The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1871-11-04
Letters from Hawaii-No. 10.
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is TO say, the Whole concern had been hsitened. With his
TO enable him to take or his present crop. And soon there
win arise on the ruins Of the old building another snSh wM Mr 10
wight through her garden we were agreeaDy surpnSeS ,bs@
covered @sdy Win IS" brilliant tfSiis a,.s s%ns Amongst a%n others are delicate
fuchsias, Pinks and blue forget-me,noL One huge lnoIarnDper
tree was almost ruined by the wind, and many enormous rose
To those who believe In the utility Of flowers. and their
feelings Of melancholy, and though they may know that their
their pets lie ruined and withered. .
LEAVING KoHALA
AIS O'Clock, a. NJ, Monday, a sharp ride o. three hours and a
over the Z" short Gu" 10 the government, road, which, much 10
through this eattie-cUrssd country, we see on every hand the
S 5S5ss,' 'rU osiD o. !. S0s es ', Tssss sole s 5e%alI, 81 = , oTes Of e%sle.
owners hereabouis, large tracts Of valuable umberland have
smouldering fires slowly consume the fallen giants OF the
forests. The trees that are YET standing are curously distorted,
them through and through. One we see with what seems %
Ss : q &Sss : or xiSa c sPT,nea q , ho% , - rI ihs m neS1 h sas s aS"d%,
Another has divided itself into two huge legs with one Of which
all akimbo, with gnarled elbows thrust out, and neck all awry
with dbrous trunks, ten to 6neen feet in height, stand all
about, crowned with graceful TUFTS OF spreading fronds nod
"MudIane," upon which we debOuch from the side track
We've been following threatens 2 TO be Dad SP9n the slightest s,
that We see on ahead, slow rising from the valley, A. we go
and we wind around the many spurs, and follow down the
soping track that leads to the descent into the
VALLEY OF wAIPIo.
On the brow Of the hill we pause and look down on the tiny
houses far below. A siIvery bright ribbon marks the winnings
Of the stream that mirrors ia its bosom It's emerald green
banks. Set in a groundwork Of bright manienie are squares
Of dark velve.y green kslo picturesque ,oy-huts nestle
men and women, and doll like children move 20 and fro, while
across the mile and a half Of space TO where the opposite clIGs
S cIGcs. tn, tn i, yi s,ss, we .,se 'T aSS w the angles sSs. Of ID q sis1 :so. road /. ,hs.
we see creeping up It's sharp inchnes The glass discovers
them TO be some travellers like ourselves, and also shows us
that the mimic tenants OF the scene below are made so by
distance not by nature. Looking up the VALLEY, along the line
streams ieaping from point to point, aud losing themselves in
by the broad road that slopes down the steep sides Of the
gorge, we reach the base, and for the night stop at the neat
by some good music from the band Of nutists living here.
the u Su ReIy ev ein OO An Ses ! D. o r. attention %uSns i q eaneS - q aaips
light shining high up ON the precipice that overhangs the sea,
up the fancy of watchfal eye set in the beetling brow o.
steady dame now blazing aeTceIyS describe a br riSht 90 curve
10 the darkhng sky, and with slow flight descends beneath the
watchers, the lurid torches leave their lofty eyre, and trail
their ambient flames, and scatter sPagkles In their headlong
course. Time after time we watch the silent messengers,
until the parent fires eNtinguished and blank darkness reasserts
Early in the morning we set out again, and after reaching
the summit Of the clid opposite our resting place, wind 10 and
notes Of birds and falling streams. Noble trees rise from the
spread n a green pyramid, from out which CLEAN their crimson
tOrch-ike blossoms. Ferns cloihe the sides Of all the slopes,
A pretty shrub with star.like periumed blossom oyerhanss
recesses and far reaching windIngs, shit and change, appear
end disappear, as often as the road. sharp winding leads 10
wAIMANU.
Standing on this edge we part the clumps OF ferns and look
breaks in faint murmuring hppies on the pebbly beach below.
Lish. asecy cloud; cling to t TIC, c'iG, and veil ls rugged laeei
which we cling seems slowly loosening It's frail roots from out
out from our trembling gaze the dreadful fascination.
