The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-08-28

look down from under their cold
haggard brows in the same silent,
solemn majesty as they did upon
every wayfarer who has passed this
way for a thousand years. The
ocean tide rolls its slow, measured
dirges on the shore as it did on the
morning of that day when the sea
and the dry land were separated.
An hours rest on the verandahs
and under the trees of Justice
Judd's ranch at Kualoa adds an
other to the many scenes of pictur-
esque beauty on view on this part
of the island. The house is pret-
tily located at the base of high
wall of mountain, and is approached
from the main road through a grove
of magnificent algarobas. The
ocean is near enough and far enough
away to lend enchantment to the
view by throwing the lustre of its
glossy surface into fine contrast
with the blllrry outlines of the islets,
spurs and promontories that fill the
horizon far and near. In the offing,
Mokolii rises in glum solitude,
comic castellated home for the birds
of the air. t..s.
After leaving here, smart ride
over splendid roads and through
very wet shower, brings the party
up on the premises Of the Ahuimanu
ranch dairy. The operations of the
dairy are carried on in most sys-
tematic and efficient style. The
latest appliances for working large
dairy are in use. About 12O cows
are MIXED here every day. Raised
fumes conduct water considerable
distance into the barn. One of
these conduits carries power to
twelve foot water wheel, which runs
the hay and feed cutter on the upper
floor. Another smaller conduit
brings water into the COW house on
the ground flat. There is a full
supply of hose from which water
can be played ON any part of the
building in case of fire. and is used
in washing the cattle floors which
undergo thorough securing every
day. No manure is allowed to ac-
cumulate in or about the barn. 1t
is all removed to a distance, whence,
after few days, it is taken away
and spread over the land. The
most noticeable feature of the dairy
barn is its perfect cleanliness and
the absence of offensive effluvia.
Among the stock, there is a large
proportion of Jerseys, some Hol-
stems and other breeds of superior
butter making qualities. An al
most perpendicular wall of noun
tains rises behind the ranch house,
to height of probably 1,2O0 feet.
Deeply fllrrowed at regular dis
tances, from the summit to the base,
this great wall of rock presents a
very grand and picturesque appear
ance. The view is further enhanced
by springs gushing from the rocks
at different points in the side, and
falling like beautiful tasselated
silver threads down the burrows of
the mountains face.
The Messrs. Lowell (brothers)
cordially dispense hospitality to the
rain soaked and rain avoiding ex-
cursionists. What delicious Jersey
butter! Really if such butter were
in common use instead of the mix
lures sometimes inflicted on the
wretched inmates of some asylums
for the homeless, the old phrase
"bread and butter" would soon be
transposed into "butter and bread"
This estimate of the superiority of
the Ahuimanu Jersey butter may be
verified any day at the store of the
Pacific Hardware Company. After
the rain pour has ceased, an hours
ride over rough and slippery noun
tain trails brings the homebound
cavalcade to the road, and hasten
ing by the Kaneohe plantations,
horses and riders are soon toiling up
the stone steps of the great winding
staircase of the Nuuanu Pail. Up
the sinuous windings of a mile of
rough stone steps, the atmosphere
close and hot as furnace, and irri-
gated at every step by the spray
falling from the cloud capped pin
nacles overhead, is it any wonder
that on reaching the summit, the
roofs and palm trees of Honolulu
were to the explorationists what the
roofs of Jerusalem were to the
armies of CGur de Lion? Another
hour, and we are in Chinatown,
and one of the finest excursions that
ever fell to the lot of editor, re-
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