The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-09-11
TO MAKE A NOTABLE TRIP
s. r. ALEXANDER At THE HEAD
OF \ TRAVEL PARTY.
In the South Seas-To Go First to Ia
hiti-Will Wind Up at Honolulu
On Unbeaten Paths.

OAKLAND, Aug 3O.--S. T. Alexand-
er, the wealthy Hawaiian planter who
lives in Oakland, will start next We'd
nesday with little party upon an
exploration of nearly all of the little
known islands of the South Sea arch
ipelago. The party will be composed
of Mr.. Alexander, his brother, the Rev.
James Alexander, who is the author of
work on the islands of the South
Seas. and Miss Annie Alexander, the
daughter of the gentleman who heads
the expedition. Miss Alexander will
be the first American woman to set
foot in many of the places that the
party expects to visit, and the trip will
be completely out of the beaten paths
of tourists. 1t will be partly for eX-
ploration and partly for pleasure, and
will occupy the greater part of year.
The start will be made from San Fran
cisco on Wednesday next on the bark
entine Galilee. and from the time that
the vessel leaves the Golden Gate IL
will turn as far away from the usual
Pacific ocean routes as it is possible to
get and steer southwesterly for the
Marquesas islands,
This is a little group of islands that
are under the control of the French.
They are the most easteriy of the
Oceanic islands, and they are very far
away from even the usual South Sea
islands trading course. These islands
will be thoroughly explored and then
the party will move westward to the
Society islands, of which Tahiti is the
! largest and most known. This is a
very wonderful island and very beau
tiful, and the party will make stay
! in the group of "A month or more, go-
ing into the interior of the islands,
where few white people have ever
been.
The Cook or Harvey Islands will next
be explored, the headquarters of the
party being at Rarotonga, the chief of
this group. BY this time it is expected
that supplies will have been somewhat
exhausted, and trip will be made
down to New Zealand for very short
time, and to refit.
They will then go nearly northward
to the Tonga or Friendly islands, to
Samoa, over to FIJI and all through
the wonderful islands that make up
b, in tbic inh lNOT.hnnd
The interiors of all of these islands
will be visited and the fora and fauna
studied carefully As the visitors to
these islands are almost exclusively
traders and those who care only to
touch on the coast, Mr.. Alexander will
probably add something of Importance
to the knowledge of the world upon
these islands.
4 return will be made to New Yea
land, and this island win be gone over
very thoroughly. If the party is well
at this stage Of the trip they will go
to Sydney, Australia, and then to
Brisbane on the same continent. From
: there they will go to Java and make n
| trip through this island They viii
: wander through the many islands of
: this neighborhood, will finally go up
. to Singa pore, and will then touch at
: all of the ports on the Chinese and
japanese coast, going to Canton, Hong
kong, over the scene of the late Chin
ese-Japanese war, and will return 10
Oakland, stopping at the Hawaiian
| Islands, their old home, where they
a will be the guests of President Dole,
. who is their warm friend.