museum 



and 



aquarium 



The Days of a Man [[igoi 



ing outpost, "Diamond Head,'* its frontal beach 

 of stately coco palms, its magnificent Bougainvillea 

 vines, scarlet-flowered Poinciana trees, and hospitable 

 Many people, I need offer no detailed account. From 

 courtesies Hawaiian officials, especially Walter F. Frear, Chief 

 Justice, M. M. Scott, Superintendent of Schools, and 

 Sanford B. Dole, ex-President of the Republic, we 

 received every courtesy. And Louis Berndt, the 

 capable director of the fish market, put himself at 

 our service. 

 Honolulu's The very beautiful and well-equipped Bernice 

 Pauahi Bishop Museum, representing the natural 

 history and products of Oceanica, was founded by 

 Mr. Charles R. Bishop and named in honor of his 

 deceased wife. It was then under the direction of 

 William T. Brigham, a Harvard man, extremely 

 competent even if occasionally a bit critical toward 

 people less capable than he. More recently an 

 admirable aquarium has been established at Waikiki 

 under the direction of Frederick A. Potter. In the large, 

 finely lighted glass cases the amazing decoration of 

 coral-reef fishes is displayed to great advantage. 



Of our many exploring trips the most interesting 

 was that to Kilauea. Landing on the southwest or 

 Kona coast of the great island of Hawaii, we first 

 visited Kealakekua — the tiny bay where Captain 

 Cook lost his life — after which, farther on, we hired a 

 Japanese teamster to drive us across by coffee plan- 

 tations, over old lava flows, and finally through fern 

 and ohia ^ forests to the great crater. This gigantic 



1 Ohia (Metrosideros), a tree of the Myrtle family, makes the bulk of the 

 forests. Its incongruous rosettes of vivid crimson bloom, looking as though 

 pinned on, contrast with the dark gray-green foliage. Beside it grows the pale 

 green Koa, an acacia the very valuable timber of which is used in building 

 the native canoes as well as for cabinet work. 



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