, Baranapa
Pastor. The coast line at this place sank during
the late great earthquake for a distance OF about
two miles so as TO form n beach Of black sand
like that in Hilo Bay. Directly In
front of this house, we see a shallow lake OF salt
water in which stand dead cocoanut trees. their
tall headless shafts rapidly wasting away. The
ground here has sunk for miles, with the exception
of a long strip on the sea-shore where IL has re-
NAMED at its original elevation, while the rest
sank. The sides of this cliff are sharp and well
defined, and surmounted by cocoanut and other
trees.
Walking about this evening we came across an
old native, hewing out an 90 handle from a stick
of cocoa, with the old fashioned stone adze. The
patience with which these two relics of a by-gone
age, toiled at their seemingly endless task, strongly
illustrated one trait in the Hawaiian character that
is wanting in the present generation, perseverance,.
There is a little " maniania" grass scattered
through this district, and our horses having trav-
eled the road before, know just where TO find the
choice punches. The schoolhouse here IN "a very
neat one, and the school number some sixty
scholars. Near it is the church, and both buildings
are in good repair. Saw the singing class going
through u modification Of the . wand " exercise. IL
this practice does not degenerate into the hulahula
it will be of much benefit. AS IL is, it seems probable
that the impulse will tend in the Hawaiian direc-
ton.
We do not see much Of anything cultivated here
except the usual native food-there is a hard kind
of sweet potato grown that Is very good, and the
largest specimens OF the banana that l have seen
on the islands. The people are generally very
moral, and the " rising generation " smart at their
studies. Our horses begin to show signs Of travel
in the shape OF sore backs, and so we use mules for
our trip to the volcano on which we start to-mor-
row.
l have about two dozen people overlooking my
book as / write, and am strongly tempted to sketch
their different characteristics, but forbear, as ! do
not think you would be very much interested in
JOu oCC hIOunu yOu every udy. went
on 10 Kahaulaia, and on the road met Rev. DIR.
Coan, on his return to Hilo from q trip inland TO
The volcano. He reports a great change within two
years in the appearance Of the crater, and that he
could see all the light from the new outbreak on
he Sc side of Mauna Loa, near its summit.
Kahaulaia about noon, and found the
'chool awaiting our arrival. Neat little tbatched
and school-house, Roman Catholic church
IN the sea-shore, country about the same as usual,
covered with "pili F" grass that affords excellent
for cattle and horses.
Rode a mule this A. M. Thursday 25th) and
ound myself on his neck in no time. Rolled off,
nd by girthing the saddle far back. managed to
tick on. 1t might be said that / had taken a
abin passage, / was so far aft on my steed. Being
all the proportion between mule and mile was
hree to one. School at this place numbers TWEEN
.y-eight-two "albinos " of pure Hawaiian parent
ge. From this point we have before us the long
inge of thinly wooded hills up which we ascend
reach the crater. Beyond in the blue distance
the longer slope of Mauna Loa. All through
le Puma District, are SEN the evidences Of fierce
olcanic action. Eve valley is SLED with lava,
nd the shore line hal attained Its present limits
'lely from the encroachment OF the lava upon the
"a. Last night we noticed a slight but continu-
rs tremOr of the ground. A peculiar but well
shaking and quivering. that 10 a novice is
cry noticeable. Stopping for an hour at Kabaua-
a, we reach our fourth resting place, Laiapnkii,
Ia the afternoon. and after examining this,
e last school in the Puma District, we have our
PIPER prepared, and directing the boys to spread
nat under a puhala. we eat our meal, not In
FACE, being surrounded by pigs and poultry,
and cats, who encroach somewhat upon our
bic. QUIRK.