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Many new buildings are being erected, including hotels 

 and fine residences, and the outlook for the prosperity of the 

 islands is good. 



We paid a visit to Governor Dole, also visited the House 

 and Senate, and were much amused at the procedure in two 

 languages, 



(Photograph No. i.) 



Both houses have many members who speak only Hawaiian, 

 and everything must be done twice through an interpreter in 

 order that each side may know what the speakers upon the 

 other side are saying. The session of sixty days is thus prac- 

 tically changed into one of thirty days. At the time we were 

 there, only eighteen days remained, and but four bills had been 

 passed. 



The city is wealthy, and is clearly a delightful plaqe in 

 which to live. The harbor is small, but the crowd of shipping 

 from all parts of the world was highly indicative of the pros- 

 perity of the place. 



(Photograph No. 2.) 



We made a visit to a new hotel, called The Moana House, 

 at Waikiki Beach. It is a fine structure and v/orthy of any 

 watering place. The beach is superb, and altogether it is a 

 delightful place to enjoy a vacation. The next day we drove 

 to the Pali. The word means precipice, but this is The Pali or 

 the greatest of all. The government has built a splendid road 

 up the canon. The valley gradually narrows, being shut in 

 by the precipitous sides of the mountains until at a point about 

 five miles from the city, and about two thousand feet above it, 

 we came to a sheer drop of 1,200 feet, and before us was spread 

 out the whole windward side of the island and a vast expanse 

 of ocean. The opening between the mountains is not more 

 than two or three hvmdred feet, and on the quietest day the 

 wind sweeps through this funnel at a terrific rate. The view is 

 superb. 



The next day we took cars and visited a large sugar planta- 

 tion on the north side of the island, 55 miles away. The ride 

 around Pearl Harbor and along the ocean beach was very 

 interesting. We found cane cutting going on and the sugar 

 mill in full operation. The daily produce from that one 

 plantation is about 100 tons of sugar. The plantation consists 

 of about 25,000 acres, 11,000 of which are tillable, the balance 



