The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-02-04
Paradise Found.
HAWAIIAN HOTEL,
MI . 1000


Mr.. EDITOR: For many years
/ have been globe trotting, looking
in fact for place where one could
winter in perfectly equable
climate. In this search l have
visited Europe, Asia, Africa, Amer
lea, Australia, and the South Sea
Islands, and failed to find what |
wanted.
Before leaving England some
medical men of my acquaintance
begged me on my return to publish
book giving an account Of the
result of my search during the last
few years, with as much data as [
could collect as to the temperature,
immunity from disease, etc., of the
places / had visited.
Having heard of the Sandwich
Islands so much extolled [ was
quite prepared to be disappointed,
as realization almost invariably
falls short of anticipation. For
once, however, / have met the ex-
ception to this rule and can hon
estly say Notwithstanding three
consecutive wet days) the climate
is the most perfect 1 have yet met
with. Such being the case I am
surprised so few of my fellow
countrymen come here. In the
Volcano House register of visitors
I only found the word eng
land" after three names during
the last twelve months. This
seems very poor return for the
amount of money that must have
been expended in advertising the
islands and volcano. Shortly af-
ter my arrival / endeavored to
find the Office Of the Hawaiian
Bureau of Information, Ltd.," but,
although 1 inquired at the leading
bank and elsewhere no one SEEM
ed to know of its existence. This
struck me as somewhat singular,
since the bureau is so extensively
advertised abroad that the tourist
is led to look to it as a guide, phi
losopher and friend.
My object in seeking the bureau
was to obtain information on va
riety of matters. Amongst others
l wanted statistics on health ques-
tons; what special form of all
ments the climate is best suited
to, etc. Perhaps amongst your
readers there may be some medical
man who has been here many
years, who can furnish me with
this information for my book, the
title of which will be sIn Search
of Climate"
Details respecting the hiring of
schooners and auxiliary vessels
for English yachtsmen l had also
promised to send home. There
are many yacht owners in Eng
land who have great desire to
cruise amongst the islands of the
Pacific but do not consider it adj
visable to send out their
own craft so great a dis
lance. I understand that for
six months out of twelve many of
the vessels employed in sugar car
rying are laid up. Could these, for
a few hundred dollars, be made
suitable for carrying passengers I?
and would their charter be reason
able for these slack six months ?
The "Bureau of Information
during Mr.. Thurston's absence at
least) being non est, [ shall esteem
it favor if your readers will for
ward me the information I seek.
l should also like some particulars
as to the growth of coffee. Never
have l tasted coffee with a finer
aroma than is given US at this
hotel. In character it appears to
me like the choicest growth Mo-
cha-a coffee rarely met with now.
| am leaving in the next Australia,
but, before doing so, shall send
samples of it to some friends in
London.
CHARLES G. NOTTAGE.
P. SIN case the Bureau
should "resurrect," it is not my
wish that this eulogy on the eli
mate should be republished in its
pamphlets.