The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-04
LETTER FROM HAWAII

n
morning we drove distance Of fifteen
miles to the port Of Kailua whore we [
had reservations on the steamer Ma T.
una Loa for the run back to Honolulu F.
At the port of Kailua the loading and |
unloading of passengers and freight |
was an interesting one to us. The sea
at this port is so shallow that the I.
steamer casts anchor about a quarter /
of a mile out from the wharf and
everybody and everything has 20 be
handled by the small boats manned
by the native Hawaians. When il
came to our automobiles two or three
of these small boats were dashed to-
gether four or five six-by-six timbers
placed crosswise on the boats and
then the donkey engines picked our
car up and dropped it onto these boats
as gently as a feather. Four oarsmen
! then rowed away to the steamers
side, the crane operated by the steam
winch swung over, picked up the ma
chine and in a moment it was safely on
! the steamers deck. 1t was our opinion
! that. easily as they handled the car,
it would have been difficult if not
! impossible to have managed it had
, the water been rough. The forward
deck cargo of our steamer was made
up mainly of some thirty head of fat
( cattle for the Honolulu market. In
getting them out to the steamer their
heads were dashed to the outside of
these small boats in such a way Us
to keep their noses above water and
while they of course did considerable
kicking and threshing about in the
water they were fioated along
On reaching the steamers side a
) rome sling is slipped around the body
of the animal-just back of the fore
legs and in front of the hind legs
and as the steam winch hoists them
out of the water the surprised look
on Mr.. Steers face is laughable.
The plight Of those poor creatures
on our way home was pitiful and
there is work here for the society for
| prevention of cruelty to animals
While our steamer had its full com
plement of passengers its freight car
5 so was so light that the vessel stood
= high in the water and rolled and
= pitched so in the rough weather We
, encountered that it was almost i'm
, possible for one to get about the
+ deck At dinner table that night i
l was hard work finding the way &c
l ones mouth, but fortunately or un
2 fortunately as one may view it more
/ people were absorbed in getting III
= of their food supply than IN addiu:
{ to it. To return to those poor, cattle
r on our arrival at Honolulu, one ami
NAL had broken it's neck, another wa
> down with a broken leg and seyera
r meek, patient eyes looking out from
s blood smeared faces, really Gistres
= sing sight.
e We landed back in Honolulu on th'
morning of the twentieth-just on,
y week out-a week full of Interest All
n pleasure and without a single acct
n dent or mishap to mar it. We haC
2 landed at Hilo, then to the volcan,
e and from there across the island o
{ Hawaii to Kailua, distance of fiji
4 teen miles, thus giving us compre
9 hensive view of the island that tn,
il average tourist does not obtain w
S have congratulated ourselves man,
: times on having brought our auto
e mobiles with us. Not a street or nj
e ley in Honolulu has escaped us an
9 We are daily taking runs out abou
Il the island.
9 ONE OF THE PARTY.