The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-03-30

"lions in our path" came up to our
expectations. We took the Hall,
to Punaluu, in going, and we re-
turned by Hilo, so that we had am
pie opportunity to test the relative
merits Of the two routes. Our judg-
ment was that either was better
than it had been pictured, and re-
paid, in beauty and interest, any
temporary discomfort the traveller
might suffer. A few hours Of sea
sickness one may we'll count upon
even the best of sailors are seldom
proof against the choppy sea of the
channels. But the large majority of
the time on board may be pleasant
ly spent in studying the native vii
lagos along the coast, where the
people are found living in their
original manner, or more nearly so
th4a those we encounter on this
Island.
The landing in the surf at Puma
luu is another bugbear to the timid.
In the hands of the brave kanaka
boatmen you are as safe as you
would be at home in your bed.
The thing is worth doing once for
the exhileration of new expert
ence. / cannot dwell upon each
stage of the trip; | have already
trespassed too long on your time.
Suffice it to say that none Of the
so-called hardships are beyond
what one who has travelled else
where expects to encounter. The
seventeen-mile horseback ride on
the Hilo side is tedious, so is the
twenty-three-mile stage ride on the
Punaluu side. When the excellent
carriage road, which the Govern
ment is building from Hilo, is COM
pleted to the Volcano House, the
trip will be a pleasure throughout.
The fourteen miles of it already
completed offer an endless variety
of tropical forest scenery which is
a veritable dream of fairyland.
Nothing surprised us more than
the accommodation offered at the
new Volcano House. We were pre-
pared to sleep in a shed and live
on poi. Instead we found clean
airy, comfortably furnished rooms
and a menu more varied and salts
factory than is offered in many
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steward who serves the table
| d. hote deserves especial mention
The whole house is so we'll man
aged that considering the wonder
it is the key too, it seems strang
that Honolulu people do not max
q regular resort of the place.
The difficulties in the way G
reaching Haleakala have bee
equally magnifed. 1t is not ia
from the truth to say that we me
with no difficulties in that trll
| over half the ascent of the mour
tain can be made in carriages, owe
an excellent road, which as
ascends reveals a panorama
o ever increasing loneliness. II
! last nine miles are made on hors
n back over a good trail. A moo
8 light night should be chosen, ar
j the trip planned so that the par
n may arrive at the top a little D
# fore sunrise. We had a perte
+. night and suffered no inconver
= ence from the cold. Warm wra
D should be provided, however,
# there is decided change in t
70 temperature.
Q [ will not attempt to descrl
At the view that rewarded us when t
is sun appeared above the mountai
be of clouds with which the east W
~ niled. I have seen the Alpl
"a glow from Rigi-Kulm and the M
;s Wells of sunrise on Mirror Lake
40 the Yosemite. But these were
in eclipsed by the glorious cloud I
or ture to which we were treated
H. Haleakala. Haleakala, house
he the sun, glorious old mount'
ain we'll do you deserve your nan
aty Hoping that these hurried nc
The NAV be a slight help to other t1
I'D lists, I am, very respectfully yo