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Group is, of course, confined to the island of Oahu ; but, from 

 other experiences in similar places, I know that what applies to 

 one island in a group applies to the rest. 



The Kanakas, who at present populate Hawaii, are, as a rule, 

 well made and intelligent. That there is a cross of the Malay 

 and Indian blood in them few can doubt. They are advanced 

 in civilisation. They speak generally very little English, and 

 that of the basest pigeon sort ; but are most remarkably clear 

 in the pronunciation of the word ' dollar.' The men wear a 

 shirt and pantaloons, and are not averse to a wreath of flowers 

 in their hair ; the women not strikingly handsome affect a 

 sort of bathing-gown costume of some gaudy-coloured print. 

 Their eyes and expression are bright and cheerful ; but, to the 

 Anglo-American, to see the Hawaiian ladies riding astride is 

 somewhat of a surprise. 



After lunch at the palace we ' did ' the regular Honolulu 

 ' Kotten Row ;' that is, having bargained, at considerable expen- 

 diture of time, money, and temper, with a Kanakan representa- 

 tive of the International Cabby Association, we secured a buggy 

 and drove to Pali, about six miles distant from the north of the 

 town. The villas of the white residents and native chiefs line 

 the side-walks for some distance ere you get quit of Honolulu, 

 and are generally admirable specimens of tropical house-building, 

 surrounded with lovely gardens. About half-way to Pali you 

 pass the residence of Queen Emma, who was very popular when 

 in England some years ago. The view from the ridge of vol- 

 canic rocks at Pali, to which there is a gradual ascent, is a grand 

 one. The road abruptly terminates with huge masses of rock 

 on either side, and below is a sheer fall of some 1400 feet to a 

 plain, which stretches for some miles of cultivated soil to the 

 North Pacific shore, the islets clustering round the coast per- 

 fecting the picture. 



