Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-05-24
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Itb seventeen miles. in nouberly
direction from Kappa to Elauea
Leaving kcail, one mile from Kappa,
the f5ad runs mauka Of the plantation
taking q eirouitous course over rather
barren high land, with br1cing air and q
commanding view Wedo not couadct
1t quite safe for a stranger to travel
further north than keai3 on wheels as
some of thH grades are very steep and
the road in some places is washed into
deep channels At a point seven OF
eight miles south Of kilauca commence
q series ct picturesque scenes OF green
mountain, dale, forest and ocean views
that ht4gor description and delight the
heart Of every beholder From the
point spoken of 20 the northeast corner
OF lhe island, around to flanaIci and
ON to- lIacana Point one is IN constant
co-aeipg over the quick succession OF
charming prospects II is the prcHicst
stretch OF land on the Islands. At one
time table lands dotted with timber.
aGudng grateful shade TO a turf so
vei,ety and rich that it appears like a
cultivated lawn. The djdcrentshadcs Of
green ON the smooth surface produced
by shadow, and the clearly, bright eyed
cattle grazing here and there present a
scene OF quiet pastoral beauty which
wildly reminds one Of the forest parks
and oak lands OF England Then fol
lows commanding view Of deep
valleys, rom the top Of perpendicular
walls enclosing them, and their Fat
4 bottoms regularly laid ont in taro and
rice patches, looking like n map Of the
United States Then down a gentle
incline to sparkling stream, crossed
/ by a bridge and clothed by vegetation
which would be called "miracIc OF
arrangement if affected by the design
Of man For twenty miles does the
northwest slope Of Kauai arouse the
livclicst enthusiasm in the breast of the
visitor, and looking at the beneicent
endowment % nature all surrounding,
and the richly verdure clad hills and
valleys, he is willing to award to the
Garden Island the palm for beauty
and call it the Emerald Isle Of the
Pacific
The valleys to cross in the twenty
miles are the Moloaa Hanalci (the
most beautiful of all and which has
been the theme Of several able descrip
tons, Miss Birds being the most fat
tering and highly colored }, Wal
oil, Waipa, Lumahai, Wainiha anc
Iaena At Haena Point the Pal
range is reached.
The harbor or Kahila, tlanding 70
. Kilauea) where we embarked on tn,
steamer James Makee, is about on,
and a half miles from the mill 1t is
rough landing as general thing anC
sometimes really dangerous for all OK
cept the expert kanaka swimmers. |
is here that the superiority of th,
natives as boatmen, and sometimes a
t swimmers, is evident. They ride tn,
/ most prudigious sea with their boats
/ gayly and enjoy the "run which tn,
surf gives them toward the beach, yell
ing hiariously The boat steerer o
captain Of the boats crew is an exper
e and rs quick as lightning. He stand
+ up on the thwarts Of the boat even
/ she is on her beam ends, and direct
t her course with the utmost GOODNESS an,
! grace. When the boat reaches tn
landing, Che disniaY Of asiilis made b
S making fast, is a marvel. As swimmer
. the kanakas are very expert, and the
: are not in the least danger if the boa
r turns over and throws them in the sur
: they will swim under water for cor
$ siderable period and thus avoid tn
e " breaking" OF the water At the lane
r ings of Niihau, when it is too rough fo
+ the boats to approach the shore,
b native will be dispatched to swim wit
c an interchange of messages. To tn
s stranger this appears a perilous under
= taking swimming a great distance in
r heavy surf with good prospect of be
:. ing dashed on the rocks. When tn
a man has been out of sight for. tw
c minutes the stranger, in his heart, give
d him up for lost; but he has only gon
# down to smoother water and prett
Il soon hobs up serenely," presently t
e be seen scampering up the beach, tn
:, FIRST visitor to the island in month
} perhaps -AftAennU's Haagaian d
l. reft01y.
$500