The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-09-30

in activity This is due to its size, to
the glory of its fires, and to the TACT
that the fires may be CLOSELY approached
with convenience and safety Often
there are open lakes, white-hot molten
lava. SO gently and quietly seething that
visitors can insert poles and withdraw
cooling fragments OF lava adhering TO
them. Kilauea IS noted as essentially a
tame volcano. devoid of explosive or
dangerous action.
1t is a noteworthy fact, that Hawaii
is uRique IN the character of It's ylstas.
Tur1lino from negatives, it has the
worlds greatest living volcano, in Kill
auea the highest active crater IN Mokua-
weoweo: the loftiest peak in the Pacific,
is Mauna Kea: the greatest extinct
crater it a1aleakala, whose rim. is Fl
miles in circumference, the floor of the
crater being 1000 feet below the SER
rated edge. Commercially, there are
pos;fives. as well, for the most productive
sugar plantations mills of the greatest
capacity, and harbors with the most ex-
pansive holdings in the western ocean,
are here
With such mountains if must follow
that the valleys, the cliffs. the canyons
cutting the side of the peaks, and the
level areas running down TO the sea
sands. are beyond comparison. Great ex-
tinct calderas, with rim shattered by a
gigantic gap. have been opened into
valleys. which. with precipltous sides,
saw-tooth edges and cloud-wrapped
peaks, are as beautiful spots as any
passed by the travellers track. Some
times canyon extends away up to
some mountain pass, and through It's
miles of ascent, scores of waterfalls,
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be seen in the traversiug.
And amid such natural beauties, the
accommodations for the traveller, from
the moment one leaves the continent,
could not be surpassed. Great ships
now take their place in the Pacific trade.
Pacific Mail monsters lead the van, the
Cramp built sister ships of the Oceanic
line are close second, the, Canadian
Australian steamers are being improved,
while English and Japanese vessels sail
past the port.
+ In the line of hotels, Honolulu is well
equipped, having capacity to care for
hundreds of visitors. in hotels which are
materially above the average, fitting
even for front rank in any city in the
world Nearby are out of town resorts
with every possible convenience, and OF
an excellent quality throughout.
III Is dS du dll-tic-y SdI-iOuliu OutliiS
resort that Hawaii appeals to those who
have enjoyed its summer breezes and Its
winters sunshine One may play golt
on either of the three nine-hole course:
on the Island of Oahu, every month il
the year One of the links is on tht
seashore, and its sandy soil, natural. haz
ards and splendidly placed artificial
ones, make it very much like the sea
shore links in Scotland, and in fact
some golfers from that country consider
the Haleiwa course as sporty as tn,
average in the land of the thistle. Polo
tennis, yachting, hunting and fishing
are at their highest development in 1a
waii, and there is no time IN the yea
/ when any of these. sports are not enjoyed
| to the utmost.
With these charms the tropic appeal
to every one. who comes .under its spell
With these beauties, it puts its branc
upon him who tastes its joys. And so i
/ is that those who know tropical pleas
ure will be satisfied with nothing else
for it is at once the combination and tn,
sublmation of earthly JOY.