The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-08-05

He declared it was moss, Lycopo-
dunn dendroidium and the most beau
| tiful specimen he had ever seen, worth
| thousands of dollars at Christmas time
| in Frisco. After that there was no
holding Leckenby back from further
explorations. We waded knee deep in
| hidden streams and in one place walk
| ed hundred yards over the tops OF
| hau trees, the thick vines supporting
| us as though we trod on a carpet. But
he got his ferns and was as happy as
I was wet. We passed sisal, seemingly
wild. with leaves longer than q mans
| body-what a place for the New Zea-
| land wild flax. After our walk we
dropped into Kaneohe and it seemed
as though we must spend the night on
| the floor of the courthouse this
were any but a native settlement it
might be suggested that a few cots
and mosquito nets be stored in the
building for the use, at a nominal
price, of the few tourists and others
who wish to see the beauties OF this
part of the island at their leisure. OF
course there are ranchmen always
ready with bed and board, but it is not
pleasant to start on a trip with the
knowledge that it involves intrusion on
strangers. oh for a government tourist
bureau that would build accommodate
ton huts, as does New Zealand the
best promotion work ever done in any
land, by the way. A ranchman took
pity on us and we were saved the COM
bat with mosquitoes at the courthouse.
| Of course the ranchman refused pay
and even offered if we came again to
provide us with horse apiece and
show us over the property, HOSPITALITY
runs riot from one end of the windward
side of the island to the other. but
give the tourist and Wanderluster a
chance to pay his way and traffic
will be built up that open hospitality
from strangers can never beget. Our
host was so interesting that we did
not get away until ten O'Clock the next
morning. mile or so further on at
the house of the Prime Minister of the
windward side we were detained to
partake of ''cold" lunch that left deli
cious memories for all time. We re-
! fused all offers of a lift and set out
on our walk, taking short cut across
the mountains to Kahana bay, walk
of about fifteen miles.
First a mile through the struggling
houses of Heeia. then a tramp through
lI'6 TiCei1eluS, Dll OIL (Hlud. a GliHp
up the red hills. then a run down
through the Macfarlane ranch. Sur
rounded now on every side by noun
tains we began our return devn the
valley to the seashore with the long
stretch before us TO be covered by
dark.
Leckenby was all attention, his train
ing did not permit him to let any new
grass, plant or flower pass unnoticed.
His notebook was out every few mo-
ments, and his running fire of Informal
ton was as pleasant to the ear as were
the green mountains and blue sea to
the eye.
PEANUT POSSIBILITIES.
|, II believe peanuts Will become the
ideal crop of this section" he declared,
and not a mile further on we came
to Jap cultivating patch of as fine
looking COOLERS as ever sent their
green tops above soil. Leckenby was
for peanuts they needed sandy soil.
Oahu grew a larger and better nut
than could Virginia, there was always
demand for good peanuts, a factory
for turning them into oil would pay,
he was sure, and ten to twenty acres
in peanuts would support any family
reasonably. Moreover he believed that
peanut could be bred in Oahu that
would successfully resist any of the
bugs and parasites that have been in
troduced to these islands.
(To be continued)