The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-09-13

In the lar end ~ hau dlsitlct, once
tho receptacle OF flow after How OF
Kissing lava from the bplching noun
tain Of Mauna 11a the traveller may
dnd much 10 divert his attention from
the busy cares Of lie and recall to
mind the days when the Hawaiian
people there had no miuglng OF races
10 obscure their nationality
By stage and steamer routes the
Kau district Is easily reached and the
traveller is carried through and past
n portion OF the island which teens
with surprising geological and scenic
features
AN INTERESTING DRIVE.
From the Volcano House the travel
Ter IS taken to lower Kau by stage or
lighter vehicles. The road near the
Kilauea crater leads past cracks In the
surface from which clouds of steam
continually arise. a somewhat rough
road is overtaken for period, which
gradually leads into a fine stretch of
highway, as good as one meets with
on a Honolulu boulevard. on both
sides are great eXpanses of lava. most
ly the sharp pronged and tough aa,
abe kind which rips and tears shoes
and wears the hoofs off from cattle
and horses. 1t is interesting to per-
Seive sprnging from this desolate
stretch, trees, ferns and grasses These
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Far down below the outer rims of
Kilauea the road brings the traveller
10 country covered with grass where
thousands of cattle browse and grow
fat. On the right hand the burning
mountain of Mauna Loa. with chain
of craters showing clearly along the
ridge. looms up majestically, the sum-
nit just tipped with fleecy clouds, and
IN the far distance to the south the sea
shimmers The road continues on a
down stretch until the stage reaches
the seashore at Honuapo, giving the
traveller an opportunity to watch with
growing interest a panorama OF eX-
sraordinary scenic interest. Five or
ak miles before reaching Pahala plan
tation, new, macadamized road Is
met with and then the stage bowls a.
long with scarcely Jar until the
plantation Is reached.
Barring the ravages of the leaf hop
per at this place, the country shows
magnificent agricultural possipilities'
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The road between Pahala and Honu-
apo, passing through Hilea and one or
two other small villages is a line eN-
ample of the transportation facilities
in the outer districts of the islands.
Along its entire stretch 1t is smooth
and of easy grades. The greatest care
has been shown in putting in a good
foundation, giving it in many places
the appearance of a railway roadbed'
From the edge of the road on the right
hand side to where the clouds san a
long the slopes of the mountains. are
great fields of sugar cane. Miniature
forests of kukui and other island trees
dot the landscape here and there.
Close to the sea shore, however is a
great mass of dark, almost black lava,
where the fiery liquid stone pushed far
out into the sea before II cooled. rms
is particularly true near Punaluu.
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