The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-11-26
MAUI AS VIEWED BY A VISITOR

The Riverside (Cal Mission prints the following extracts from
letter written by Stanley Richardson's
Kauui is very small pacehe store and the railroad shops are
fine principal things here right the beach, you know and
the port and distributing town big of back and
rounding country Wauku the county seat of the island Maui IS
miles away good road and is the largest town on the
slandthough large Cotton have been to Wal
uu twice. very nicely situated right the mouth of the lao
valley the preest valley have The sides are all
green straight up and winds gracefully Pu
nene where companys sugar plantation miles
inland from The country here flat and sandy the high
hills around lao valley and beautiful and the
high Haeaala only few miles in back 1t
the largest extinct volcano the world and week end hope
make the trip to the summit 1t IS hard trip and ropgh trail
but the from the and down into the must be wonderful
Naturally everywhere here and not much else
vegetation although other of the island there large pine
apple plantations.
There good tennis here, right back of the where
play evenings. The bunch of white people here in Kahuu
while small for the part Pleasant very people,
and they try to make newcomer feel home all ways
good people living isolated places here drop
in here from time to time
THE LUAU.
almost forgot tell you about the "uau to last night
and very interesting uau Hawaiian native dinner.
bunch of natives had little ways from the house night
asked join them. The table is long panks
from the ground covered with ferns plantation leaves Every
body quats the ground along the festive board attacks the
food with their ngersno sverware sfunhed all We had
bowls of poi kind of pordge made from and with
peculiar pork live srmps (you grabbed them
while they crawd the plate and cewed happily enough
oily and papaa very good kind of Hawaiian
oupe squash sweet and muy. took shot everything but
the fish and the that passed around managed make
square meal While bunch of would musicians sang
and played native instruments but they pretty it.
THE WAIHEF VALLEY.
Three of made trip up the Wahee Valley and it
derful trip We left the house SINNERS automobile with
with large luncheon,
Wa where left the and started for the valley mules
Our destination seepage tunnel ey digging six miles
valley which Myers Gone of the bunch had and
all the
trail big boude and fordng the river times Most OF
crossings three five feet deep and of them
saddles and the mules would slip and plunge
the rocks under the and thrilling When
the wearing only oil coats and hats and ou
Shoes with The thing for half mile in witt
the roof only high rushing of icy around
feet and of the coming from the sides We
had stumble the the dodge
rails of the track under the that they the dump
My back nearly broken when It
and back again. and by then all starved
lunch geediy Six ap working up there digging
they hadn't been able get down the valley for week
count of high water they all food rice and were v
ing on that alone.
wish could describe the valley every foot green
tropical with the clouds hanging into and hiding the
everything moist and cool and beautiful The sides nearly strag
and away of them tiny slender waterfalls
spun silver hanging to the cliff The trip very hard