The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1905-07-25

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ever since came to Honolulu this
last time, and l am ready now to bear
witness to the truth of it. The Kinau
does not roll nearly SO much as she
used to do. She is, in fact very good
sea boat-and a good sea boat is a
thing that is needed among the choppy
channels that lie between these is
lands
When / left Hilo on the Kinau the
sea outside was rough, with a strong
wind from the southwest, and a long
swell that would have made the XII
nau of old days dip her rail into, the
water at every roll. She but rolled
decently in the sea. enough to show
that she felt it-and after she had
/ passed Laupahoehoe, and the wind
had shifted further astern of her, she
hardly felt the sea at all. And that
| was a gratifying thing because, even
| If one is not inclined to be seasick,
| one does not greatly relish being
bumped about in a small steamer. The
Kinau was we'll behaved, and her table
service was good. You want little
more, at sea, than that. But If you
have pleasant ships company in ad-
dition, and officers who are inlined to
be. obliging, why then travel becomes a
| real pleasure. as 1t should be. Else,
why go away from home, where your
| pleasures are matter of every day
| study and your routine Is such as you
make 1t yourself, with any kind of
| luck.
THE WINDwARD COAST.
The way of the Kinau. leaving Hilo,
lies along the windward coast of Ha-
waii-and l do not think that any land
on earth presents a more beautiful
seward view. Mile after mile the
sugar plantations lie green along the
uplands. the cane belt sweeping higher
and higher until it melts, almost i'm
perceptibly, into the darker forest re-
gion. Mile after mile, the coasts are
high and precipitous, and the white
Il waves dashing against their feet re-
ceive a tribute from the silver streams
that tumble down from the mountains
to spring far out into the sea. Mile
after mile the rolling plains carry the
eye upward to the rugged summit of
Mauna Kea, bathed in clouds. and the
whole land seems to drip with its
richness.
Sugar mill succeeds sugar mill, as
the deep gulches open before the Gid
ing steamer, and there are chutes and
wire ropes running down from the
bluffs to show how the sugar is loaded
from the shore upon the ships that
come from far lands to get it.
At none of these little landing places
does the Kinau stop She goes sedate-
ly on her way, headed for Laupahoe-
hoe, but the smaller steamers run up
and down along there, and at some
of the landing places big ships are
riding at anchor. apparently so close
to the high bluffs that the breakers
seem to dash right around them. This
, is deceptive appearance, because sea
captains do not take chances, but there
: have been many ships wrecked on thai
coast for all that. For the trade
winds howl there, most times, and the
waves run high. and anchors have beer
! known to carry away despite the ut
most carefulness of the master marin
ers. Those who go down to the Ha.
waiian sea in ship run many risks, al
: though they take few chances.
LOADING JAPANESE PASSENGERS
The Kinau holds steadily On her wa!
to her first landing place at Laupa'
! hoehoe. 1t is a bad landing place
enough. A ledge of rock. an old lava
flow, juts out into the sea, and thu
waves dash in white foam upon the
jagged masses that would prove tbs
a death of a stouter steamer even thar
the Kinau should she get into the reef!
: cruel jaws. Captain Freeman know:
that place. And he brings his vesse
to anchor. close to the reef. but II
a very safe water albeit a little rough
, and proceeds to send boats ashore
+, laden with freight, as is the manner il
= the inter-island trade.
You can see the boats, as they turn
and break past the dangerous rec
through which they must reach tn
!. shore. Laupahoehoe is known as I
!, bad landing all up and down the is
: land coast. The place lies at tn
mouth of one of those tremendousravine
so characteristic\ of the windwar'
:. coast of the big island, a little groul
of houses standing amid the cocoanu
trees on the point, and behind 1t
: sugar cane carrier spans the ravine
bearing its burden across at short in
:, tervals like a great bird high up in tn
= air. When l first saw it, indeed,
thought 1t was some monstrous kin
e of bird flying across there.
y Laupahoehoe would be all but i'm
i possible II II were not for the skill O
u the Kanaka boatmen in surfing. The
2. are past masters at that craft. / d
h not believe that even the dorymen o
If the Maine coast can touch them at II
e And they carry ashore in small boat
re freight that would puzzle donke
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