Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1885-06-20

e A, present, Puma is sleeping the sleep of
the very lazy"
So said TO myself as left the fIo trail
and turned into the one that led down the
mountain to the sea- and whose frs, stopping
place was to be Kalapana, 40 miles away.
Until 1t becomes monotonous, the Puma trail
from the Volcano House Is delightful. But it
soon does become monotonous. Ohia to right
of one, ohia TO left Of one, ohia in front Of
one-aye, and behind one. II seems no ex.
aggera,ion to say that | saw oha timber
enough, such as it was, to supply Honolulu
with 6rewood for hundred years to come
even IL we burned no coal. But it was nearly
all Of small growth, in general appearance and
average size very like the black oak scrub Of
some portions Of California, or the ,o6h woods
Of Mexico. "Onc ought never to tire of
lehua blossoms" | hear some Hawaiian
patriot exclaim Not after six hours Of them
seen for the most par, through drizzle at
that' I tired Of ohelos, also, and Of the al.
most terrible stiffness. Whenever we came to
an inviting opening, which we did not often,
so dense the growth, let my starving s,eed
sample the more or less lush grasses of the
Puma upland.
The foreign maniania, so common in Homo
lulu, grows as high above the as 500 feet in
some parts Of Hawaii but is said to be not so
nourishing as when grown on the lower levels
One or two persons told me they mixed salt with
it. II was the principal grass found along the
middle portion Of the Puma trail, and Sooner
devoured it with great gusto. Lower down
the pili.hale grew on the otherwise barren
pahoehoe plains south Of Kalapana.
When Sooner and reached the edge Of the
woods at Panau--a sort Of jumping. off place,
though of easy enough Descent had fine
view Of the Puma coast, spread out like map
before me, forested back ground, extended
northward by the wooded slopes of the Puma
hills. Panau is such pretty place, with its
setting OF orange and kukui trees, that
longed to crafty Sooner by staying all night.
But | had note to Rev. s. p. Kaaia in
Kalapana, where was sure of clean bed
and good fare, and so | urged my unwilling
companion down the gentle incline and along
the arrowy path, walled with fragments, tina,
led across the pahoehoe, straight for Kala-
pana. We passed recent IA flow that had
halted just a; the edge Of the road. | say
recent. yet twas not so recent but that thous-
ands of young ohias grew upon its b.oken
floor.
To the right the sea, distant less than three
,,,;las ole pal 81 ~, rh,
that broke through the light clouds or dark
ened as their fellows shu, it in. II was darl
when rode onto the sandy beach at Kala
pana; and we were a weary pair when w
reached the haven we were seeking.
was glad Of my stay at Kalapana, becaus,
it gave me opportunity to see Christian
Hawaiian household. There were three
generations under a little roof. There wa
plain attire and plain fare, but cleanliness wa
an earnest Of something better, Mr.. Kaai.
impressed me a man honestly in earnest t.
live according TO his light, in a manly self
respectful fashion; and ! have since beer
assured that his influence for good is consider
able.
A~huS hiASo HcthhrSAsN " ANahapahA ioh6
hot, thirsty nine miles--is Pohoiki, one Of tn
most interesting spots on the Hawaiian
Islands. 1t is there that Mr.. and Mrs
Robert Rycrof live--not as feudal lord AM
lady, but, far better, as a modern knight q
labos and his efficient hepmcet. Sooner an,
were never more glad to be welcomed tina
on the broiling noon Of Sunday, April lath
and our welcome could not possibly hav
been more pleasant
rolioisi is place OF many possibilities. A
poin, Tor frswood shipment it mas no equa
on Hawaii and. as far as know, no equa
on the islands. Pohoiki Bay is cup.lik
cove, that might be made, bya little blas,in
and little brcak.watcr building, a safe land
ing, in all ordinary wea,hers, 70, any Of tn
in,er.sland steamers or schooners. With sue
hsrbor Improvement. Pphoiki would be tn
bcs, landing between kcalakekua and llilo
and the amour, OF hrewood tina, ii coui
furnish Honolulu or the plantations would b
practically unlimited
Mr.. Rycro(t's dwelling house, saw-mill an
other buildings, axe on the outer edge Of ~h'
seems from the shore to be an impenetrabl
and in,erminable thicke, Of pan,lanus. Blu,
miniature clearing has been made around III
buildings. and back from tina, clearing run tw
roads, broad enough for four wagons to
driven abreast, level enough Tor the bed Of
railway and lone Of ,hem) level enough fou tf
sundIe path Of baby carriage.
Mr.. Rycroft takes much pardonahe pride
these roads. They have been built al,ogeth'
over an old al flow. the seaward edge
which is pandanus grove. and the milan
portion thick forest Of ohia, brcadtrui
kopiko. nehe. koiea. holei. olomea, naio, sai
and other native trees, few fruiting ohi
and some FIX. coffee aud papaia trees grow
Wild OF planted among them. On the nor,
aide u Pohoisi Bay isa beautiful grove
kamani ,rscs--of which one tscs grows In Il
yard Of ex-Ass.hal Pasks on kukui Street
and the cocoanui trees in the vicinity may
counted by the Thousands The hirds.ne
fem grows around the pandanus trees lasa'
a.,iy, and in places beanh airing vines elm
" matted masses alaaos, to the exclusion
both air and sunlighA.
Robert Rycron Ia an EnglishmAn vi
looks. talks. thinks and acts like an Amefie'
Like "ne~ Englishman, an Sit Charl
pilks has IT, Strange as il may seen, foh
iii is one Of the m,s, American. looking plae
On the islands. Plucs, enemy, talent. ,as
end mechanical ingenuity are observable
svssy turn. The smooth roads have be-
uAads by traction engine moving over
sosaAly laid reAdbesi This same ,aesi'
ssGias dssvs 10 the landing all the hsewo'
Aie0sA Toe ~ils u s~sssA rod -