Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1907-10-18
TRAVELLING IN THE ORIENT.
CLARENCE E. EDwoRDs, A NEwspA-
PER JOURNALIST. WILL WRITE
WEEKLY LETTERS FOR THE IKE
coRDBR tF HIS TRIP IN THE
FAR EAST.
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sociological conditions | know Ut
no place where the surroundings
are more ideal than the Hawaiian
islands. They were we'll named
when they were called the paradise
of the Pacific" st is all so essen
TALLY tropic in every aspect That
one cannot remain here many da 8
without sinking into that general
stale OF lassitude which prevails
among all the inhabitants, no mat
ter what their race or color. The
very air is conducive to rest and
auiet, and while it is generally sup
posed by those Who have never
visited them that the tropics are
hot and uncomfortable, such Is not
the case. La Honolulu 1t is always
warm, the temperature varying but
s degrees during the entire year
But this temperature is never above
81 nor below rs. There is c"n'id.
cradle humidity in the air which,
at :imrs, makes conditions oppres-
siye, but the nights are always
pleasant. Probably the most pecu-
liar freak Of the climate IS The rain
fall 1t rains nearly every day,
q nd | have stem it raining on the
upper porch Of the hotel while not
a drop on the street below, tie
m DISTURB all being dissipated before
it reached the ground.
Kona coffee is becoming a staple
article in nearly all grocery stores
in the United States, but few peo-
pie know that the word "kona"
means a direction. "Kona" is
South" and kona coffee is coffee
that is raised on he south coast ct
the islands. The kona wind is the
south wind, and it is this south
wind that is considered specially
bene ficial to the growth of coffee.
| I have learned several things about
coffee OH the islands, and one of
them is we'll worth remembering
Coffee should not be used until at
ter it has been gathered three years,
and il you can get coffee that is
five years old so much the better.
New coffee has bitter taste which
disappears as the grain grows oder.
I took a trip Yesterday to the
Pail, that famous cliff over which
one of the old time kings drove the
natives when he came 10 conquer.
The approach to this cliff. which
rises sheer several hundred feet, is
narrow and becomes more contract
ed, with rising sides more steep as
one gets nearer to the top. There
| is a wonderous view OF the north
ern end Of the island from the PalI
and one can we'll imagine the terri
ble scence which occurred when
thousands of the natives were
driven over the edge to the Jagged
rocks far below.
Just how savage the aborigines
tof these islands were can be under
stood BY visit to the Bishop mt
senm, south Of Honolulu, where al
sorts Of old relics are to be sem
Here we find bowls in which kn
man bodies were served up %
| feas:s, as we'll rs enormous forks
used by savage royalty when eatinf
human flesh. This museum is
wonderful place to study anthro
pology. and one could we'll spent
several days here. On the magnif
icent statute OF King Kamehameh'
which stands in front of the oil
palace, is a representation of tn
wonderful feather robe of stat
made of yellow feathers. The orig
|inal robe is in the museum, mad
Of feathers so rare that but two o
them are obtained from singh
bird. One would have to do 10
Of fguring-to find out how man
birds lost their lives to furnish til
feathers for the royal robe.
| In addition to the museum tn
, city boasts one Of the most wonder
full aquariums in the world. It
. public institution, aud contain
specimens Of the wonderful fis
, found in these waters | have spen
; some time in the show places bu
must confess that there ismore Q
interest to me in the fish marke
than in the aquarium, hut sha
tell about this fish market in a fl