The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1876-03-01
HAWAIIAN GAZETTE
An INDEPENDENT JouRNAl.,
TO HAWAIIAN PROGRESS.
LFTTRR FROM Japan.

tiiul islands. asd than those Of japan.
Ana e0uld accurately describe some scenes which
have Looked upon. perhaps you would admit, that be
was correct. The roaa from Kobe to lanaa lies in
narrow valley. very near. aud sometimes crossing
s;rsN1 Which, except IN the rainy season, is very
snail. The srst mile or two. on each side Of the
stream. the hits come very ssSePly, almost to its
banks. and are oiIsn cut down, from TO 20 feet.
throsgA solid granite 70 sc, room for narrow road,
usually ten or twelve feet wide To make it even
fee; vide it !: Oea butressei upon one side, 10 or
ls feet The first two miles the hills are merely
clothed ii shrahbsry bu; beyond this Of pine.
spruce and bamboo abouEd. And the mountains on
each side Of the stream, reiFeA, from il, and leave
considerable space. which though far from level yet
by iu1unerabe terraces made available for ealva-
ton. think We saw thousands Of acres, though
chiefly in small patches, everyone Level as floor,
covered with rice nOddug for the sickle. This Level
ing BY Terraces. not Saly facilitates irrigation, bat
prevents the soil from being carried down into the
stream.
It seems that nee will flourish. wherever it can be
well irrigated twice or thrice during is growth.
These patches. and kelas OF rice. to adorn the
AsjAeeu, mountains. sad were themselves, desked
with row Of cotton or plants. or beans their
borders.
some lefty hills 10 or Is miles from the coast; had
very Singular appearance, surrounded as thew were
by Other., clothed in living green. They were qrite
naked AMI their surface seemed just ike beAehsand
and va, tsickly dotted with rOsks and bOuliers ui
ting up through IL
female missionary wishing to see the work done
by Miss Dailey IaniA wen, BY this road aud thus
skilfGlly sketches the beauties of the way oa;e;y
and swiftly ny guides pressed EDWARDS, sometimes
ever smooth reads Of bToWu RICK twenty fee, high,
then by marrow, stony paths, where. looking down.
one could see charming yales. filed with tangled
network trees vines aud bushes or huge Of
purple and gray, forming rocky bed. which.
the water tunb!ei and fosmed. A Of foliage
covered everything. Esen the rocks which seemed
derOii Of earth were dressed in verdure and bright
ensd with blossoms Of pinS and crimson aAliSs which
blooned in pr0fu.iOn everywhere. Great evergreen
trees covered the hills or stood sentueI in the corces
While along the banks Of the stream the 1.-THE BAN
boo was sWAyinC its body 10 every motion Of the Wind
Sprincinc frou nest Of ferns, ereyiee in some
rock, down TIE nouGt-in side, would burst stream
that would 90 dancing and eapiuE over hrEe stones
sometimes meeting 8 neighbOr from the other side.
when = noisy How'd We do would take place quite
deareainE. Like the figures in kaleidoscope the
pietares were constantly changing and TO me, il
seemed like journey IN fairy land. From hill to
hill the Ereen fields spread eo0rei with the gold Of
the rape seed purple blossoms Of the clover. and.
FROM every thieket and hedge Peeped blue volets and
buiiercupS. Like the Germans. the Japanese are
very fond Of flowers, and there was always little
garden the side Of the house. Big stones formed
the paths and from rocks, were heWn basins for gold
FISH, OF filed with the letzs plant. There pretty
rOokeries Out Of every ereYiee branches OF
ferns and trailing vines. crowned with crimson ma
PIE or still mere beautiful evergreen"
on the way. met many pSck horses and cows,
heavily laden with wood charcoal and boards Thew
were generally in good condition. and their saddles
well padded and the leader, often as heavily laden
IL Is Hawaii as his beast.
