The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-12-18
A DAY AT HONOLULU.

Courier Correspondent Much Impress
 ed With the Beauty of the Island
 Honolulu Quite an American City--A
 Pleasant Carriage Drive-Fine Phy-
 slque of the Natives,
 October 16, 1S96.-Having steamed 2,40O miles from Victoria without see ing anything but water and sky, a few fyin fish and occasionally seagull. It was quite a treat on coming on deck at a. m. to find we were in the Bay of Honolulu, and to see directly in front of us, the mountains extending from left to right the whole width of the island, while little to the right of the center lay the town, the lights of which were still burning. It is beauti- fully situated, with a lovely bay in front and the mountains at the back. In the light we could see number of vessels in the harbor, and beyond in the town, a number of spires of churches. We reached the dock at 6 o'clock and almost fancied We were in New York; for the hotel owners came on board immediately with their cards and the newsboys with the morning papers, also the hackman offering to drive you around the town; but you had only to look a little way beyond and from the deck of the steamer you could see any quantity of stately palm trees and tall cocoanut trees looming away up above the buildings; while the great abundance of luXuriant tropical growth made it impossible to fancy h, Tho +hiOcr that attracted my attention in going up the bay was number of long narrow canoes propelled by natives with pad dles very similar to what I have seen in the illustrations of Captain Cooks voyages.
 After an early breakfast on beard, I went to the postoftice, three-quarters of a mile uptown. I had no difficulty in finding it, as everybody speaks Eng fish. The saloons and lager beer re- sorts are quite as numerous as with us, and advertise their goods as We do. You can get anything here as you can | In New York, and at about the same price
 I found a gentleman from New Ha- ven here, the son of eX-Police Commis- 
 here about six years. He is assistant superintendent of the Oalu Railroad X Land company. He likes it very much, and intends to make it his per manent residence. He took me around the island in his horse and carriage, | (and, by the by, l noticed that he likes a good horse as well as his father). l The roads here are splendid for driv ] ing We passed a number of very handsome residences, with fine grounds | in front of them; also number of rice | fields; also a number of banana fields, which were cultivated in beds | Through the fields ran a ditch about six feet wide filled with water; then batch of bananas about fifteen feet wide; then another ditch, and another patch of bananas alternately. There is plenty of waterahere. In driving around the long double rows of stately palms with the multitude of tall CO., coanut trees and all the other varie- ties of luxuriant tropical growth, makes you almost fancy you are in fairy land instead of reality.
 I notice one pecularity of the na- tive women, and that Is, they all wear a straight loose gown that leaves them perfectly free in their movements, and must be cool Mir. Smith tells me that the natives, both rich and poor, wear the same form, but of richer material. I saw a great many of the native women on horseback; they ride astride the same as a man, and I saw several with their children in front of them on the horse.
 After having a very nice lunch at a handsome hotel on the Road, l bade Mir Smith good bye and went on board, when I found the ship surrounded by natives in the water diving for coins thrown over by the passengers. These natives are a fine built lot of fellows, and seem as much at home in the wa ter as on the land. I threw a quarter in the water and immediately a head went down and a pair of feet went up; after about two seconds he came up
 holding the quarter up to show me that he had gotten it. He then popped it in his mouth, which is their pocket books I thought I would puzzle him
 so threw some distance away from him a silver three-cent piece. It made no difference, he immediately dove for it. and in a few seconds came up with it
 tween his teeth.
 We steamed out of the harbor al 33O' the natives following the ship until
 she got up too much steam for them.
 So farewell for the present.