The Hawaiian gazette., 1873-09-10

On Foot around Oahu.

1-rE ol rIsIt 70 kEhuk1u. The adiuiant has re
carved orders from headquarters to tear them up
s. everybody knows perfectly well what Kahuku
d. and Eitt shai glorious hospitality the name is
rrg- assooirted.
SaSios Z theu 10 say that tents were tabu, and
1hs rtais PARTY vns biIleied out under the many
-ooIs 81 this friendly homestead The lady oil
1be uano-- extended 10 our general a very kind
lurllai1n 10 haii his column for 4 day, and,
Czuur conquered Hannibal. says the proverb, =
be hated.
Nezs Gay lbisuiliah what is like the berry oI
Moahs-o. K0aa , Al breakfast mine host er.
r-sisisd upuu The beauties Of some mouutain-re-
E-a1i accessible only 10 ceniaurs like himself He
~ss chzlier.Esi By one Of the Young ladies of the
huuss herself regular Diana Vernon; the
Countess u1uld not be beaten AT mountaineering
and ahe Gsus=al attended. They, after much in
s-.scaoz q horses and girths departed Gro
rhsi uusic and other household athletics carried
az ne rest ezrepi The consul who n boy once
more. devoted himself 70 helping Master Karl
ozi o. iearal iurolEemenis. the result Of flying
lls. The AdjaiHni, with good heavy book, lay
dcEu 10 rerd Tor shout twenty minutes and . .
Eudks
j vas izse Il the afternoon, IN hour past din
Der sime. and The whole population, retainers,
russ1is and all were Hnxiousy looking out at
uttir riau5 Of duss TAR Of on the hil-slopes.
Gra5ulIy tais cloud resolved into iour dots which
we're alternately seen and lost 70 view as they
c-osse5 Ire undulating plaza and al last with q
iuraaI rieE-halioo from our host and The general,
ths -l5e-s swept past into the paddock. decidedly
-Hadr- Hisg~ their twenty mile steeple-chase, for
ne waiting meal-
There vas q delicious dip IL an underground
pool so-- OF fairy cavern, overhung with mai
dca-aai- fem. and full Of dancing reflections,
r--0liu O. T5r naiad's home There was a plea
szus ga-bs-ng round The festive iea-iable, play
and p-as.it with ibe Einsome liltle-folk, music
1u5 gossip zznour their seniors then. as one by
ous sourhi resi, Ereathing spirals Of white smoke
b-uuriIi contemplation TO those who we're left.
Al lasl sren tas coasuls last quaint Irish melody
ceased Siienoe 7egBed; the lonely watcher
1hosgtt sp01 nexi days march to the haunted
ra1cs or kHlIuEaA, when hush soft sounded
Ger he sally night with regular and melOdiOus
cadence 11d gathering force until it resOunded
Ike thunder throagh The Eelkin-
z wAs stated next day and promptly sup.
z-ssss5 lssi anything should seem nj all personal
q Faliaai o65eer OF our party, that some one
had sHg-ed rery much during the night, awaking
iu-z roult-y. pescocks and responsive pigs.
Nor souihEzrd no, ~ The last saraband had
bee1 danced in The hall, The last'-sang some
bo5y- 5ut Es the general appropriately asked,
Ehls had unlking -parles 10 do with stirrupcups?
zdlas 81 "a ssz9riias, and sez0res'
The hl landscape seen from Kahuku termi-
utisz towards the south in a rocky bluff couple
o. Ei.es away. projecting ike some stOrm-wOrn
czps iulo The sea Of grass land below; and at its
issl- nsstIiag among paim-srees and shrubbery, is
he ka,o1pa.ch o. q very old farmer who probably
saE Taacoavsr. sna who paid homage to the first
Ka9shaaeaI. Approaching the bluff, We could
So distinctly its Overhanging lodges, rOck-tombs
0 mary au auceni warrior whose funeral tapa
ell fasis15 mOsrnfuIly on the breeze as if TO
can a passing recollection from their old com
FaHi01 s.il szrvIving among his palm-trees.
LAKE the i8descrbable something" in q rest
less dream Ehich alEays shuts iron view a look
e5fa- ending, The mysterious curtain which still
sspz-iss i5e sprii-sOrld from the almost spiritu-
a gazs o. sleeping SOU. the great blsck bluff hid
from our ken al beyond.
Then cane The unveillng. AS We rounded the
blaE- iar over sRu6-hilis and sea shone the great
s0sibe1 peaks, radiant IL morning sunlight, their
heais iosi dsEy cloud and their bases sinking
&C ne ocean haze oaly 70 re-aPpear at intervals
ir TIE outsiTstching hne Of rocky islets which
Surrounded KEoeohe bay. Before us lay our road
io- four d1rs 10 come, so We trudged away over
he Bot sand towards Malaekahans, with the
shiskei q hao-bush, all we're attracted by the |
sgt; @ a giis;snisg pool Of water on the plain |
20 or le5 in which herd of cattle stood cooly 4
uibbling AZ the tufts Of grass growing along its 1
ears- Il was Just 8 miniature Of the great |
k.yFp,ian axe whose waste area had been con- /
rs-ssd iniS fertile fields BY the gigantic drainage
E7stsu q early civilization. but into which war
-il- invader bad again tarned the sea: o9 Uictis,
9 l. stiI sea Bat, hey presto. where is it! The 4
thiuc had gone. and the cattle remained, bat eat
iHz orr hs-b4re A few retraced steps brought /
huok ne AXE. and then We thought upon the un-
harF5 truysis-s over African wastes, whose goal /
o[ E1ter and shade-trees and welcoming roofs
VANISHED as with toilsome footsteps they we're ap-
T-olshsi The mirage was complete, aud we
E0-s sold What the cattle think Of it, we bad /
uo means q asoerisining; bat the Illusion is pro-
h1bly ElEzgs there Ia bot weather.
Nile after nile ras traversedi craggy Malae-
klhErs ard fertile Laie were passed on our right
the uoE hsightening mountains, in which
lhead Es bega5 70 desory the gorge of KaIiuwaa,
and The s1i and became 60 much narrower that
srs- and uaoa could be heard the thunder of the
Euf N0t untl reaching point Immediately
opposite KElisFEa did we obtain any view OF its
dsep rscssses. with 8 silver streak Of cascade in
th1- gloomy depth; but as We crossed the inter
TUuing fai 10 gam the vaney-mOuth very i'm
T-sssiss scene lHF before Us The mountains
su-s ioisy and steep and the stream Of which
st Esr one tunbling cascade far up aloft now
sure5 gently n or feet, hardly above sea level
suiisi b pretty little boy, the son Of 8 neigh
so-ilr rss cent who bad Hospitality provided us
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