Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1903-08-26

This will conclude my story OF my up
trip to Hno, but my letters of my
Hawaiian trip viii be travelling across the
continent to yeur desk for some time yet.
The darkness OF night is still upon us,
and we are pounding sea and taking it
on board as we cross the last channel
named in my last letter.
Sometimes It seems to me that the
Whole top gear of the ships being carried
by the board, aud yet | suppose this Is
out al ordinary passage, and that It is
only my landlubberness that is twisted
and affected in this way; and yet years
ago, on the Atlantic, pickle or brine ran
down my back although / never did
dread iiversn.
Tue morning OF the 18th OF April dswns,
aud finds us on the windward coast of the
island Hawaii, with very strong wind
right in our teeth as we are working up
to and rounding Upolu point.
As scan the shore / see very barren
looking country, but see herds of cattle
occupying 1t, and, In places, long walls.
am told hat these are lava stonewslls.
We are in what is called the dry bel.
hink. for now, as we get farther up the
coast there is a great and sudden change.
can see where the dry ends, and the
wet begins, and II is SO sudden a change,
and so very different Is the landscape
view. From clear sky We are abruptly
canopied with very dense and murky-
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are having heavy showers on land while
we get but little rain on board the ship,
and then the brown, dry land comes sud
denly up to that which is wet and green
and beautiful.
1t is hard to understand why this Is so,
for one would expect . more gradual
leaving behind the one and running Into
the other. In California We make one
leap, as 1t were, from . desert into
flower garden, but then We are able to do
this through irrigation; while here rain
seems to marshal her clouds to . line
fence, a. 1t were. / can see ths clouds
form In battaiions, march forward, then
retreat.
This 10 quite pozzltng problem for me,
but ~ relate 1t 20 1t appears to my
vision.
Now, from the coast land running down
from high to low to meet the sea, we come
to bold bluffs and over these bluffs we see
threads OF silver hanging. These are
streams Of water, some very small, as they
seem, while others are immense great
silver cables; and now we are close in
shore so can easily see the movement of
the water OF these hundreds, and l think
l might also say, thousands OF waterfalls,
fringe on q shawl.
Sometimes fix my gaze on q band of
silver beginning at the top of the cliff,
and coming down, perhaps a third Of the
way, then stop as IL broken of or frozen
into an icicle, but then find that little
farther down 1t comes out again and con-
tinues to the jagged rocks below or makes
its final leap into the open arms OF the
deep.
see some curious things formed by
these streams as the flying ship changes
my position. now see Chinaman made.
There is bis pig-tail, head, body and legs
his arms are not distinguisha BILE, sup
pose because of big, loose coat-sleeves.
He stood at first, but now is sitting down
gradually, and finally has dropped into
his chair which seems rather odd, as
Cinnamon, as know them, have little use
for chairs.
/ am somew hat thirsty for water, for
Hva In Aru euh IA 81
more value than gold, and every inch Is
carefully stored and made to earn big
profits; go 1t does my heart good to see
these big and little streams, but hate to
see them going to waste, and wish
very much that could take one good big
one home with me, and hang in up in
our new city hall for future use, for our
city dads are anxious to secure good water
in abundance for public use, and to that
end are agitating the question OF buying
out local private water companies.
One of these best flows secured would
save our gem OF city from every danger
OF water famine, and would draw tender
feet to it by the thousands.
Sick as am, cannot resist my tempta-
ton to gaze on this majestic spectacle of
towering bluffs and crags, and dashinx
dancing waterfalls, and as hold on to a
shroud with both hands to steady my
self and enable me to keep the deck, it is
with the keenest interest that watch for
hours this everlasting hurrying of fresh
water to the sea, as IL it had some great,
urgent mission work to do-perhaps to
water the fishes OF the deep-and hadn't
a minute to spere in idleness, or for a
game OF football.
Itry to imagine something of the Joy
III the hearts of fish can and do feel the
ecstasy OF joy and the sting of sorrow
that has been dispensed to countless
finny tribes for ages, through or by mean.
! of these water-courses.
There is much more that might say OF
this water question, but / must max,
haste with the good ship, else l will no
| get to Hilo tonight.
! Along the coast, here and there, we sei