The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-04-08


light baggage, as BELTS an outing of
the sort contemplated, and three
passengers, the vehicle was snugly
but not uncomfortably laden. Be
tween the enthusiastic colonizer, the
critical Bachelor of Engineering, and
the journalist-supposed always to
be on the scent for information on
the public's account-it may he
imagined that not much OF the works
OF either nature or art within the
range of vision escaped notice and
discussion by the way. This road
as everybody in Honolulu ought to
know--affords one OF the pleasantest
drives in all the kingdom. The
views of the city and harbor from
Palama and Kalihi are superb pic
lures, while the scenery all the way
to Pearl Harbor is full of majesty,
with snatches of beautiful, but quiet
very quiet--pastoral wales and slopes.
Health itself blows on us in the
cool, pure mountain breezes; the road
for the most part is easy: therefore,
this stage of our journey may well be
described as delightful Branching
off the main road few miles from
the ranch, II remarkable object looms
up over the track. 1t is an immense
piece of trestle-work, gossamer-like
in the lightness of its material, but
towering up, over the deepest part of
the gulch it crosses, some 40 or so
feet, and stretching away more than
half mile. This elaborate piece of
engineering is on the property of Mr..
Mark p. Robinson, carrying irrigation
pipe from n pump over a steep hill to
extensive banana fields. That soil is
rich and promising of large returns,
indeed, which justities such costly
works of irrigation as this. Shortly
after shutdown, the young moon light
ing the now rather rugged way, Mr..
James Campbell's group of houses,
local headquarters of the honolulu
Ranch, is reached. After exhausting
his lungs in vain on tin horn in
calling Charlie, our conductor, with
the assistance of his guests, proceeds
to get up a hot supper. His eminent
success in that respect, il allowed as
token of his ability as "chief cook"
of the colonization scheme, would
leave no doubt of that project doing
more than anything else to fulfil His
Majesty's motto, increase the ma
ton"
Early the next morning the much
wanted Charlie, the head driver of
the ranch, n very active native man,
had horses ready for ride over the
property A short distance f.om the
house flowing excavated well was
encountered, its tioughs surrounded
with cattle. Gathering off, over Nely
even ground, the slaughter house on
the margin of Pearl Hafbor is shortly
reached, and its unrivalled natural
facilities for shipping are observed.
A pipe lihe leads to II well dug
through tagged coral, a little distance
off, which, at an elevation of 90
feet, shows water Is feet from the
surface, which is pumped by one of
the patent wiudmills supplied by the
Pacific Hardware Co. Then, to horse
again, and, after going through large
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thousands OF cattle, we ride for
several miles over rich, alluvial soil,
apparently of great depth. This part
of the estate consists of almost i'm
perceptible slopes from the foothills
of the Valance Mountains, divided
Mt intervals by light gulches. Here
and there are the beds OF small lakes
OF large pools, now dry but atioIding
evidence of large volumes running
to waste from watersheds above in
the iainy season.
After resting few minutes, while
Mr.. Sproull takes bearings and notes
on his map, on n knob 400 feet above
the sea, we head for the top of the
mountains. On high but even
slope, beside vast gulch, herd OF
wild goats is seen ahead, and Charlie
is after them in moment with his
lasso. He makes II sl'lendidly excit-
ing chase, down and up the precipi-
tous banks, and wheeling like light
ning when the goats double on him.
1t was no use, however; the risky
creatures went through the flying
snare and would not be caught.
Oawa.d aud upward, now, the sure
footed cattle-diiving ho.tes are unged,
and still it is excelsior" Inclines
SO steep are sumounted, ridges
overlooking such awful depths are
t.aveised, and path so rugged in
some places is climbed or descended
as on stairs, that nobody who faces
the difficulties for the first Time would
think it possible TO get over them on
horseback until he saw the guide
ahead actually performing the varied
feats-or rather letting the horse do
them. OIce the writer's horse stopped
ut descent of about four feet at one
step, over bare rocks, with slope of
about Is degrees beyond, and both
sides of the path tumblirg down
through the tees II thousand feet at
OH angle of 70. 1t looked p udent to
get off, and horse and rider each
choose his own way of climbing
down. But the reckless biigands
below shouted, "Let the ieins loose