Cañon City record., 1898-06-30
SANDWICH ISLANDS.
One of the Beauty Spots Of the World
Graphically Described by
Young Californian.

Lie IldWdudH lSidillo DcilS SiooCiJ
related to the United States by their
location and still more closely through
the mechanisms of the war with Spain
the RECORD finds much pleasure in re-
producing the following bit of nicely
written matter which will be found of
surprising interest:
Seven days out from the Pacific
coast, seven days of sunshine and
balmy breezes, with nights of tropic
splendor, lighted by golden stars that
glow like jewelled lamps, and the Palm
Gardens of the Pacific, girdled with
snow-white reefs and washed by pris-
matte waves, lie before the voyager.
Like beautiful emeralds in an amber
setting are the Hawaiian Islands,
trimmed by the summer sea. Tall,
sentinel palms fringe the shores, and
farther inland the feathery foliage of
the algeroba trees, dense clumps of
bananas and groves of mangoes, in
varying shades of green, billow
across the plains to the very foot of
the mountains.
Will you tarry at the great cara
vansary, the Hawaiian hotel, or in a
villa hidden away behind clumps of
tropical foliage and overrun with
creepers of the most brilliant hues
Say that you decide in favor of the
villa, which stands in a garden OF
generous dimensions.
From the broad verandas one can
look across league of blossoms to
the blue sea, that stretches afar to
meet the deeper blue of the sky. A
white sail, "homeward bound, CLEANS
for moment on the horizon, then
disappears from view From the din
ling-room window one can see the
mountains, their peaks in the clouds,
the forest at their base. Another
picture framed by window on the
farther side of the room is that of
sun-browned hills rising to meet the
greater heights of Waianae.
Bougainvillea faunts its magenta
hued banners from trellis at the
rear OF the villa. On the banks of a
streamlet that meanders across the
small domain, the graceful bamboo
lifts its tender stalk. The flame
colcred Hibiscus glows amid the jun
gle of tropical growth, and cacti are
everywhere.
A group of cocoanut trees hung
with the great brown nuts is a pic
turesque feature of the landscape, and
palms in infinite variety spread a
green canopy overhead.
| The natives are as fond of flowers
as OF music, and that is saying much.
They crown their dusky locks with
the brightest blossoms that blow and
wreatbe their scantily attired forms
with trailing sprays of jasmine. Turn
down any one of the many green lanes
that open upon the highway, and
wherever you find the grass hut of a
native there also will you find gar
den patch bright with flowers. And
there will be music the faint, sweet
notes of the Lutte or the tinkle of a
guitar keeping time for the light feet
of the dancers. The natives have
other traits as pronounced as is their
love for flowers and music. 1t is a
well known fact that the Kanaka is
the most supcrstitious being on earth.
They believe that goddess, "Pele,
inhabits the active lake Halemaumau
or House of Everlasting Fire., which
is located in one corner of the great
crater of Hilaues. When the liquid
lava breaks upon the shores of the
lake the wind cooling the outer edge
of the lava spins il into threads as fine
almost as the silken thread the spider
weaves, and this they call Pele's hair.
The crater of Kilauea, nine miles in
circumference, is situated 4,440 feet
above the level of the sea. Here no
tropical growth gladdens the eye;
nothing but the ashes of fires long ex-
tinct may be seen. At night the
scene is grand beyond description.
The cloud of vapor that overhangs
the crater is like canopy of fire,
shot through with bayonet-fash of
lightning, and the roll of thunder
drums"
A stroll through the highways and
byways of Hawaii reveals hooks and
corners that are the admiration and
despair of the photograph tiend.
One may photograph the sea but not
the exquisite color of the in-roiling
wave; the thicket of wild roses but
not their subtle perfume; the song
bird but not the song.
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