The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-05-24

your feet for an instant. At the
command of the Kanaka boatswain
you step and find yourself in the boat
O. X. This is repeated until q load
is aboard. then off ore the waves to
the ship. ! have read of boats, now
on the crest OF a wave, now in the
trough of the sea. Well this was
the real thing, one instant on the
crest OF wave, the next down in the
trough with nothing but wall of
water around you and little bit of
blue sky above. This continued until
we reached the ship, which was roll
ling on the waves almost as bad as
we. Round to her side and under the
ladder, which one instant would be
away above you the next down bump
ing the boat. you step to the ladder
and peering down find the boat away
below. You scramble up the ladder
to make room for the next passenger,
and find yourself on deck. You are
fortunate, which was, if you have
your sea legs''with you when you are
aboard and find you can unconscious
ly adapt yourself to the roll and pitch
of the ship. Many were desperately
sea sick. Yes, you may have gotten
little wet, but what of that compared
with the sensations you have ex-
perienced? Soon all are aboard and
anchor weighed and we are on our
way to Honolulu again. This side of
the island is not so picturesque as the
other, having low coast line all the
way. 1t being the dry side, the
cane must be irrigated One canal,
which is about 45 miles long, nine
miles being tunneled through the
mountain, is about completed at a
cost of millions. Water is all that is
necessary to make this side even more
| productive than the other. Coffee is
the chief product now, though some
slsll and pine apples are grown. Much
| of the high land is devoted to stock
raising, and about o'clock we
} anchored about a one-fourth mile
from shore and here took aboard 30
head of cattle. The small boats were
} sent out towing a rope. They were
made fast in water just deep enough
] to swim the cattle. A Kanaka cow
boy would rope steer and out of the
corral he would come with him on the
, run. Another Kanaka following close
behind. They would pull him into
) the water till he would have to swim,
then throw their rope to the sailors
in the boat and back for another. He
was drawn up close to the boat and
tied fast by the head, just so the
head was out of the water. Fifteen
being fastened thus to one boat, then
the boat was drawn along side the
! ship by the donkey engine. The
cattle being towed in, some on their
backs with legs sticking up and they
, surely did look funny. A rope with a
chain on to sink it was slipped around
them. With this rope a sling was
drawn round and fastened to the rope
on the derrick and hoisted abroad by
the engine. Here they were quickly
made fast by the deck hands, The
: work being quickly and quietly done
r by the Kanakas, whom | believe are
the most skilled and efficient seamen
/ to be found anywhere.
Soon we were on our way, anchor
r ing again about 10 O'Clock, where we
: lay at anchor till morning. This be.
/ ing the bay where Captain Cook land.
ed when he discovered these islands,
+ where he was killed by the natives
q and where his monument now stands
) Our steamer carried more freight
q than passengers, stopping at about
7 every plantation on the coast. With
o out any further incidents worthy o.
9 mention we arrived in Honolulu at {
O'Clock on Tuesday morning, Apri
4 10th. We learn that Vesuvius haC
+ been very active while we were visit
ing Kilanea and we were thankful il
q was Nesuvius and not Kianea. There
}, has been nothing thought of o.
spoken Of since the 18th but Sa1
! Francisco and the fire.
= This leaves me well and lazy. W.
expect to sail for Frisco, that was
. on May Sth.
! Better address me at Salt Lake anC
! I'll have mail forwarded as soon a
we ppt located in California &C thor,
. is no such thing as a hotel or stree
in San Francisco.
. | am as ever,
I'll. NED.