The record-union., 1896-03-19


Hawaiians. This feat in the night is
not pleasant, especially when the boat
and ship are bobbing in different di-
rections
AS soon as the mail was brought off
the omnibus took us to the hotel at
Likue, about one and half miles from
the landing. / was shown to my room
and informed that DIR. 4. G. Goodhue,
the Government physician at Koloa,
would call for me during the forenoon.
Shortly after breakfast he came to take
me TO Koloa as his guest.
The ride from Likue to Koloa was de-
lightful. The day was fair, the roads.
but for the red soil, might remind one of
New England. The kukua trees, or
screw pines, and wild breadfruit grew
on every side. On the way we paused
at the Kauai Industrial School, which
was established by DR.. ]. S. Smith and
his sister. There are sixty boys in
attendance at this school, where they
are not only given a good English edu-
cation, but are taught useful trades,
such as carpentering, blacksmithing
and farming.
AS we reached the beautiful village of
Koloa, with its great old sugar mill, I
noticed in front Of one of the larger and
better houses the glorious STARS and
Stripes" flying. Supposing it to be the
office of an American Consul, / asked
the doctor, and he replied that it was
his own flag, which he raised every time
an American landed on the island. One
will never how to appreciate America
and our glorious flag until he sojourns
in a foreign land
Come to my house and stay as long
as you like" said the United States
Consul at Hilo. I'VE will feast our eyes
on the flag and the American coat-of-
arms and talk of America. am never
so happy as when I find myself in the
presence of an American citizen"
On the afternoon of my arrival the
DOCTOR his wife, DR.. Crane and myself
went to the Spouting Horn, which is not
more than a mile and half from Koloa.
This is one Of the wonders of Kauai.
The ledge of lava-like rock which ex-
tends over acres along the seashore, is
penetrated by many caverns into which
the waves of the sea rush with wonder
full force. There is an orifice in the
rock large enough for an ordinary man
to crawl through, and the water, driven
in by the surf, is forced through this
hole, sometimes to the hight of sixty
feet. The expulsion of water is accom-
panied by a hollow roar as the air is
forced through an aperture near the
horn. Near the horn is a large rock
known as The Pulpit, and about 100
PAGES in an opposite direction is the
Boiling Kettle, which is simply a large
hole in which water is continually rush
ing in and out, just like boiling water
Next day we visited the Golgotha, or
place of Skulls" about two miles from
koloa, and almost north of the village.
This is a great sandy beach on which,
according to Professor Alexander, the
acknowledged authority on Hawaiian
history, a severe battle was fought in
the fourteenth century. The beach is
strewn with human bones, and many
perfect skeletons have been taken from
the sands. With the aid of DR.. Good
hue was enabled to discover one of the
skeletons, and dug cut skull with all
the parts perfect The remainder of the
skeleton l turned over to DR.. Crane.
Though this skull had lain in the sands
500 years it was perfect, except that the
teeth were gone. 1t was the Uranium of
a large man, and in places quite thin.
He had had a blow OH top of his head in
his life time, for there was an indenta-
ton in the skull which was strongly
suggestive of trepanning. Two skele-
tens were exhumed py our party that
day. The next day we were to start for
the Hanapepe Falls
Our road led over a beautiful coun-
try. We crossed the Laval and Kalahao
Valleys, and at about IL o'clock reached
the Hanapepe Valley, following it for
five or six miles, when we came to the
end of the carriage road. Our party,
consisting of Dr. Goodhue and wife, DR..
Crane, J. K. Farley, myself and two
servants, then mounted horses and
strarted up one of the most picturesque
valleys it has ever been my pleasure TO
see. The path wound along the bottom
of the valley, crossing the stream
number of times. The water, in places,
came quite to the saddle girths, the
bottom covered with stones slippery
and dangerous to all horses not very
sure-footed On either side rose per-
pendicular bluffs to the hight of sew
eraI hundred feet.
The scenery along the valley like all
scenery in Hawaii is picturesque and
varied, constantly changing like the
views in a kaleidoscope. The rugged
hills and cliffs are ever changing in
form and adding new beauty to the
scene. Mr.. Farley, who was posted in
the traditions of the country, pointed
out the DEVILS Slide on Koalalanui
Maui to us. According to tradition
here lived one of the great gods or
II q
had a sled on which he used to coast