The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-07-28
"A GOAT HUNT AT THE
KOLOLtKOLOE PASS

After an early breakfast we left Homo
lulu for Kololekolole Pass In the waia-.
mao range.
! There were three in the party, all
mounted. and we took turns leading the
pack horse. Each had repeating rifle.
revolver and hunting knife and plenty OF
cartridges. The pack-horse carried the
tents. blanket apiece and grub" for
a week.
After hot, dusty ride past ricefields
and taro patches, we passed Pearl City
and reached the plans between the two
ranges. Here we noticed the change
from the damp, depressing air of the low
lands to the light, invigorat.ng mountain
breezes. After travelling for about ten
miles across the plans we turned our
horses heads toward -.ololekoloA Pass on
the left, which We reached about the
middle of the afternoon
We camped by a stream just below the
Pass and after swim to get the red
clay off we cooked dinner and made ready
for the night. About sunoown we saw
herd of goats winding around low peak
on the right of the tass, out we knew
from experience that 1t was useless to.
go after them then. After sunset it grew
dark fast and we had just rolled our
selves in our blankets and settled down
for the night, when we were aroused by
the snoring of the horses, and rushed
out to find three or four wild dogs trying
to open a can of emoalmed beef which
we had left outside We fired couple Of
shots at them but could not see the
sights on our guns, so the dogs scurried
away over the hill. We again settled
ourselves for the night and although the
mosquitoes were numerous, we were safe
under the nets which the rims of our
, hats held from our faces, and we slept
, soundly until sun-up.
1t was dull morning and the Pass was
banked with clouds that had blown In
from the sea, while on the right Kaola' s
, peak was lost sight of in fast drifting
clouds. After a hearty breakfast we
started up the trail.
We had reached the center of tho Pass
when ! had an opportunity for the first
time to see how wild dog gets his
! breakfast. We were walking along rath-
er carelessly when two wild dogs came at
full speed over the ridge, and, failing to
: see us, swooped down a flock of tur-
keys which was feeding in the bottom OF
, the Pass. In a moment each had tur-
:. key by the neck and was running up over
+. the ridge, when we dropped them with
! our rifles. These dogs seem to he of the
, bulldog species ana are heavy-set w til
powerful shoulders and thick necks. We
= hurriedly skinned the dogs and slowed
away the turkeys, which we took because
. the dogs had killed them. We had seer
: the turkeys before but had allowed then
- to remain unmolested they were out
= of season.
= After hanging the game in tree W,
:, proceeded up the trail and followed {
:, ridge that led to a grazing place fo
" goats. After walking along the ridg,
some distance. we cautiously looked owe
:, to shelf about hundred feet below ~
, where We saw herd of goats. We eacl
> picked out our goat and fired stmuita
, neously Three goats fell, but the plac
- was so steep that only one caught on tn
. rocks. the other two rolling over tn
iprecipice.
We hunted in this way until aft1rnoo
ard secured seven skins; we could hav
killed many mere, but we do not believ
in shooting goats when we can not ge
them, as they are fast becoming ex' inc
through different hunting parties bettin
how many head they can slaughter.
We remained at the Pass three day
and then left for the other range, wher
we had been invited to stay at friend
hunting lodge, some ten m les to the eas
We crossed the plain early in the morn
ing and followed the trail up a ridge @
the mountain. After goirg about mil
above the timber Inc, the trail suddenl
turns down the side of a canyon. Her
the trail is cut out Of the sde of tn
canyon and the tropical vegetaGon is S
dense that I is practically impenetrabl
The trail winds back and forth for aboU
half a mile before it reaches the' bottor
of the canyon: there a rapid mountai
stream rUshes over the rocks and a is
trees in the vicinity have been cleare
away.
A great many wild pigs inhahit thi
part of the country, but II is imposssbi
to get them W thobt trained dogs. Thi
sport is very exciting. wading up tn
streams, where the banks are unclimr
able and following tho having dogs, in OF
der to he in at the death.
Wild boars grow to great size her
and often kill the dogs. We each sue
ceeded in shooting one and retained tn
tusks and hristles as tronhieS