We passed many thirty looking villages and sep
arase houcstsads-
In LAnda. the house in which We lodged, and in
which also religious service is held vas, few ysars
since the residence Of the Daio Of this district II
is Owned by company Of hatiTe physicians, who
parts Of 1t iispeasary where they attend
led tines prescribe for patients and distribute nedi
enes, and part Of it they rent to the church for pr
vste and public uses. 0ue Of them is now . church
member. At their request. missionary physician
meets with then monthly. and gives them instruction
in the healing art condition that religious insrue-
ton may be given to those who desire it, and this
vas given chiefly BY Miss Daley. Mr- Davis, and
other missionaries occasionally preached there. And
recently, Miss Dudley spent several months there and
il Is thoc Eht the agent IN leading several the
only, she has great influence there and shows what
pi0us woman can do ia this feld. As have stated
before, congregation vas recently organized
there, snd ny vas chosen pastor he h=d preTi
OuSly preached there fortnight for about
year.
On entering the house the person who first met me-
old man, who had charge OF the place, making
very low bow. thanked me for what my doing
fer them. and the zane vas afterwards repeated BY
quite a number.
There are on the premises, several houses. Alarge
room, in the largest Of them Is devoted public
ship, another, Is occupied by missionaries when there
and third is : government sehoOLhouse, with about
20 pupils, boys and girls, under two teachers They
have nice Yankee clock and picture cards, copied
from oreigneTs with animals and objects and their
names painted them In the evening some bright
girls who bad been taught By Mlss Dudley and 9th
ers, cone into our room and sung several native I
hymps AID two in English. And SO appropriate vas 1
their Performance, that could hardly realize that
they heather. Two Of these in my sons
family attend Misses Keats aad Dudley's school, and /
pay for board and tuition, BY working little morn
iag< and evenings
The next day being the Lords day, the sacrament /
was administered, and one person, EOnsn, was re-
eeived into tie Church, which now numbers lis /
men and women. They appeared bright aud intel /
Egent About 50 others, perhaps half children, were
present The day following. We retained 70 Kobe by
3 diEereus and more interesting road than that by
which came The hills were sleeper and lofter,
and the rallies narrower, deeper, and more tOrtUOus
70 on the other road and the c1tDg down and but
tressing up, more extensive.
The valley bel0E the route, vas SO steep and deep,
that TO look down almost made one dizzy. In l
places ratings erected to prevent accidents
On The other hand, the green mountains seemed al
ost to reach the blue vault Of heaven, ard the
slant winding Of the road, gave such variety to the
scenery as rendered it almost gallery Of mountain
pictures Tall pnes, spruce, and ether forest trees,
often finged the sides, and crowned the tops Of the
mountains. For 8 or miles, the ascent was quite
steep, and ny sou being well mounted on . Spanish
saddle, tied rope TO the ponmei, and the other end
TO shaff Of the jinrieksha, to the aid and great
amusement Of the two coolies who bad the heaviest
load In such jsuuis, they usually have two to each
vehicle.
Near the highest part Of the road there vas Wild
ening Of the valley, and it so deep az usual
and the stream was damned up 50 that quite a pond
Of water was seeured for the benefit Of rice fields,
miles below and similar economy Is practred fire.
quently BY the japanese.
l have thought, and nay have written, that the
JGps we're lazy, but eandidy retrzet everything of
this kind They arc indeed slow, aud often stop TO
snoke, bot these roads, (said to be entirely their own
work. the reservoirs Of water, skfal agriculture and
various other FORKS show that they are snterprsing
perseTeri1g and Industrious.
Below tie pond, the descent is 80 steep, that the
chief labor Of the coolies TO bold back the jinrek-
sha And the SatebEord Of the traveller is sorosoro
that il, slowly, instead Of kaiaks-quiekIy or fast,
which ne have occasion fgT in going zp bill.
II requires some nerve to ride calmly at = rapid
IrOt down steep places, very dsrp ehzsns into
which nisstsP or ishsP Of the eOOlis might pIeeip
tate ore.
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