The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-07-28

year, keep the roads In satisfactory
condition for shedding, i. g., q foot
deep in mud, and at the same time
supply the luxuriant vegetation with
all the moisture it needs.
The forest stretches up and
around the mountain, covering very
| large part of the island above an ele-
walton of 800 feet, and as the country
which it extends over is filed with
savage gorges and deep ravines, the
woods are pretty safe from destruc-
| ton for many years.
Above the line of forest, which ex-
| tends up the mountain side to an ele-
walton of about 6, 1000 feet, there is an
abundant pasturage, especially for
| sheep. Large herds Of cattle have,
in former years, grazed over this
land, but now it would seem as
though it would be better to extend
the pasturage of sheep and keep the
cattle more within bounds. Of
course the climate is as different
from that of Honolulu as it would be
in regions many degrees further
north than the Hawaiian Islands.
The site on the mountain side
| known as Olinda, at an elevation of
1000 feet, is splendid one for
health resort for those who need a
bracing, but not cold climate There
are private houses built there now,
and it is within the range of posi-
biiity that within few years there
may be a sanitarium for the invalid
public established at this place.
When your correspondent emerged
from the woods, after four hours
tranping through the mud in vio-
lent rain &storm, he felt as though
there was nothing he wanted quite so
much as weeks exposure to the hot
sun of Honolulu. He dried himself
partially by riding briskly down the
long slope Of the mountain to Grove
Ranch, and there found a welcome
again that warmed him up effectually.
Next morning he rode back to Paia,
and from there went by train to
Wailuku. This town is the same as
it was several years ago, the one in
dustry of sugar-making absorbing all
there is in it Of enterprise. Outside of
the sugar mill there is absolutely
nothing going on. Everybody and
everything is swallowed up in sugar.
There is a saccharine sweetness in
the air, and general litter of cane
rubbish in the streets that suggest
nothing but cane and sugar. If the
mill now there should cease opera
tons, there would be absolutely moth
ing doing, no way of earning a dollar
of money, and nothing to eat save
poi.
In Waikiki one had to wait until
about $50 p. M. before starting for
Maalaia bay, where the Kinau was
expected to touch about 8 O'Clock.
The road over the peninsula to Maa-
laia is in very good order, as indeed
all roads in the vicinity of sugar
plantations are of necessity, and when
the old house on the beach at Maalaia
is reached there are the seashore,
Haleakala mountain, Ulupalakua,
and the islands of Malokini and Kaa-
hoolaWa to look at. Abundant time
was given to study the details of the
scenery, for the Kinau did not reach
the bay until 11:3O p. M.
All the way over from Wailuku
we looked out on the broad fields of |
cane belonging to Spreckelsville, and |
reflected that it was only seven years
since there was not enough vegeta-
ton there to keep a dozen bulIocks
from starving. Water from eighteen
miles distant poured out on the land
has effected this change, and made
the waste places to smile with a
never failing harvest.
Once on board the Kinau the trim
10 Maui may be said to have been
finished, for after few hours sleep,
he writer was again in the harbor of
While at Grove Ranch, the CONVEX
atlon drifted into the subject of the
medical treatment of the HaWaiians
md reference having been made to
he practice of the "Kahunas,n or
latlve doctors, the following instance
4 their (maD practice was given: On
he plantation native man and his
wife were living, having one child,
little girl, just commencing to run
bout. The father came home, as
7as his wont, at noon, to have a cup
coffee. While the parents were $
usied getting ready for the meal the f
tile child tipped over the pot con- s
aiming the boiling coffee, scaIding
er body on the chest and stomach f
nd her limbs. AS quickly as pos- b
bic the foreign physician employed 4
l the district was called in, and ap-
lied the proper soothing ointments,
nd did all he could for the little suf-
rer. For the next two or three >
ays he called regularly and exam b
led his patient, who was getting O
ong finely. About the fourth or n
>fh dow Mr. i.