The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-07-04

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two or three miles in diameter, from
| the green sides of which numbers of
silver cascades were falling.
To attempt to describe every object
| of interest and to protray every re-
markable scene with which we were
| brought into contact would be tedious.
/ We continued marching on, now on
| the top of narrow ridge. and then in
| the deep glooms at the bottoms of some
dark ravlne; at one moment clambering
| over the PROSTATE trunk of a deceased
| old 'sMonarch of the forest, and at
| the next, sinking up to the knees in, a
deceptive quagInire.
| In one of the little valleys which
we had occasion to cross, called by the
aborigines Wailenalena yellow waterl
we found growing in great profusion in
| the stream and on its banks, remark
able plant which appeared to be new to
all the party excepting the kamaaina.
1t is called the Ape-ape, and in the
. length of the stalks-which is often
| twenty-foot or Overland the size of
the leaves, it bears some resemblance
/ to the Ape, of which the natives sup
pose it to Abe variety; still there is
great difference between the two plants.
| By an accurate measurement of one OF
| the first leaves which came to hand we
| found it to be just six feet in diameter;
! the leaf is round, and is attached to
! the stem in the center, or as a botanist
| would say is peltate, IN texture 1T has
| no resemblance whatever to the Ape,
| but in this respect it is very similar
! to a squash leaf. The flower is. very
unique, consisting of stalk about four
| feet in length from which radiate the
| pedicels, each surmounted by a bright
crimson flower about the size and form
| of pea.
BY noon our party reached the cave
| of Keaku; it is situated on the eastern
| side of narrow valley called Kailiih,
about. halfway up the pail. AS we
| seated ourselves in its cool shade to
eat dinner we were interested by anec-
| dotes related by our guides in regard
| who had made this same cave their
resting place while on pilgrimage like
| ours.
At two o. clock, invigorated by food
and repose, we set off again, leaving all
our men but four to spend the night
| at the cave and follow on in the morn
| ing. The forest became wilder, and
| the country more broken than ever;
not far from the cave we descended
into a deep ravine and travelled in the
| bed of the stream for about mile,
sometimes jumping from one MOST COW
cred stone to another at an imminent
| risk of slipping heels over head into
| the chilly water, aad sometimes wadlng
with complete abandon through the
Sparkling fluid, where. it was not over
our heads in depth, to the inevitable
! deterioration of shoe leather. On leav-
| ing this stream we assembled once more
| to the highlands and travelled directly
| east. The guide showed US the spot
where a man, in attempting to cross
over to Hanalei alone, was overcome by
| exhaustion and the cold and had laid
| down and died. The smooth sloping
sides of Waialeale soon greeted our de-
| lighted eyes, and in short time, on
crossing the Wainiha stream we said
eau revoir'' to the old woods, and
| found ourselves on an open plain, which
| had a gentle inclination to the West.
and was covered with coarse grass !;
| here and there are clumps of bushes
| principally lehua and ohelo-and scat
| tering everywhere were wild flowers,
some of them wing in beauty and deli
/ cacy with the rarest gems of the gar
den. In low and swampy spots a small
variety of silver sword was growing
in such profusion that the ground seem
ed almost covered with a mantle of
snow This whole vicinity would be.sa
/ was remarked by one of the company,
an interesting field for the explorations
| of botanist
After crossing the windings of Wal
nina streams twice more our guide told
us that we had better pitch our tent,
/ as we could find no better camping
place further on; we had been expect
| ing to gain the summit before dark, but
he assured US that it was still long.