The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-04-29
AINOKEA.
A Jolly Trip on Maui.

precipice, and after few hundred feet of com
paratvely flat ground came to Hanawi Gulch
the first of the Koolau pals. 1t didn't look
as if 1t would be pleasant ride down the
rugged path, so we walked, and by dint OF
driving and pulling our beasts, and coaxing
and "persuading" them to jump down the
worst places, we got to the bottom, crossed a
beautiful, rocky stream and rested on It's banks
in ma gnificent grove of ohlas. We made a
fire roasted the fish on the Goals, and had a
grand lunch.
The girls ate sandwiches and doughnuts,
scorning the poi and fish, as they didn't know
what was good. We boys were fond Of it, es.
peclally Leopold and Henry. Do you know
what pol is? The nearest thing in civilized
countries can compare 1t to is printers paste
after 1t has stood long enough to get sour.
AppetlZlng, isn't it? 1t Is paste made OF
pounded baked taro root mixed with water
It is best when about three DAYS old and
slightly termented. 1t is eaten by the natives
by dipping the first and second fingers in the
bowl and stirring enough to cause good ball
Of paste to adhere, then it is raised on high,
the head thrown back, the eyes closed and the
delicious mass deposited IN the mouth. We
had learned to eat it with spoons, but as we
had none ate it la Hawaii. How we did en-.
joy that fish and poi. The memory of It
clings to me as one OF the happiest moments
Off life. Blessings on the man that invent.
ed poi There is only one greater luxury In
the Hawaiian Islands, and that is the alligator
pear To the unlntlated It Is described as
tasting like mixture of soft soap al decayed
egg; but to those who have learned to like 1t,
alligator pear IS the most delicious fruit that
grows. You needn't try to learn to like them,
however,-the supply is limited, and we want
them all ourselves.
After poi" and while we were taking q
loaf under the ohia trees, Cowles disappeared
and returning after time reported finding a
beautiful waterfall short distance up the
valley. No one seemed at all startled. 1t was
awful comfortable under those ohias. AT last
his eloquence reused Henry, who clambered
back with him over the great rocks crossing
and recrossing the stream, and gazed at the
waterfall He fell Oh rock and spralned his
fingers, slipped on another and sat down In
the stream, and couldn't "enthuse" as piuch as
he was expected to- However, he consoled
himself by pocketing some roots OF the big
gest giant app he had ever seen. One leaf
measured four feet four inones in length and
three feet in width.
When they returned 10 The party the guides
had come up. They reported one of the mules
'piula" Jagged OUT We concluded therefore
to camp where we were and let Pokey have a
good rest. We had named the four mules that
carried our camp fixtures and eatables Hickey,
Pokey, W,nkv Wunk, after the chorus of the
"King OF che Cannibal Islands," Pokey was
he oc the tall" and looked very melancholy
INV. That trip through the crater had been
too much for him. though all the other AM.
mails were In fine trim.
We couldn't find an open space large enough
to pitch our tent In, and had to cut down q
lot OF the ohIa trees in consequence The
stumps of these made the bottom of the tent
30 uneven that we could not arrange the beds
rs usual, SO we we're Obliged to do without the
curtain and sleep IN our clothes. There were
plenty of ferns, and each one made his or her
bed where place could be found large enough
between the stumps. Mother Grump lay cor
ner wise next to the blanket; Sukey slept with
her feet on Mother Grumps lap and her head
sandwlched past IIenry's; Cowles formed the
stein Of a T of which Henry's body was the
cross piece. Polly and Ann found comfort
able beds in the other corner, but poor Leo
pold, being rather long, slept with the lower
section of has legs protrudng into the outer
air. We called it "Stumpy Camp" Under
the circumstances II was not to be expected
that we should have fun--of course not. Su.
key got good atter.supper nap this time, cud-
died down by the stump that Cowles after.
wards chose as his bedroom. We stirred her
up when it came bedtime, and then-didn't
she talk and talk and talk She was Young,
poor thing and very slightly acquainted, so
we couldn't snub her. I'm afraid the rest
helped some, for it was long after midnight
before silence rcigned and Sukey and Henry
snored their usual Duet.
We broke camp in very respectable season
the next morning, and resumed our Chamber.
ing up and down the cliffs. We did scarcely
any riding, partly to save the animals and part.
ly because 1t was more comfortable to look
over dizzy precipice from narrow, rough
trail with ones feet planted on the ground
than with the same appendages dangling out
over empty space as your horse stumbled and
jumped up or down the steep paths, On one
OF the steepest, as Henry was driving Tommy
up, he overlook Mother Prudence, who very
imprudently sat down on the grassy edge of
the path. There was no ground there, and she
disappeared over the edge with shrek.
Henry made spring, and caught her foot