Han way down we pause and silently enjoy the strange
walls that rise TO meet the clouds upon the hther side. The
outline 'gainst the sky Of these dark cliffs In broken here and
there by densely wooded clefts from out which pour the
ihreadIike streams that fall and break, and fall again, AS now
and then huge rocks and Jutting spurs lie Ia the channels they
have worn:
sustain their towering heights TO where, inland, an ampi-
It's source hid in the heavy cloud that crowns the paIis edge,
hangs a IIigh. stream q lost where il falls midst shadowy green:
be again enshrouded stun further down and nearer, once
and spreading broad ats folds Of sparkling frost and snow nings
itself headlong in the pool beneath. Near al hand another
meteor Ike shoots down It's silvery arrows that are shattered
on the surface Of the pool below that gitterS like a Furnished
Returning (aher examining the school Of fourteen scholarly
point have a grand view Of this romantic spot. From the
s ; S"sa beach % 81 % 1IcH sand ii ll dgst VIII, n loan Dan, back 70 where
dotted here and there with hnts, while the bright river winds
in countless streamlets embraces 10 its macy course fields or
kaIIo. and clusters Of green trees. Two churches representing
though the lofty cliff that separates them like a wall may not
examining the two schools-brougbt together for the nonce-we
explore the eastern gorge, attracted by the feathery fall that
tall battlement that closes in the valley. IT'S not an easy
task, for alter leaving the beaten path that winds among The
kalo patches, the best guide that we have Is the fail that at
each turn comes into view more distant than before. Not nc
all discouraged by the frequent repetition Of this phenomenon.
we wander on interested by the sight Of Iuxuriabl yegetstion''
and now and then pause to examine more closely some grace,
effects of light and shade upon the varied foliage. Now and
' @i,b a we h trunk z b @SSs on %aS Sss S RTGsd5s'e S0s By ,t The late cyclone,
air its mutilated limbs, as one who in dire agony calls 20 hea-
idly gaze upon the inpatient waters chSans 'gainst the - hespeS.
up fragments eo3g ~ , from t the cIG 1do above, and .y 20 fancy how our
huge slabs % nat IT, threS.esingy hang Ger our resting place: AZ
rested and move on. Crossing the stream aRain 0outth
time) we encounter a brake Of ginger. Getting through. we
rattan TO taking It an natural, and stumble along over a lot Of
longer ri backs q i as " : sp 0nesrsS by by n SenSt1s tina. The fail no
tonishingly. It's twice as high ms when we started, but as we
with satisfaction. Near the ni we meet a native who IooRs
al ' Of igSia 4 ! : @Uaa eas II w we Tys %s, . l SGSHS for o, Ass:a@log an
wander by leaving the kanaka plunged In profound astopIsh-
pnsed oursei, but twouldn't do to let him Know S ~ I'''e co y
across some orange trees, and eagerly examine them for fruit.
teeth on edge and chokes and half blinds us when we bIte N.
pass on and all at once stand at the base OF the fal. Found
The water falling IN "a, thin sheets upon q pile Of debris reared
and calculated that IL TOOK about ten seconds Tor a bnckel-fuii
to be no prospect OF the supplies giving out Just then. we poss
% go. First though, we tried the experiment Of getting
good gracious we thought twas bad enough 20 o look SS1i Ss. ~
the pals Of walPio and waimAnu, but this wa. horrible. As
head, the whole ten million tons Of Overlapping rock seened
thought occurred to US 70 get out Of that and 90 we-gst.
raasing in our rapid Night, as soon as our presence Of mind
oa~a-A ASlAE " thE q III
a fine ohia growing near. Never lefore have we seen a tree
clothed with such a wealth Of flowers. Each limb was tbIckJv
studded with the tiny PonP0ns, whose short brush like petals
seemed dipped In translucent crimson. Decorating ouF hat
band with a handful we slowly crawled out Of the viIdering
tangie Of ginger, bamboo. TDdian-shot, etc. and finally ATTAINED
the alGnuf just Ia time 70 Join the =. M. going homeward from
his schools. or course he secuted the idea Of our having been
clear up TO the fall, for no better reason that we could ma1e
out, than that he wouldn't undertake such a lob himself We
silently endured his sconhngs and skepticisms, Knowing that
our description Of the Trip would bear US out IN Ihe statement.
Towards evening we (both Of us) got Into HaIemanu's canoe,
and had our boy Every Saturday alias Kipi paddle US about
Twas q lovely evening. and over all the quiet landscape the
shadow OF the western cliff crept slowly. Reclining IN the
head Of our Light craft the =. M. in a peusive mood aazed
dreamiy into The stu, cod depths Of The bright stream upon
whose bosom we rocked lazily. The deity Welded paddle
scare broke the stiffness as ht dipped the tapping waveiets
ripping round the Prov, soothed the unconscious ear slow
gliding on, now, meath the shadow Of oerhanging banks,
now In the bright reflections Of the clouds above. and fhen
across the eddies whose swift whlrl made miusicaI TIE
waters flow, we, losing sight Of things material were waited
silently into the realms ethereal, where bright dneams cul-
inmate in glorious Perfectedness where dwell the fond hopes
that were once our own. In the smooth haven whittier we
are borne, lie moored the many ships that, sailing toward us
from far distant clfmea, have disappeared upon lfes horizon,
and never, never, 70 the aching heart come home. As leaving
these bright shores Memory's swift bark, lhoughtswfDged, flies
DER the troubled sea Of retrospection, far, FAR beneath lie
buried hopes and wrecks Of joys. We note the fatal shoals