Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1885-03-28

can understand Sagacious hesthen
sovereign building place Of heather worship
in rock.strewn wilderness and thereby
clearing the land. | could even understand
the virte Of such proceeding carried through
long series Of such building. But could
better understand the taking OF Goals to New
Castle OF sugar to Lihuc than the transit Of
stones from Pololu 10 IIawi II the second
story he the true one, | have less respect for
the memory Of X. the great.
DO you see that grea, black rock sticking
out Of the sea ~ Eyes" "Weil, that is
Maui's fish hook. The story goes that one
day the great God Maui went fishing He
stood out in his fayoritc fishing canoe and was
padded straight for the south. When about
forty miles from land he cast his hook in the
sea baited with young volcano, or banana
patch, or something Of the sort-and presently
felt tremendout bite. lie pulled and hauled
and soon brought to the surface the Island of
Hawaii Twas the heaviest fish Maui had
ever hooked and he ordered his men to pull
| for home intending to beach the monster some.
where about Hama. But Hawaii was an un.
willing captive and hung back. The struggle
was terrible one, though the god had the
better Of 1t, when, suddenly. the hook broke
and the big fshisland settled down into its
present position and refused to bulge. That
black rock is the broken half Of Mauis fish
hook.
Good yarn that |"
It is nine miles from Mahukona that we
come to the first cane field. 1t was planted
by Mr.. W. j. Brodie and is tributary to Hawaii
Mill. Now we cross the first Of the Kohala
guches. Hawi gulch /, is called. Very pretty
this brief glimpse oft orange, mango, papaia,
breadfruit, and q few cocoanut trees. The
grassy slopes alternate with interlacing hou
trees. Another curve brings us to another
cane field and from this on cane fields and
gulches, whitewashcd stations, native houses
and natives, Of various ages and various con.
ditions ofdress and undress, are passed in be.
wildering succession, and each and all are full
of interest.
AT Star Mills I saw one one Of the prettiest
/ pItNuiNs iiihkihdDiV. n HlDtuVt wv
children, full native, with large soft eyes and
timid yet dignifed carriage sat on bench on
the station platform. The mother was bound
"insitlc" that is towards Multi. The child
rem we're to remain behind and the leavc-tak.
ing-thodgh perhaps for only few hours
was a touching bit Of by-play. Each Of the
little girls in turn wrea,hed her little arms
about the mothers neck; and the bronze, statues
que form Of the mother bent with 1.-the yet
stately grace to receive the childish embraces.
There to the east, is Kohala landing, pro.
tected very little by a bluff headand from the
trades, but comparatively sheltered from any
but severe konas by Upolo Point. A pretty
white painted schooner, with rakish masts and
almost piratical Gu, water and waist is courte
sying at her placid anchorage.
Now we are passing Halawa, and the cane
in some of the fields almost brushes the cars
At $500 P. NJ. we reached Multi the terminu,
Of the road. Multi station and Multi mill are
side by sde-a great advantage.
A few minutes later / was sitting on the
veranda of Judge Harris home, looking ovei
the green lawn, across the hollow where the
mill and the railway station are. TO the cane
fields beyond and beyond them the blue sea
and Maui 1t is forty miles to the nearest
slope OF Haleakala. Only film of cloud rests
on its lofty summit, scarce yelling its beauty
and increasing its apparent hight. Then &c
out on the lawn and look towards Hamakua
along the famous bluffs and up to the forests
that crown them.
nigh, go on and write Of Kohala's scener,
for week. l could not exhaust the subject
even then shall write Of it incidental,
again, in describing the district more in detail!
r. S. S.
Multi, Kohala, Hawaii, March IA, 1885.