The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-08-19
VIEWING the RANCHES.
(HdHorim Correspondence IF Mc
Buikciin.)
WEDNESDAY,, Aug. l2ih

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This wns the second days riding !
over the honolulu Ranch, and II
more exciting and romantic cxcur-
sion could hardly have been made,
The start was made, as before, from
the ranch house, and lay over n part
Of the wide Hat travcrscd yesterday,
and which, as before stated is well
covered with the lima, indigo and
other shrubbcry much rclishcd by
cattle. The shrubbcry, ! omitted to
mention yesterday, is richly supple
mcn,cd by nn underground of manic
mic grass. The route this morning
il to the mountains. The climbing
begins Looking forward and up
ward nt an angle of about 40 degrees
to n height of some 500 feet, the first
peak to be scaled is III full view.
The prospect is not II comfortable
one TO the ranch horses. They face
the acclivity, however, with CON-
mcndablc equine determination,
paving their way with surc-footcd
care up the slope, through heavy
grasses growing knec-high. The
whole slope is heavily coated with
manicnie and native grasses, and
some Spanish clover, and is well
dotted over with trees, chiefly the
l>uliui. After reaching the top of
the first peak, the trail winds down,
corkscrcw fashion, through heavy
vcrdurc and under the outrageous
shades of large wide spreading trees
into II deep ravinc, out of which
there is another corkscrcw trail up
on to the next peak and reaching
| little farther into the clouds. Parts
OF the trail just gone over runs along
the margins of immense gulchcs into
| which the rider looks down over
prcccpitous dcsccnts Of some nine
or ten hundred feet through the
dense foliage of trees that have
somehow got rooted in the sides
OF the dcclivitics, so that they
suggest the idea Of an aerial vcgc-
tation. The prospect up these noun
tain sides and through these ravincs,
is grandly picturesque. These cx-
] hibitions of mountain scenery grow
upon the view. The first hour
among them cXtorts expressions of
wonder and admiration. Passing
ON, their majestic grandeur repeats
itself in ever increasing variety.
The faithful horses climb almost
perpendicular asccnts over the rug
gcd natural stairways, and again de-
sccnd similar hard places, with
equal care and safety. "jcrry'
proved himself an able and reliable
stccd. Sooner" Ivy the way, had
been discarded, rs deficient in in
tcllcct and understanding, and unfit
for the service Of the BULLETIN.
But Jerry" is an Intelligent big
bay, wanting neither whip nor spur
but always knowing just where &c
/ go, and regulating his PAGES with
, infallihlc correctness, whether OF
the slow march over rough ant
rugged ways. or on streaking
gallop over pieces of smoother road,
l way, Midday finds the whole party
| on the highest point, but one, of thu
! Waianac, The scene at this poin
is grand. 1t is magnificent, Ii il
stupendous. We stand here on th'
rim Of an immense basin scoopeC
out of the mountain, with the sea
{ ward side broken out, This vas
, cavity is about quarter OF mil,
, wide, with almost porpendicula
walls thousand feet high. BeyonC
= the basin northward, the mountain
, shoot up skyward in colossal isolate'
A cones, Spreading ont in the spaciou
, concayo Of the western horizon, AT
the deep blue waters of the grea
Pacific Ocean, the "boundless, vast
illimitsble waste of waters" Th