The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1876-08-23
LETTER FROM JAPAN.

kosE. JAPAS, 1916
DEAz GAzErTE-Let ne tell ycu little about
ths birds, fruiiz Ead flowers Of this land. It has
been said tais Is couatTy OF binds without note,
traits Eilhou; favor aud flowers without fragrance
out zfrln that Is great e1z.Eeration. Siill i'd
nit ihat flr IS have seen, lis birls fruits and
flowers are, when compared with what have seen
elsewhere, considerably below par, II the points
mentioned
Tie e7ovs, give Is kEF, kaE, k2w, abuudanily,
morning and evening, bui Being unnoles,ed, they
vsry bold, and very voTzeious Of youuE poultry
they great nuisance rendering il Necessary 10
raise chickens under baskets Of split bzmboo. In
tie cool months Ne have spzrrows, or snow birds.
constantly chipping and tWitteriug. Also tie Eng
lish lark which sings sEeeily SIC soars up toward
the sua- We have The stoTk and other Raier fowls
also Pl0Ter and Other mountain birds but al these
I believe, are noielsss. know Of only one bird
t1-i seems 10 delight il singing, and that suppose
IS foreigner OF descendant Of one il IS canary.
Re often salutes Is WHEN We enter he room.
Or fruit although considerably inferior, Is not
al 50. Bitter grapes. strawberries OF persimmous.
uever ate The berries are nc; only ane favored
battsies As large - ihoss which saw al the Is
lands some Of them being N inch in diameter, and
oaly hsh IS expensive The persimuous, Ito one
who las seen and eaten them IL y j. are suTpris-
Ing both Tor favor and size Our peaches are better
than Hawaiian, zpqles, pears and ounces are relish
able Eheu cooked, pluns, wild cherries ard other
Eild f-1ii are abundant Orzngss are small bui
equal TO ordinary Hawaiian. Bot the flowers
This might well Re called 3 Towering lard. Many
bezuttul 0ues, the morning glory among them, grow
veil ! regret, TIA; in many cases cannot tel
whether they sre exotic OF indigenous. ! wiz FIST
name s few which I an told are native beauties
A11isss pink sid white, Eisterizs with their flower
stems y 10 IS inches loug. bearing 50 or % pare
white blossoms Another shrub Of similar form but
with smaller. pale blue flowers Jsponicss, white.
va7iezsted pink and white and red They are al
large and fuIl Of petals Ike fuu blown rose The
pony, there are three varieties, pink, white AID
red Ebea fall blown Is about inches in diameter
We have many rOsss Of various colorz some Of them
climbers. screening large part OF 5 veTznd.h, Sad
sometimes loaded with flowers
We hare great variety OF Ornamental shrubbery.
The most interesting, think are tie pines sod the
ce5Krs Of which there are several varieties some Of
very deep green ard ihiek foliage. Toa have heard
Of their fem balls. They aresoueties made il The
form Q. canoe. with Ereen ferns sP-iugiug ont Of
every part aud always enclosed IL ret to Be sus-
Psaded shsreTsr tie owner choose Bat these are
TRIES, concerning which, were able 10 labor for
this Psoqae shO1id have neither tine nor irclin.-
ton 10 write
Yong JaP1a l. eager 70 learn E1xlish, and Ih.re
spent a TH-i7us times Al hour day in teaching
several Interesting TOung men who cone to my
room for Instruction IN reading I'D spelling. One
is clerk IN tie post Office AID another IL the tsle-
Ezpa o1ics- Thsy showed considerable interest IN
Christianify. One has gone 10 4 rost oFee r.. To-
kohas- and the other Il rss6iug Line upon Line''
ard The gospel b John Thsy have sitsndea the
weekly japanese prayer meetings and one q ihena
Bible eilss also
a feE year, ago the g0Tsnuent decreed that
eTssT fiih dlE should Be day Of rest from govern
Eent service Bat having il tbefr service u1surfor-
eig1e-s who tho7Eh caring Fe-y little for the con-
mad 10 1R=ne15sr TIE ssb5sfh day. ~ would
roi give il Up ls dsy Of rst or pleasure he gov
emmett, 4 matter Of ee11ozy dropped thsir ffth