Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-04-11


to cut switches or rather limbs from the trees
by the roadside, to replace the whips Of the
native driver, which had been broken very
soon after the start in the merciless beating he
gave his horses in urging them up the stony
road. Here, as in many other instances, we
had occasion to note
CURIOUS ANOMALY IN THE NATIVES,
who seemed a most kindly, amiable people, and
yet who treat dumb animals. especially horses,
with the most heartless barbarity.
At the rustic Halfway House, where we
dined, the horses of our team were not fed or
watered, and in answer to an inquiry the driver
said they would not eat or drink anything if
offered them. On our start after dinner, how
ever, one of the horses expressed decided dis
sent to this theory by refusing to bulge an
inch. though whipped and pounded with clubs.
Finally the innkeeper got him in motion by
throwing big stones at him. Water, it should be
added, is q rather scarce article on this leeward
side of the mountain. Between the sugar mill
and the Halfway House some of our party
getting thirsty, were told that the only water to
be obtained was in the rocky pockets Of gulch
some distance from the road And as we moved
off in search of the water the driver shouted a
warning to look out for wild cattle, who would
be certain to Ego for US" if we crossed their
track. The water when found proved to be
utterly unfit to drink. The cattle against
which we were warned are not the wild cattle
of the mountains. but are herds turned out to
feed upon the scanty pasturage Of the neighbor-
hood and who get so vicious while running at
large that they ferociously attack any one on
foot, but have a wholesome dread of one on
horseback.
THE WILD ANIMALS OF HAWAII.
At the Halfway House there was talk about
the wild animals of the island. We were now
in the vicinity of the wide forest belt that occu-
pies the middle portion Of the mountain sides
Ixrhic in, Sc al,
trable jungle of tropical vegetation. These
tangled forests are the haunt of numbers of
wild animals Of different kinds. Sheep could
not be raised in the vicinity because of the
wild dogs, that were too foxy to be trapped or
killed by poison. The mountains abound in
wild hogs. These when cornered will make a
fierce fight The tusks of the boars are in de-
mand by the Honolulu jewelers. to be made
into ornaments, and the wild hogs are likely to
be exterminated in this way. The boars are
gaunt, fierce-looking animals with enormous
tusks, and hide an inch and half thick on the
shoulders.
WILD CATTLE
exist in such numbers yet in the mountains
that they are doing great injury to the forest
growth by browsing and trampling down the
young trees. The bulls in these wild herds are
said to be magniicent-looking animals, black
with glossy skins, as if they had been curried,
and weighing 1000 pounds on the average.
The cows resemble the Texas CATTLE but with
smaller horns. The wild cattle are hunted
best by Following their trails through the for
IT, JumSsS anu h nov W pursuing .neHa W,.n
fipbt. From the Sif;cnItics in nacking anv-
thing out of these iungles, the process Of kill
ing the wild cattle is very wasteful. 1t does
not paw to take ANYTHING more than their
hides and hind quarters which are converted
into Ead nd can't 20 fhn In
market
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terminably as we toiled slowly up the lava
waste and zjpzarred round the great masses
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scranioieo over nelos Vi 'ne sihoo'n' siPPery,
billowy lava flows called pdhoehOe.
The air got raw as we neared the top and
struck the sea mists coming over from the
windward side of the island. Heavy showers Of
rain came down without any warning, and with
equal suddenness were succeeded by sunshine
anu So prai 10 ~, rai ran ,t - u. ho. .,
to stretch our cramped legs and warm our
chilled blood Still no signs of the volcano
Our driver, who for the last twenty miles had
Deeh pomparded necessarily WIN the ques'ion,
WHERE Is THE VOLCANO!
continued 70 answer py pointing with MS whip
indefinitely over tho vast lava waste beyond.
There was no cone or prominence or smoke or
ANYTHING whatever to indicate the locality of
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