The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-04-18

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as you like" said the Ualted Stst#ss q 81.
|sul at Hilo. "W 8 will feast our eyes or,
the. flag and the American Coat of arms.
and talk OF America. am never so
happy as when I find myselfin the>pras-
ence Of an American citizen I"
On the afternoon Of my arrival he
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 lavazlike rock which ex-
tends over acres along the seashore, is
penetrated by many caverns,into which
the of the sea rush with wonder.
full force. This>;is an orifce 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 feat.
The expulsion of water is accompanied
| 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 one hundred
PAGES in an opposite direction is the
Boiling Kettle, which is simply large
hole in which the water is continually
rushing 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, &C
cording to Professor alexander, the ac-
knowledged~ authority on Hawaiian his
tory, a severe battle was fought in The
fourteenth century. The beach is strawn
with human bones, and many perfect
skeletons have been taken from the sand.
With the aio of Dr.. Goodhue I WAS en-
able to discover one Of the skeletons.
and dug ont skull with all the parts
perfect. The remainder of tho skeleton
I turned over to DR.. Crane Tho this
skull had lain in the sand five hundred
years it was perfect, except that the
teeth were gone. It was the Uranium of
q large man, aud in places quite thin,
He had blow on thu top of his head
during his life, for there was an iudeDta-
ton 10 the skull which was strongly sug-
gesti7e Of trepanning. Two skeletons
were eXbumad by our party that day
The next day NO were to Start for tho
Hanapepe Falls.
Onr road led over beautiful country
We crossed the Lswai and Kaiahao
valleys, and al about e|aver o'clock
reached the HaaapApa valley, Follow
ing it for five or six miles when we came
to the end OF the carriage road. Our
party, consistin>s of DR.. Goodhua and
wife, DR.. Crane Mr.. J. K. FlrlAy, N.Y.
self, and two servants, then mounted
horses and starred up one of the most
picturesque valleys it has even been my
pleasure to see. The path wound along
the bottom of the valley, crossing the
stream a number Of times The water, in
places, came .qniteto the saddle girl his
the bottom covered with stones slippery
and dangerous to all horses. not very
sure-footed: On either side rose perpan-
dicular bluffs to the height of sew, ia
hundred feet.
The scenery along the valley, like all
SCENERY in Hawaii, is picturesque and
varied. constantly changing like the
views in 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 tradi-
tions OF the country, poioted out the
Devils Slide on Koalalanui Maui to us.
According to tradition here lived one of
the great gods or devils of the ancient
Hawaiians. He had sled on which he
used to coast down the steep mountain
side, at the only place possible for snch
a feat. Tho the natives never knew what
snow was, coasting was a popular sport.
A place was prepared for the chiefs to
coast down, and short slippery grass
allowed to grow over it. This demon or
god, for he is called both, used to glide
down at night, commit depredations, and
then return to his stronghold -.
! We reached the Hanapepe Falls ut
noon. The water rushes over precipice
about three hundred feet high, and falls
into great basin worn in the rock be-
low. The scene is sublime and inspiring.
Miniature rainbows may be seen on the
fine spray cast off from tie dashing
waters. The whole is inelosed by pre-
cipitous cliffs clothed with dark green
moss. The shadows of the rock ever
hang the clear, cold pool of water which
lies beneath. From thus pool thu pIanta-
ton hume starts, carrying the water at
fall of only one foot to the Thousand,
: to 1rrigate the valley below .-.
Among the most beautiful scenery in
Kauai is the valley Of Hounlei, which we
visited two days later Tue jo1rsev> was
one continuous picnic. Il was made by
the same party in carriage and on horse.
back. The crossing the ferry at Hou.
alei was made all the more romantic il,