Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-09
Mrs. CARROTS paper. in full was as fol-
THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.

THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.
r 1.-THE climate of the Hawaiian islands
is warm, but very salubrious. The tenn
perature is about the same all the year.
20 degree Fahrenheit. The northeast
trade winds blow for nine months out
of twelve. During January, February
and March the wind blows strongly from
the southwest, which is very Disagree
able at times, as it is damp. Very much
more rain falls on the Windward side
of the islands than on the leeward.
Strong gales blow once or twice during
the winter, but hurricanes are un-
known.
"The formation of the islands is en-
tirely volcanic, being composed of the
products of eruption. On one of these
the volcanic forces are still in operation,
but on all of the others they have been
quiescent for an indefinite period, and
the rocks are in a more or less advanced
state of decay. The headlands frequent
ly terminate in lofty cliffs sometimes
overhanging the sea to a height of 1000
feet, affOrding evidence of prolonged
period of repOse.
1.-The products of the Hawaiian VOL
canoes are rather scanty; they consist
OF hydrochloric, sulphuric, native SUI
i
moniac, quartz haematile, feldsper, chry-
solite, gypsum copperas, nltre, arragon-
lite, labrodorite and limonite. Though
the islands are mounta nous, none reach
the limit of perpetual snow.
THE fora is less varied than might
be expected from the temperature and
fertility of the soil. Along the coast
lands little is seen beyond cocoanut
groves and two other species of palms,
the bread fruit tree and a few other
plants. In the uplands the vegetation
is far more diverse. Here flourish the
gigantic halapipe. the pOnsiana regia,
with wide spreading branches, the tops
crowned with scarlet blossoms of great
beauty out of which spring pompous
and feathery stamens.
Then there is the Golden Shower,
another variety of the same opesa OLE
ander; the feathery Algeroba, Monkey
| Pod, which folds it's leaves in the after
noon and takes nap: hibiscus and also
the tree fern from which is manufac-
tured Dulu. silky fibre used for stuf1ing
pillows, cushions and things of that sort.
| Screw Pin. Candlenut trees and sandal
wood have become exhausted. Pineap-
Iles, bananas, Strawberries, mangoes,
grapes. melons, beans, squash. guavas
and custard apples have been introduced
and flourish but are Indigenous
THE native fauna is very poor in
mammals. Before the arrival of Cook.
the only domestic animals were the dog
and pig and poultry which had been re-
Gently introduced. The only indigenous
mammals are the mouse. and a species
of bat. while the reptile class consists
of three small lizards. There are mos
quitoes but the natives claim they were
brought there in an old vessel from
France. A number of different animals
have been introduced, among them
horses. sheep. cattle and goats The cat
tie and goats run wild in the mountains
now, as do also hogs.
| of land and aquatic birds there are
some 40 species. amongst which there il
not single singster. The most highly
valued bird is the 90, bird with a
beautiful black plumage. with a few
small yellow feathers much used for dec
Grafton by the chiefs. The English SPAR
row and the turtle dove have been intro
duced. The streams are almost desti-
tute of fish. while molluske abound in
great quantities.
In the extreme northeast, long ey.
tinct volcanoes have become obliterated
and are now covered with an exuberant
vegetation. Coral reefs are far more nu
merous there than off the coast of Ha.
wall, where noxious gases prevent the
development of coral life In one of the
MAUI group coral bank of apparently
recent origin runs for considerable dis.
tance at height of 500 feet above the
present sea level"