The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-04-22

the plantation was away from home and none
of US were acquainted with his lady We were
r oughing 1t, too and did not fancy the con.
trast our rumpled costumes would present to
his elegant parlors and rich furniture. His
place has the reputation Of being second to
none on the Island of Maui.
| Well, we didn't manage 1t exactly. The
road ran past the mill, and the brother of the
proprietor, and manager in his absence, caught
sight Of us. There was no withstanding his
hospItable zeal, and he carried US off "nolens
volens." Decoying us INTO the house for lunch,
he secretly ordered our animals to be turned
out to pasture and insisted on our spending
the night with them. As his opportunities
were seconded vigorously by Mrs. T., and it
seemed almost rude TO push on In the face of
such hospitable pressure, we stayed. We were
royalty entertained. The evening wasdevoted
to music. They were all Danes, as were all
their employees and their families, and the mu.
sic was Danish and Swedish, and very enjoy
able.
All hands tried to dissuade Us from going
home over the Koolau gulches which was
known to be the worst piece of road IN the
islands. One gentleman especially, who had
made the trip some time previous, was very
emphatic.
| Nothing would hire me to go over them
again." he said; "the trail is horrible The
animals have to jump up several feet at time
in many places and step just IN the right place,
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very dangerous If there IS any rain, and it
rains there almost constantly" SC, &c.
Henry said that the roads were bad, there
WAS no denying it, but that the Knights of
Honomanu had gone over them the year be-
fore, and they were probably no worse now.
But they are worse-no work has been done
on them, and the rains have washed out the
roads and caused land slides IN many places.
No body goes over them now"
Henry reminded him that the Kanaka who
carried the weekly mail managed to get over
the roads quite regularly, except in very bad
weather.
Eyes, but his mule is used to the roads, and
the man walks over the worst places"
"Well, we intend to walk great deal too"
what! the LADIES'"
"Oh, they are as good on their feet as the
gentlemen, and have fully made up their mind
to rough it,"
We'll, we have warned you, and If you 60
you 60"
None of the ladies seemed to be at all nerv.
Gus over the prospect, and no one spoke OF
backing out.
After an elegant breakfast we babe adieu to
our entertainers. At least we tried to, but Mrs.
T. insisted on seeing US we'll on our journey
she and Mr.. U. riding with US as far as the
road was passable for their little buggy.
And now farewell again to civilization, and
we trot on toward the fearful but beautiful
pail Our road lay through an immense ohla
orchard growing together with the lovely pan
danus or screw pine, the fruit OF which, tho
eatable, is not tempting, and is only used in
time of great scarcity. The ohias were just
splendid. We stopped here and there where
they grew over the road and refreshed our.
selves. 1t Is the nearest approach to our sp-
pie that grows in the islands; but is only like
1t in shape and size. The color is pearly white
with beautiful scarlet cheeks. The fruit 10
very juicy, and has refreshing sub acid taste
that is very pleasant when one is hot and thlrs-
ty. There is only one large seed about the
size of chestnut. 1t is astonishing what a
quantity one can eat AS they are mostly wa
ter, they are not very filling.
Before noon we reached Nahiku--the point
where the PLAIN ends and the precipices begin.
A seemingly perpendicular wall several hun.
dred feet high stops our path, stretching from
the sea back to the mountain. AS we come
nearer, however, we can see the Zigzag path
marking its face.
We called halt at native house, and plan
ed to go to the first gulch beyond, eat our
lunch and walt for the pack mules to come up.
A lot OF fish drying in the sun on board
frames in the Kanaka yard caught Leopold's
eye, and a purchase of dried fish and pol was
made to add to the lunch AS wehad no bowl
with us we borrowed gourd Calabash and told
them to send "tamari" over after it IN a cou-
pie of hours. We must have been suspic-
Shocking crowd, for that lamar Small boy
never let us get out of sight, but Swallowed
US every step OF the way, and never left US till
he got his gourd calabssh back.
ITO be continued) &. H. DICKEY.