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

road from the Haleiwa Hotel bOun-
tifuI sandwich lunch supplemented by
cakes-yes. cakes and ale as we'll as
bananas. oranges. etc. And having
done full justice TO that same, tho our
host and driver. Mr.. Lewis, was by no
means satisfied with the entertainment
provided. which did not come Up 70
his intentions, however we'll we en-
loved il. we once more mounted the
carriage and proceeded on our way
over somewhat rough roads, but Moth
ing very unpleasant, sometimes along
the sands at the very edge of the water.
sometimes on little higher ground,
till we reached Waimea Bay. here we
dismounted and gathered shells ''on
the sea beat shore" We We're sup
posed to take a short cut across the
beach while Mr.. Lewis took the car
riage around the bay to meet us at
the further horn. 1t might have been
a short cut. but it took a long time
to get across for shell gathering is
very fascinating occupation. The
shells Law in streaks by the million,
and being not only beautiful but small.
took "A lot of gathering. And many
and long and loud were the shoutings
to the Hngerers. We remounted at
length and drove along a similar sort
of road. pulled up here and there by
the demands of the ladies TO Mr.. Lew
is to stop! stop" There was fine
shell or a beautiful coral, and Mr..
Lewis most patient and kindest of
coachmen. stopped, while our good and |
nimble cleric jumped down over and
over again to obtain for the fair ones,
the coveted shells or coral. Mean
while. our tongues were not silent nor
the
sea. amusing tales and anecdotes were
told and some of the funniest conun-
drums proposed that ever l heard. In
fact from first to last we were a mer-
nv laughing crowd. There lacked the
usual exception even, for there was not
one unpleasant person there Thus we
drove on and at 5 p. m. we reached
Waialua and were soon ensconced COM
fortabIy at the beautiful Haleiwa
hotel bath, a stroll around and at
80 we sat around very prettily dec
GRATED table, prepared especially for
orr party. to a very choice dinner.
Then a smoke and chat on the lanai.
the brilliant moon shining above, till
the ladies early retired, the moon de-
tanned some of us wandering in its
sweet soft light and then to bed,
sleeping as one is bound to sleep on
such trip as that
THE THIRD DAY
We breakfasted at a. m. and start
ed inland at 8 o'clock. thro' pretty
wooded bit of country, thro cane and
corn, there seemed a good sprinkling
of population as we left then presently
we began an ascent of what proved TO
be a hill of seven miles. Three of us
men walked a good stretch and some of
the ladies walked part of the way, one
young lady going right ahead and out
distancing us all. Up and up the road
went very gradually, so it was not
fatiguing to walk, till we must have
been fully a thousand feet above sea
level. On looking around, the hill fell
down 10 broad plains. with dreamy
transparent hills on either side, the
coloring was very fine, the roads be-
ing bright red, intersecting the light
green of the sugar cane and brighter
rice varied again with the green corn,
and beyond that the sea deeply blue
with it's white rollers bounding towards
the shore, and yet beyond resting near
the horizon the lovely pearly clouds.
Oh believe me, life is worth living
amid such scenes. and in such fresh
warm morning air.
Now We are on the top and driving at
a trot over a vast plain bounded in
the distance by those great soft hills
on we go till all at once we see the
sea on the other side with dear old
Diamond Head in the far distance
Now We come to Wahiawa planta-
tons. were they grow pine apples anc
other fruits. then we go on to Mrs.
Rhodes at Wahiawa to lunch. On the
table we find already spread some or
the finest trawberries 1 have seen or
tasted in the island, so good that we
treat them at once as a hors deauvre
but some good soup soon appears then
some chicken and French beans and
other vegetables followed by most
excellent light pudding, ice creams and
then bananas. fresh out from the
bunch. and pineapple fresh from the
gardens. Here grow all manner of
fruits, besides those above there were
papaias, passion flower fruit, prickly
pear. ETC. as we'll as peas, tomatoes and
all vegetables.
Now on and away again still on
high ground till we come to an enor-
NOUS guIch. thro' which they are cut
ting, or have cut new road that winds
in and out and down, then taking a
turn it rises up again and winds on in
to another and larger gulch with deep
ravines, and as the road is not too
wide. We trusted that we might not
meet an auto and we did not. The
| sides of the hill that had been cut
away were very interesting. the color
ing was varied and in many places
= vivid, reminding me- little of the Mo
/ jave desert, but very striking was the
! apparent fossilated tree trunks tina
r appeared from time to time in the rock
1 now down and down and around til
\ we looked on Pearl Harbor, and yer!
:. pretty it looked. in its full contour
q with its sometimes green and some
+ times rocky sides. its islands and prom
, montories all mapped out below us
o Then on and down to the highway
o past Pearl City and into Honolulu aft
er one of. if not the most enjoyable an
:. lovely drives I have ever had, smilin
scenes and smiling faces all the tim