Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-04-25
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AF00T ON OAHU I"
/; by Ed r. I"
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81 wwmn".- 81"

iowa that know Is to leave the
, punahou car line at MakilJ street
: md proceed mauka.
If you turn to the right and cross
8 the stream at the head of Makifi
F. st.cet you'll get the Sand Tran.
! This Is good climb with fine view
! all the way along. You pass the
small farms of squatters, have shade
when you like to stop for breathing
and feel the change of air in very
short time indeed.
On the ridge back of Round Top
you will strike the telephone line
with down trail leading into Ma
noa, affording an easy walk to the
car line and pleasantly terminating
an outing of say an hour and half.
II Is better to stay right on the
trail past the junction of this route
with the telephone line. ] mean, of
course, the main trail, not the one
! leading through the Alexander or
| John Warehouse premises. The trail
| favor takes you on past the east or
Manoa side of the Alexander place,
thence past Governor Frear's cot
tage. From the Governors neigh
| borhOod are several of the choicest
| panoramas of ManOa, Diamond Head
| and Waikiki. Further beyond the
Governors retreat are several good
| trails leading well into Manoa, but
all with the requirement of return
ing.
To proceed towards Tlntalus from
the Wilder-P arker-ui-
fard locality there is the choice OF
two routes. One is the ridge trail to
the summit. favored by land shell
| collectors and guava gatherers. The
other leads through dense brake OF
hau and pulu between the Frear and
Dickey places to the road just below
The new Wilder house. .. ..r-,. ......
| The walker Is now leaving Sugar
! Loaf and making towards Tantalus,
Soon the coffee trees are numerous
and there are always few of the
cherries. There are ferns by the
| thousands and in wondrous variety.
big koa trees on both sides, plenty OF
| flowers above and below and on the
slopes, clear to the bottoms of the
deep rayines kukui trees stand thick
Forward on the Tantalus road and
| fhnrA Hurn ulin1nCaG nf thn tf-nf nag
to the Davies, Brown and other
places. Soon one notices that the
descent has commenced and near the
| Thurston outlook gazes squarely
down into Makiki valley. The Coop
or and Thurston places are always in
plain view from almost anywhere in
Makiki. There are trails from Mr.,
Thurstons into Makiki, joining with
trails just above the new dam.
Near Mr.. Thurston's place is The
Bridge" Grand views all around
from this point. At one end of this
bridge is the beginning of the trail
to Tantalus park. At the other end
makai--is little jump of a climb to
the beginning of the trail to the
Halfway House" and thence to
town. This is excellent footing and
misunderstanding. Above and in the
Immediate vicinity of the Halfway
House" there are many different
kinds of trees, plants, ferns and
flowers, including the remarkable
and extensive acreage of carnations
and violets grown for the Honolulu
market by japanese. Below the
"Half-Way House" is the forest Of
eucalyptus or blue gum trees. Their,
are hundreds of thousands of then
along the road to a certain point
and along the trail, towards Makiki
to the point of beginning" Of tim
Der line" At the latter mark are all
plants with the heavy grass on thu
ground and towering trees glove
Following on down the trail across
the new road that connects the oil,
Tartalus road with Makiki the greer
painted board fence Is reached. On,
| wi NoNh uN tht tdoN VI l'lN wi
where the coral stumps stand on
of the black sand, down almos
against the fence to the new, wing
down the ladder into the new Makik
road, then few steps into MakiX
street, smoothest, cleanest street il
the city. At Wilder avenue boart
the car,
Say the start was made at p. m
1t is now four or four and a hal
hours later and no millionaire cal
have the Joy of this outing unless h
leaves his carriage or motor car a
home. You have been out of town
sure enough. Perhaps you have me
a few people. If so they were kin
bred spirits also out of town am
J the conversation must be strict.
tramp talk" Just now doves seen
plentiful and there are bevies o