The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-03-08
THREE DAY TOUR
ROUND The ISLAND


. Al one O'Clock We started on three
dav trip around this island We trav-
eIad in a small Chaa-Banc. carrying
fifteen people in all when full on hVe
saats holding three on each, but we
had only twelve in all. including the
driver. ON. there was in addition 10
the others. Mr.. Henry Macfarlane as
messenger. He went a far as his farm
at Ahuimanu. and very good company
he was so far as he went The convey
ance was drawn by four rather small
horses for the work they had TO 90.
we started up the road to the Pail.
bnt as I have so recently described that
road with it's towering, fantastic hills,
| will not stay to repeat myself. Ar
rived at the Pail, we all dismounted
and looked at the glorious panorama
spread out before US. This also 1 nave
recently referred TO. After having a
good look around, when it was inter
esting to note the exclamations ana ad-
ynfration of those who had not been
there before. while those who had call
ed attention to the numberless points
OF beauty and grandeur of the scene
Fearing to be detained too long, 80
loach was every one to leave TINS MS
toric and grand spot the driver called
us all aboard. Then we descended the
face of the Pail. driving down and
down. under towering rocks, from
which grew numberless specimens OF
ferns, many of them new to most OF
us-now looking to our left we view the
perpendicular face of the great Fan
rock. and away beyond a great wall
of harply-pinnacled mountain, num-
dreds of feet high, shadowing the
plains beneath, while as we looked over
the stout wooden. but necessarily I'M
picturesque fence protecting the road
way we saw our road winding away
hundreds of feet below us. 1t seemed
impossible for us ever to reach it, but
we did in time. Having reached the
plain we drove on through rice ana
corn. but many an eye turned back 10
recall the view we had so much enjoy
ed And in doing SO we We're still en-
chanted with that great wall of rocks
which now bounded the view on our
left. On we went. now passing through
wild. uncultivated forest land, abound
ing in guavas. and as we went slowly
up some rising round some of us got
down and gathered guavas, which we
found very refreshing. / think they
are a different sort to those we set
from India: they are by no means SO
sweet. and the jelly made from them
is not so sickiy sweet as that from In
dia. We pass through little villages,
some native, but many, if not most.
are Chinese or Japanese, whom we have
seen working in the rice plats. The
children not in their Sunday best. but
picturesque little animals always, with
round. pathetic little faces.
Before taking a turn we took one last
look at the Pail range. so attractive
was it, that no one seemed disposed
to part with it. But it was too big to
take with us. so we babe it sad fare
we'll and drove on to the beauties yet
to come Arrived at Ahuimanu pron
AhomanoD. we dropped our good friend.
Mr.. H. Macfarlane, who had been thus
far very good guide, telling us all
about everything as we went along He
has a large farm here. where he raises
cattle and sends a quantity of milk.
cream and eggs to Honolulu. Then
we drove on past Mr.. SwanZy's place
to Waiahole. where Mrs. Lansing re-
ceived US very kindly. and having dis
posed of the ladies in the house, and
the men in a cottage, a good wash
completed our readiness for a good din
ner, that was soon placed on the
tables for us. half the party dining on
the lanai and the rest in the house
After dinner, a chat. a smoke and a
wander in the now glorious moonlight
till We were soon ready to retire
breakfast being announced for 7:15 a
M We slept the sleep of the just. al
least. ! did-that is, just as we'll as
could.
, THE SECOND DAY