Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1885-08-29

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ils shady yemndas and luxurious bath. us vile
bed, aud sumpiuous table end rode unuhward.
tc crossing portion N our hr,t iai % route.
Our ioiiy good host. Cecil Brown, rode vita
~, bis leg dangling from the elevation u one
II The tribe 81 lack aud hi. bg spur, ringing
gailY rs ht h1mmei ,u4t.hes Of Hawaiian
vi ~ entertained u, with local history and
iolk'forc. We jagged ovet The uplauds, riri
ing phcasanis and wild turkeys from the gra.s,
until We reached the government road running
to Wiialra. Before reaching the road we
crossed over one corner VI The Lei Lchua
ranch belonging 10 Charles Judd and King
kalaknua The distance from the north end
Of Honolulu 10 Waialua is about "a miles,
and from there to Kahulu Is about 10 miles
The scenery through the Kaukanahua gulch
which the road crosses is extremely picturesque
and reminds one Of California Through this
gulch winds he beautiful Kauk.nahua stream
which, nearer he sea, divides Waialua from
the Molulea plains. When we reached the
divide. Waialua lay below rs like a fairy city
on The rim Of the sea. We galoped down the
grassy slopes, reached the cane fields and
drew rem at the Waialua Sugar Plantation,
where wc were welcomed by the genial
Robert ilalstead. Mr lIalstead took Us
through the mill and explained the process OF
sugar making from The crushing of the cane
until it came out in bins OF graded sugar 4,
the other end Of the building. The mill is
situated on Kaukanahus stream, and with the
present machinery has a capacity Of tons per
day Of 10 hours. Mr. Halstead has on the
ground new 26by 54.inch roller mill with a
double effect which will be put up for the in.
coming crop. The plantation contains 5000
acres OF land which includes 500 acres of sugar
cane one Of the noticeable structures of the
plantation is the chimney Of the sugar mill which
was built Of Hawaiian stone by Portuguese
mason. The chimney IS SO feet high with
base diameter Of Il feet. Leaving the plan
tniion we rode onward through the cane fields
10 the beach, aud unsaddled our horses at
Kawailoa ranch house, and were warmly wei
coined by jovial Bob Dickson, manager for the
Kawailoa ranch company. After sumpluous
repast, modestly called lunch by Mr.. Dick.
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myself took a hasiy ride over the central up.
lands Of the ranch, the remainder Of the party
riding ahead around the shore to kahuku.
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pe"eh ana up 'he ohi's' iro" which point W.
saw lagoon 'hfee'quar'efS oil mi'e long VIII
shore inland This fish pond supplies the iisi
on the other side OF the house we caught sigh
- H.. distance. ,b, ,,orn,,;, cr,,s h.vo,d :
", rode ,hroucb N. ,r,s.v u,l.ods mt;
/ we suddenly came upeh 'he famous Na~.'o
guich where the finest, sweetest oranges OF tn
islands are raised. 1t avery paradise, sunke
nom .ight until you reach its verge, in vas
upland plain. The gulch is about hve mile
long, about 500 feet deep, with an averag
width Of perhaps quarter OF a mile Thong
it winds beautiful stream along whose bank
are many orange trees. 1t is well wooded and "
could see the toy like cattle feeding among tn