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

esme ia ihtteit ny Wild splsts sums "
ibe glade. Z eWas,d vsi, ofptsl with clos.
gf7-' amons Wh,h nttly weed va. iu be
seem aihof .,roi, eso So thoroughly weed
grown illu tcafce spear of gnss was to i,e
seen. pi''sd one clearing OF several acre,
ehsfe ltish puiaiu,s and some tsi u gain
bad bren planted, he potato top, and the
Young grain looking healthy and vigorous.
u vas about w. w. when reached iIu.
umulu Sheep station
Il is delightful place; cold enough for
blankets at night nearly all the year round.
Mt J. W. Glade is manager and MI Conrad
Mcnke assistant manager Their head over.
seer when ! was there was Nit Alfred Devef.
i'll. onc q the most experienced rough.fid.fs,
bullock shots aud general ranchmen on the
Islands. All three are 6nc riders and all
enthusiastic mountanrer,, holding the more or
less ,iicic who dwell at the sea level in mild
scorn as well they may a hne wool.,hed
had been completed just before ! arrived. 1t
was Saturday; and that evening the new build
ing was to be "opsned" by dance. But the
rain prevented the realization Of the good time
planned, Two friends Of the managers had
ridden over from Honoksa. but, except my
/ self all The others present at the evenings
feast were employees Of the station, regular or
irregular; and not a woman was there. How.
| ever, the evening was merry one, good cheer
and good spirits, singing, the spinning Of YER
bal yarns, and the re.fgh,ing Of reminiscent
battle, made the hours from o p NJ. till mid
night pass swiftly | slept that night under
heavier blaneels Than | had before used
on the islands and slept " like a top"
The station is centrally located in tract OF
nearly II not quite 10000 acres About 80,
go acres Of it are gazing lands. Last, year
10, $50 sheep were sheared on the ranch. This
year the clip will be larger. 1t averaged 7
pounds 10 a sheep, some old weath-is sharing
as high as sS pounds Last year the clip was
sold in England, the year before iha, in Ger.
many. 1t will probably go to England this
yearit being taken off at the present writing.
| The ride from Humuulu to Oookala was
over new trail, cut through the virgin forest. |
had no, before realized how dense Hawaiian
woods may be. ! saw no individual trees in it 50
fine as many | saw in Kau but the forest a
whole gave one an impression Of vastness akin
to the feeling one has in portions of the red.
woods OF the California Coast Range. koa
and ohia lehua were, OF course, the chief trees
Of the forest but vast refine Of other trees
accompany their chiefs. Much of the ground
is covered by a dense growth OF wild raspber-
ries, oona and poha and several varieties of
ferns are common, among them two climbing
| ferns. one delicate as maidenshair End Of
scant growth the other coarse and luxurant.
Wild bananas grow in scattered clumps, few
Of them showing fruit but all nearly perfect in
leaf and most wildly green. few unseen
songsters gave note. But for the most part
the silence was profound. passed a deserted
camp where two trail makers had built. their
''lodge in the vast wilderness vast in length
il no, in breadth, for it stretches from Waipio
to Kilauea. Their leaf-covered shelters were
airy and ye, comparatively dry. should have
likei to stay all night in one, had the weather
been less gloomy and dispiritng The new
trail was old enough to be very muddy. My
horse sank knee-deep in the mud almost at
every step; and when he reached John
Wrights comfortable stable, after some fouI
hours Of it, he was as glad to get there as was
to be seated al Mrs. Wright's most appetizne
supper table. | hope some day to see the Ookals
woods under more sunny circumstances, &c
climb Mauna Kea and see from its summit til,
confines Of Kalakaua's Kingdom.
On the morrow rode hurriedly towards
iio | hope some day TO Sc, foot in lovely
Iiio with fortnighls vacation AT my disposal
that may he the better able to do it justice
hope great things for Hawaii the island
as hope great things for Hawaii the kingdom.
hope to see the island girdled by railway
Or, il that prove so nearly impossible as TO be
impractcable, hope to see railway from
Kukuihacle 10 Hilo and wagon road from
Hilo to Mahuksna. | hope to see iiilo harbo
crowded with foreign shipping the eulchc
and slopes of windward Hawaii yielding thei
abundant products the valleys and upland
of Kona, Kau and Puma yielding their perhap
diheren, yet not less abundant products also
hope to see Hawaii peoped with home
loving. homecoming, conten,ed, frugal, pros
porous and progressive population, who shall
abide by and be protected BY jus, and gener
Gus government OF the people. for the people
by the people Perhaps | hope for th'
Millennium. K. $. S.