The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-08-21

ana other pyrotechnlcs enlightened the
heavens and made the night brilliant.
Three hundred torches burned all night
hree set OF hula dancers and singers
exchanged with each other through the
night and daylight found the hula still
fresh. This entertainment lasted three
| whole days and nights AT a. m. two
! tables sufficient for the accommodation
I OF two hundred guests were spread for
breakfast. The preparation of poi, fish
OF many kinds and served in many forms
as dried. lawalued, fried broiled, etc,
| mad occupied the services of several good
stewards, and good stewards among the
| 1aWailans are adopts at such luaus.
Amongst the good things Hawaiians
relish most IS lin1u, or sea-weed and at
tins luau great many kinds were serv-
ed, to mention the names of which
would only be confusing Naturally for
eign delicacies were not neglected and
tea, coffee, chocolate. cake, bread and
butter, meats of all kinds were served
IN protusion as called for at each feast.
Tor It was round of feasts After
breakfast all parties proceeded to amuse
themselves IN such manner as life i'll the
country afforded. Probably half of the
party went to the mountains to gather
male, awaprhi, ohawai, palapalai and
hala fruit TO make leis for the afternoon.
he other half remained at home and
prepared some rare fishing sports 1t
was a great day with the fishermen.
who excel in that part of the island.
Quantities of fish of many kinds were
caught. Her Majestv and most of the
party had a sea-bath and witnessed
sports on the water before returning to
Mauna Rose. Among the fish caught
were honu or turtle, ula, opihi, okala,
uhu, palani, hee, lole. ohua, nanini, ku-
mH and others. Fisherman Malohee
and his large gang of women and men
with sweeping nets caught lots of moi,
sandfsh, akule. and others, the sweep
ers covering a distance of FIVE miles of
beach from Muliwaiolena to Puukiloia.
In the meantime | had a gang of
men at work preparing the work of
opening the dam at Puha River which
had been stopped up on purpose for this
days sport Here Her Majesty and the
royal party witnessed some rare sport,
namely, the "Puewai of Puha, Wanna
nalo.' 1t had not been seen by kings or
chiefs for years but in ancient times was
one of the greatest sources of enjoyment
OF the people.
An opening of 20 feet or more having
been made in the dam, the water rushed
out at the rate of 80 knots or more The
bore or surge caused was very high
Only two men and two women dared to
play on this water surf, called Pue-wai
One strong man of fine form went across
and back riding on the tip end of his
malo. This was the grand sport of the
day and was the subject of comment by
all who witnessed il Her Majesty pre-
sented each of these four with $Ioo and
four pair of red blankets Hee-P ue-Wai
was a bye-word for several days there
after
AT four o'clock p. m. the whole party
augmented by many from the Koolau |
district sat down to a beautiful and |
elaborate dinner, Four chief stewards |
looked after the welfare of the guests |
and two chefs de cuisine took charge of |
the foreign part of the entertainment. !
Amongst the provisions prepared were |
ten hogs one whole bullock cooked in |
different styles. ducks and turkeys in |
quantity; also fish of all descriptions |
served in as many imaginable ways. Dur
ing the night one table was kept supplied |
with food and drinkables, On the sec
ond night the bonfires on the mountain
side were kept up all night.
The second breakfast was not so we'll !
attended, many of the guests having in
dulged too freely in fresh pork.
On the 7-h inst. | decided to give an
exhibition of my trained horses, and
other sports were also introduced at HUI
nananiho | had then eleven trained
horses in training, all of which were
under four jockeys All
who loved horses had treat in witness.
ing the races. At four p. m. another
huge dinner was spread but still many
we're missing on account of over-indul-
gence in the good things.
Every day while the Queen was at |
Waimanalo large quantities of fish of all
description were brought in. After
breakfast many felt inclined to sleep or
lie around the lanais, but Her Males
lad more endurance and rode and drove |
lbout the country [ taught Her Majesty |
now to use the rifle and she did some ex-
>el1ent shooting, on several occasions
smashing bottle at 40 yards and could
,ut a Irvine with a rifle ball at a long
distance
The people from all parts of the Koo-
au districts kept arriving all the time
md bringing in their hookupu. or gifts,
If food-stuffs New hula dancers also
PRESENTED themselves as the reputation
or the distribution of prizes spread
throughout the island | had to send
much of the eatables away TO Judge Pits
rouse at Kaneohe where the next station
If the procession was to be. NotWlth-
standing the great concourse of people
o be. entertained my work was made
easy by the genial DISPOSE
ion of the people and the faculty Ha-
vaiians have of caring for themselves.
The presence of the Queen forbade any
udeness or exuberance of spirits or
,oisterous mirth or quarreling amongst
his large number OF guests.
KANE OHE.
After another grand breakfast on the
ightf the whole party being ready we
made a start for Kaneohe by way of
Alele. 1t was great crowd. all on
orseback and all dressed in bright col
RS with beautiful leis. The cavalcade