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

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be- though, " escape IL another story.
Walohinu people think they are now
entitled 10 "a new jail The village
points with pride 90 the old mission
grounds. where in early days the mis-
slonnries erected the FIRST church IN
the place.
The people are hosptable IN Kau. The
traveller has not 90 fear that he VIII
lack q place 90 lay his head when
night comes Some hospltable door
Will open and a chair viii b. placed
FOR him at the table.
SEA PANORAMA.
no more popular boat has ever Wis
| tied Kau and Kona coasts than the
| fine steamer Mauua Loa. Captain
slmerson. who can nnd the most dif-
| ncult anchoraEes IN the dark and even
then with his eyes closed, so say the
Oldest inhabitants is king among the
people Of Hawaii, His genial and gem
tlemanly qualities are such as to endear
him to everyone who has the privilege
of travelling in his vessel. Purser
Conkling too has a way of making
friends.
From Honuapo up around the Kau
and Kona coasts unfolds a panorama
which must be seen to be understood.
| True the coast line Is rugged, the re-
| suit of numberless lava flows, but the
quaint little villages which adorn the
coast, surrounded by cocoanut trees,
palms, shrubs and grass, make an in
| teresting break in a very pleasant voy-
| age. These little towns are but landing
| places, from which the steamer takes
| now horse or two, now a package of
| hats, now q score of well-fed, fat-look-
| ing cattle, now half-dozen passengers
| covered with leis. As the vessel goes
| further north the shore scene becomes
| more interesting as the hills become
| more and more covered with grass and
| trees.
COOKS MONUMENT.
When the steamer reaches Napoo-
| poo, the traveller knows he has come
IN ha hu ia the visit
of Captain Cook the great English
navigator, in his frigate, the Discovery.
For here it was, just across the bay
where Captain Cook, after being
thought the god Lono by the Hawai-
ians, laid down his life. Here in the
early part of the nineteenth century
the British government left copper
slab inscribed to the memory of Cook
The same copper plate is now in the
possession of Mr.. Leslie at Napoopoo,
a relic of great value.
on the spot where Cook was killed is
| the monument erected in the EOS by
| countrymen of his. The place is sur
| rounded by Jagged rocks. a fence of
| chain surrounds the shaft and grass
| was once sown in the enclosure, but it
| is now overgrown with weeds. 1t is
probable that the British warship
| Shearwater which will be here in No
vember will visit the site and clean up
the place and make it presentable for
the next two years, it being the GUS
| tom of the British government to take
care of the spot in this manner.
BURIAL CLIFFS.
cliff rises abruptly from Kealake-
kua Bay just between Cooks monu-
ment and Napoopoo, magnificent in its
ruggedness. Numerous caves show
their black mouths in the face of the
cliff and here it is believed that in an
cient times the kings and chiefs We're
laid away for burial. the secret of the
interment remaining with but few peo-
pie.
KAILUA WORTH SEEING.
At Kailua where the first missionaries
landed are many things worth seeing.
First there are the remains of Kane
hameha the Greats fort. built of lava
stones. Across is the site of the ancient
royal residences. Then there is the site
of the first missionary church. Back
into the hills are to be seen the great
agricultural possibilities of the big is
land. Coffee grows luxuriantly and
from here is shipped to the world al
though Vet in small quantities, the IA
nous Kona coffee.
1t is this part of the island, more
closely related to nature than to the
northern or Hilo section. that travellers
and health seekers are generally likely
to miss, but which is well worth the
trip.