Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1896-12-21

Sk6lCuluR Ouo VI thO pOuimSh Wv
ed into the water. He stayed
down for a long time and then
came up with a sort of starfsb,
with spikes like a porcupine. The
two men had great feast and Of
fered me some of the star fish,
which tasted like an oyster. When
l would say go ashore the boat
men would let the boat GO on top
of a big wave and we would shoot
through the surf at such a terrific
rate itmade my hair stand on end,
but L clung to the canoe and land
ed safe each time.
"One Of the most enhancing
views is that at the Pail at the end
of Nuuanu Valley, about four miles
from Honolulu. There are great
mountains to the right and left
and through an opening you get
one, enchanting view of valley GOV.
cred with sugar plantations and
bananas and in the far distance
range of mountains and still far
her off the blue Pacific ! oking
IKE painted sea. The Pail is over
400 feet high. l paint
ed picture of the Pail which was
oougnt 10y Mr Peacock. At the
summit where 1 had to paint there
is whirlwind blowing at the rate
of fifty miles an hour, sometimes
more than that. A native on
horseback was blown over the cliff.
When l first went there my paints
paper and traps were blown into
the air far above my head. Before
| could get good sketch l had to
go six or eight times to the same
spot. Even then L could use only
a small bit of paper and had to
take in the scene on separate
pieces in the face of the gale.
An easel was out OF the
question, and il was hard work to
hold the paints down.
"On the trip to the island of
Hawaii ] was treated to most
magnificent sunset; it was tropical
and glorious. The ride to the
volcano, or mountain of fire, L
found to be one of the most in
teresting expositions, the trail
passing through the virgin forest
and every turn in the road find
inc n new scene. All about us
were wild bananas, palm trees,
fern trees, creeping plants "a
picture of tropical glory, with
here and there coffee plantation
peeping through the forest, each
vista beautiful sight. Farther
up the mountain the fora takes
on the character of the temperate
zone, aud at last there is nothing
but lava. My party took no guide
to the crater. AS we stood beside
the cavern of fire l felt the ground
tremble and a sickening sensa-
ton came upon me. For heavens
sake let us get out of this, said,
aud we walked back from the
verge Of the cliff. One minute
later the spot where we were
standing crumbled away and fell
iuto the fire with a roar; one
later and had we remained
there would be no more artist.
"There is a strange bird that
makes its home at this volcano,
the boatswaip bird. 1t has its
young about the cliffs and flies to
the sea distance of twenty or
thirdly miles for fish to feed them.
The coffee and sugar planta-
tions make pretty landscapes with
a background of purple noun
tairs, an intense blue sky and
some touches of bright green
palms and banaua trees. The
harbor of Waienaiy at which are
many of these plantations, re
minds one of the bay of Naples,
and is certainly worthy of visit
by tourists"
The waterfalls of Hawaii, where
4 hundred streams tumble down
the mountains and eventually
over a cliff into the ocean, were
seen and sketched by Mr.. Fisher;
and also the famous rainbow falls,
where the prismatie arch dances
eternally in the sunshine. The ma
tural bridge atOnonsea was not mis-
sed, for it appears in the porttolioas
a wall of purple rock jutting into
the sea and clad with tropical
shrubs. 1t has picturesque ap,
pesrance, this bit of island coast
scenery, though the colors to one
who has never seen Hawaii are