The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-08-01
HONOLULU AND HAWAII.
Wonders of the Beautiful Para
disc of the Pacific.
GORGEOUS COLOR EFFECTS.
Experiences in a Volcanic Crater-The
Pail and Mountain Tops in the Clouds.
Chinese and Natives.

he hawaiian 1SlduQS are CdllSu
1.-The Paradise of the Pacific" and
they we'll deserve the name. have
never seen anything so beautiful
as their verdure-covered rugged
mountains, and nothing so pictur-
esque as the city of Honolulu, its
suburbs and the country generally.
No coloring that 1 ever saw in
America can compare with the
delicate gradations in tints of the
distant Hawiian mountains and
headlands, bathed in sunlight,
darkened by shadows or half hid
den by clouds.
The seashore and ocean form a
perfect kaleidoscope of brilliant
blues and greens, or soft puppies,
violets and grays. Many of the
effects of light are wonderful. To
say that both landscape, form and
coloring are lovely hardly does it
justice. 1t is land ."where every
prospect pleases and only man is
vi1e."
Stopping at Honolulu last Feb
ruary on the way to Sumatra some
of the leading citizens gave our
eclipse observation party recep-
ton the evening after we arrived
in Honolulu, and Professors Bar
nard and Skinner and Mr.. Abbot
gave talks about their work. l
did not have the pleasure of at
tending the reception myself, be-
ing off on an excursion party to
Diamond Head with DR.. Ormond
Wall, who studied several years in
Baltimore, and who saw to it that
l had a fine, large time and visited
the chief places of interest. The
party to Diamond Head was mostly
made up of the teachers from
Kamehameha School, including
one pure-blooded native teacher, a
Miss Kahuna.
Diamond Head is, large ex-
tinct volcanic crater nearly 900
feet high, with thin crater wall
affording precarious foothold diff
hcult to walk along. The outer
slopes are very steep and COMPARE
lively smooth, except where ser
rated by gorges. 1t is a steep,
hard climb not devoid of more or
less danger from slips and conse-
quent falls, but the view from the
top will repay one with interest.
The crater basin is fairly deep and
Of immense extent, although some
what less than a mile in diameter.
There is a small, shallow lake
within the basin. The scenery is
different from anything I ever saw.
The mountains are rugged and al
most constantly Handicapped. The
clouds often come down very low
and are sometimes in masses of i'm
mense curn1i towering into the air
to a great height, above the high
est mountains. But the chief
charm of the landscape is the vivid
coloring or soft translucent tints in
the distance. The shallow parts
of the sea are in many places a
strong bright green, inclining to
emerald; in other places the color
ing will be a cobalt blue or a vio-
let, and there are all possible gra-
dations between these colors. In
the distance the colors are grayer
and more inclined to deep violet
gray. thought the coloring could
hardly be surpassed, until visited
the Pail.
The view toward the city, with
the sea to the left and the noun
tains to the right, is artistically
perhaps the finest of all views
which include the city. The CON-
position is almost perfect, but was
seen at a disadvantage, as the city
was in smokey haze, which also
gave only faint glimpses of the
other large islands to the east.
The party remained on top until