The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-06-22
MAUNALUA
BY Jas. w. Girvin.

"If you would see a country, walk
through It," said my old Missourian
friend. 1T will impress its geography
on your conscience or your conscious
ness In a manner never to be effaced."
That is assuredly true. Who OF all the
thousands who cross the great Amer
lean continent can tell or do tell any
thing of the scenery they have passed
| Through and in reality remember when
they were out of one State and into
another. or the nature of a country or
| its products? Those who crossed in
| 1850. however. can talk by the hour of
the wonderful land.
1 On Sunday we had arranged to tramp
the historic valley of Manoa, "rainy
Manoa," as 1t is termed, and l had re-
solved on telling him many of the leg
! lends pertaining to this or that point.
II was not to be, however as we found
on reaching the terminus of the Rapid
Transit line that the old valley was not
going to belle her reputation for our
accommodation, and was expanding her
rainbows like a peacock its tail
We Immediately turned about and
ran out to Kaimuki and took up "A long,
|
the Waialae road, passing through Wa
ilupe, Niu, Kuliouou, to the margin of
the great fish pond of Maunalua. Here
, he was inclined to turn back. but l
seduced him into seeing the Chinese
camp and their manner of catching the
fine mullet which are so plentiful there.
We tramped along the sea side of the
pond. noting the immense work which
was done In ancient times, under the
directions OF the chiefs, for making an
embankrnent of rock all of which had
to be carried long distances on mems
shoulders or passed from hand to hand
lin a long line extending at least two
miles to the base of the mountain,
where this building material is
plentiful.
Then he was further induced to climb
the hogback between Kawaihoa
/ Point and Koko Head "to see the is
lands of Molokai and Lanai" From
this hogback we looked down into
beautiful Hanauma Bay, where there
was a party enjoying themselves in a
Sunday picnic. The trade winds were
! at their freshest and the sea covered
with scud and whitecaps. From there
we descended, intending to round Koko
Head, which is 1905 feet high, and get
a view of Waimanalo. Under the UNI
brageous shade of "a grand algaroba
we ate lunch and while resting dis
cussed ancient and modern Hawaii.
| He said: "Uncle Sam will make a
great port of Honolulu and will grad
ually expend an immensity of money in
I ifortifcations and improvements. He
VIII be compelled to do so to protect
his Asiatic possessions as well az the
mainland ports" He said II was the
general impression In the United States
that we had made "A great mistake In
taking the Philippines and the send
Ing OF our troops there TO be killed and
To kin the inhabitants OF those islands
was very unpopular, but apparently
there was no other way. In honor, for
us To proceed than the course we were
following.
He believed that there would be a
lchange In administration and that
Bryan would be elected, az many people
! Thought We had had enough " Roose-
4 yeltism. suggested that his Missou-
rian environments caused him 10 think
, that way. but he said he gathered his
opinions from general travel as he had
been moving through the states gener-
ially for the past twenty years,
IN regard 20 Hawaii he said he be-
lieved that the people were not capable
~ maintaining an Independent gov
ernment Judging from tho execution
NJ the liquor laws, passed by a native
legislature, he thought very few
years would SOC ibe entire eNilneilon
~ the iiaNaiians, Aiso, he had noted ihe
pseudureoonnmical arllpn ~ The noy'
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