The Arizona sentinel., 1896-01-18
HAWAII, THE PEARL
OF THE PACIFIC."
The First Of a Series OfLetters
by John q. 5Tusicx.
Author Of 'sthe CoIumbi Fistcr.
ical Novels" s'BrOther Against
BrOther," ETC., etc.
Copyr' ght, 1896, by FUNK & WAGS ALLs COMPANY,
New York;
Scenes OH Entering Homo.
lulu. The City Itself.
(Copyr ght, 1896, by FUNK & WAaS ALLs COMPANY,
New York;
Scenes On Entering Homo.
lulu. The City Itself.

Everybody on board the Australi;
was awake early, eager to catch the
first glimpse of land. Our voyage
tho short one, owing to unfavor-
able weather seemed long. We
were assured it was the worst voy-
age the Australia had made fol
years.
1t Was the tramping of sailors
and the creaking of rigging above
that awakened me, and, altho ii
was still dark, I hastened to the
upper deck. The sea was almost
smooth, and a gentle breeze waited
US towards land. Cropping my way
to the bench just toward of the IL ain
sky-light, [ seated myself, and
looked about over the dark water.
Early a. it was, I was not the first
on deck. The priest, Father Pamp-
hile, on his way to give his life to
the lepers of Molokai, had proceed
ed me. This venerable man had
spent nearly the entire voyage on
deck. The wind rarely blew too
hard, and the waves never rolled
too high for him and some followers
to be on the upper deck.
Day dawned slowly, and the dark
outlines of the silent priest became
more and more distinct. A mur-
muir of voices arose from the pass
engers below who were tumbling
out of their berths, and hurriedly
dressing. had been sitting watch
ing Father Pamphile but a short
time when two bells struck. Just
then Mr.. Waterhouse, who had al
along been authority on matters
concerning the islands, came up
and said we were approaching and
would soon be in sight of Oahu.
He said Molokai was off on our lar
board. During the night we had
been within three miles of it, but
owing to the darkness the captain
had put about and stood out to sea,
instead of going in at once.
In a little while it was light
enough for US to see Molokai lying
like cloud mist on cur left. 1t
was difficult at first to distinguish
between the dimly outlined noun
tain range and the clouds. In a
few moments Oahu could be seen
ahead of US. First we discerned
the long needle like point of land
called Kualoa Point, and then
Mukapu Point, between which and
Koko Head lies a valley in which
is the Waimanola Plantation, An
approaching steamer is first seen
from this plantation, and it's ar
rival telephoned to Honolulu.
Rabbit Island next came into
view near the shore, looking from
the ship like a long barren rock.
This island is historically interest
ing as being the place where the
arms were landed in January, 1895.
when the Rebels attempted to over
throw the young republic. Koko
Head, an extinct volcano, was pas
sed and. beyond, Diamond Head
lay in plain view. We were told
that when we had passed that we
would be able to see the Bay of
Honolulu.
Diamond Head is also an ex-
t1nct volcano. It has a crater or
hollow basin, and projects out to
sea III way that makes it valu-
able point to fortify. Properly
entrenched, Diamond Head
would be impregnabIe. This
also has historic inter
est. In January, 1895, the rebels,
having been driven from the val
ley below, took a position in This
stronghold, which they held unit!
forced out by the soldiers of the
renublic. From there they fled to !
he fountains.
At st our vessel glided around |
Head, and the Pearl of
the Pacific burst on our view,-
Honolulu, the capitol of the
Hawaiian Islands. What Havana
Is to the West Indies, and New York
is 10 lhe United States, Honolulu is