The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1888-10-16

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ing in his place, although not as bis
deputy.
CONSIDERING the great distance these
Islands are from the centers of civiliza-
ton it is surprising how good are the
travelling facilities offered to the tourist.
Take our steamers, for instance. The
Kinau of the Wilder Steamship Company
is fitted up to all ;ntents and purposes as
miniature ocean-going steamer. The
voyager has comfortable stateroom,
handy stewards and a liberal table
Take, on the other hand, the w. G. Hall
of the Inter-Island Steam Navigation
Company There are the same excel
lent accommodations, and the servants
are as handy and the table as liberal.
We take these vessels for samples be-
cause they are the ones most used by
tourists visiting our Islands. Compare
our well fitted and thoroughly clean YES
sells with those that run among the West
India Islands, and the Hawaiian steam
ships will take the palm for comfort and
cleanliness.
Then, when the traveller reaches either
Punaluu or Keauhou, the landings for the
volcano, he finds every preparation made
for him. At Punaluu is good hotel,
where his.comforts are well looked after.
A tram carries the travellers to Pahala
and from there he mounts his horse and
proceeds on his way to the volcano. By
the Keauhou route the tourist is landed
only fourteen miles from the volcano
and at once mounts, riding some five
miles to the top of pail or precipice.
Then the road is an excellent one and
coach bowls over it at fine rate.
The Volcano House is comfortable,
well-conducted establishment. Though
twenty miles from anywhere, it is well
supplied with food and other comforts.
Guides for the volcano are always ready
and the whole charge for the trip is very
moderate. Fifty dollars is really very
small sum to pay in order to be carried
to see one of the greatest wonders of the
world. A few years back it used to cost
just double the amount and the steamer
accommodations were much inferior, the
ride was longer and more wearisome and
the facilities for comfort at the Volcano
House were nothing like what they are
now. No one but very luxurious or a
very cross grained person can find fault
with what is now done for the tourist.
The volcano trip is no longer an adven-
ture; it can be done as easily as visiting
Niagara and far easier than the ascent OF
any of the Swiss mountains.
This country certainly offers special
Inducements for the tourist. 1t possesses
a climate which cannot be matched
by any other spot in the world.
Then it is not only the volcano that tour
lists should see. There are scores Of beau
tiful places to visit. Haleakala, on Maui,
is the largest extinct volcano in the
world. A series OF articles on that mag
nifcent mountain have been appearing
in our columns lately. The same trip
that takes the traveller up Haleakala
gives him an opportunity of visiting lao
Valley near Wailuku. What is more
beautiful than the fern-clad sides of this
picturesque spot, with its elevated cliffs,
its wealth Of tropical vegetation and its
ever-changing cloud masses?
Then again there is Hilo, that most
tropical-looking OF spots. Can anything
be more lovely than the view of Hilo bay
at early morning? That sweep Of coast
line-the gleam of the white breakers on
the shore, the beautiful green slopes, ard
towering above all the crest of Mauna
Kea, snow-capped, glittering like ruby
in the rising sun. There are rides and
pleasant spots to visit, wonders to see.
There is the flow of 1881, which came
within an ace of overwhelming the town.
To go and see its gnarled and twisted
form is itself worth journey. To realize
that this mass, solid now as the prime
val rock, was once molten, kissing, red
hot lava, is an education. The Rainbow
Falls are beautiful, but then this is a
land of waterfalls. Again, there is Ke-
alakekua bay, place well worth visit.
1t has scenic be:-uty, and historical re-
miniscences of the great circumnavigator
Cook. A pleasant week may be spent
in the uplands of Kona which overhang
the bay.
Every place we have mentioned is
easily accessible, steamers run to them.
and hotel and boarding house accommo-
dations can be obtained by the tourist
when he gets ashore. The attractions
we have are worth seeing and they can
be seen for a moderate sum, which is
more than can be said for scenic attrac-
tions in either the United States or
Europe.
Cardinal Manning on Intoxicating Drink.
For thirty-five years l have been