The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-05-31

road through TO his destination. To
prove that the trail is not dangerous,
l VIII say that [ accompanied six
tourists to this place. OF the party
there We're three ladies who had
never ridden on horseback. We
reached our journeys end without a
mlshap of any kind. The horses
know every inch of the road, and If a
false step Is made it Is the fault OF
the rider and not of the animal, as
all one has to do is to give the horse
a loose rein and not attempt to drive
him-and there you are. During the
past week prisoners have fixed the
trail is several places, and now there
Is not the least possible danger OF az
accident.
Aside from the trip to the volcano,
the voyage on the steamer kinau has
its attractions. The vessel Is a splen-
did seaboat, and as 2 passenger re
marked, ''she rolls just enough to
shore" and / add sometimes she
rolls just 4 triie more. But Captain
Clarke is a splendid navigator, and
he does his best to seek smooth
water-at least at mealtimes.
The vessel makes several stops en-
route to dischargef 1G0n,t iapd land
passengers, and 80 aorI;n-
welcome TO go ashore anu no ieA, ia .ne
sights at the different ports.
The place that impressed me most
was the port of Mahukona on Ha
wall. 1 will always remember ii for
three things. viz: The bleakest place
ever saw, the ever present strong
winds which blow through the ham
let, and it was there / met Mr..
SmithIes. This gentleman is the
Pooh Bah" OF the place, as 1 am in
formed that he is postmaster, port
collector, anctioneer and general
"jos5er" He informed me con-
fdentiai!y that there was a
great future for the place
and he is procder of Mahukona than
a Hilo man is os his barbor. He in
vited me to visit his strawberry
patch, but all l co1ld see was rocks
so he could not jolly me along. Mr..
Smithies is good company, however,
even if he does tell tourists very i'm
probable stories about sharks aud
MS strawberry patches. He says
that Mahukona can give Cape Horn
cards and spades FOR strong winds
and nobody wild doubt him after
visiting the place. MAIZENA, on Maui
is another delightful place to get
away from. They say that the Ia
tlves in :iat portion Of the country
live ga sweet potatoes only; they
haze poi about once q year and are
very thankful for that. l went
ashore with Parser Beckley aud An
drew Brown. They made pur-
chase OF dozen each OF turkeys and
chickens for the ladies who will
shortly give Il series Of lunches for
the purpose OF obtaining funds with
which TO furnish the new Masonic
temple. The two gentlemen had no
trouble ID striking bargain with
Chinaman for the purchase of the
poultry, but the Monaghan seemed
anxious to have the crates returned
to him, and MIR. Beckley assured
him that he would get them and Mr..
Brown added, when you get them"
You could not say that Makena IS
the most inspiring place on earth
because it Is not. The inhabitants
are very busy during the week dig
ging potatoes for their sustenance,
and Mr.. Brown says the only relaXa-
ton they have on Sunday is to go
out in the water and drown them
selves. There are several other
places just like MAIZENA,.
The town Of Hilo with its sur
rounding bay is pretty place, but
as the correspondents from that
place are always singing its praises
In the columns OF the local papers
will break away The people there
think there is no place on earth like
Hilo and someone has remarked that
"when you meet resident Of Hilo,
Just tell him that the bay is lovely
and that the town is out of sight.
Do this, if you are broke, and then
you will not have TO swim home"
I close this with a few words for
the officers Of the steamer kinau.
Captain Clarke and Parser George
Beckley are two pleasant men to
travel with. and they 90 everything
to, make the trip pleasant for the
.passengers. The accommodations
are splendid and the steward sees
that the table is we'll supplied with
good things. What more can one
KANT?