The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-04-12

ment, and il was ably managed,
| President Hosmer was IN general
charge. The route selected was to
follow line drawn from the lower
gate to the Pakupapau Makiki-
Il resting place in general demand
whence a line, as nearly as pos
sible direct, was to be followed to
the summit where the spot had
been seen. The first part of the
route was Wilder than other places,
but path had been broken. The
boys who had seen the spot were
ordered to keep your eye on it "
and lead Off Saturday, April 9th,
was set for the expedition l col
lected a number of hollow tin yes
sells holding about q pint each,
glass bottles for inverted observa-
tions, forks and other scientific
instruments, and placing long
pole just outside of my door, went
to bed the evening before the event
full day. The pole was to prod the
boys in the morning to awaken
them. Suffice it to say that after
q few hours sleep | awoke with a
start with a sensation of pain and
found that the boys were all up,
and were prodding me with my
own stick
Long before daylight the expedi-
ton was on the move, some on foot,
some horseback, others riding.
With few adventures the top of
Punchbowl was reached. The only
mishap was that in passing under
the sleeper sides of the hill the boys
lost sight of the spot, and on our
arrival at the summit it could
nowhere be found
This being a scientific article
and not intended to advertise the
Islands, I viii not enlarge upon
the beauty of the scene, but in the
early grey of the dawn certainly
the view was enchanting. The
town sparkled with electric lights,
a silvery sheen already spread over
the sea the distant peaks of the
Waianae mountains began to glow,
while the western slopes of the
Konahuanui mountains remained
sombre and dark. All stood and
gazed with rapt pleasure, till Presi-
dent Hosmer raped with his stick
and remarked, Come. boys. it is
only the early bird that the worm
catchesl Look for the sunrise p
All at once started, and observing
q bright light, some called out,
eve have found il" but discovered
that it was Mr.. Barwick's fire,
where coffee was steaming and a
delicious breakfast cooking. As it
was still dark, search was made
for a breakfast spot. A lovely dale
was found. Near it one of the
young men found a graceful and
eomely wing, and it was suggested
that this was the only part of the
bird the worm had left. As it was
cold and the altitude high, snow
was found also. Indeed it was so
cool that some Of the young folks
began to make observations
through the lower end of an in
verted bottle. This valuable
method being accomplished by
resting the mouth of the bottle on
the lower lip. So much Of this was
going on that one looked about for
a brewer, but Mr.. Crockett stated
that the bottles contained only
fluid called water. Looking about
for points of observation q rosy
height was seen near by, but as a
wood was there and it seemed a
little lowery and damp no one else
observed from that point. After
breakfast, the sun having arisen,
the search was renewed and the
bright spot found. It was glossy and
smooth, and after a careful scientific
examination Dr.. Lyons announced
that the search was successful, as
he had discovered the material on
the rock to be genuine Sunrise
Stove Polish. Au revoir,
SCIENTIST