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at Honolulu uiuler a l)uildii)gat Ihe niaiket-place, wliicli i.s simply 

 a steel framework. 



At the market-place are displayed all of the vegetables and 

 fruits which could be found in this country. There are over 

 seventy kinds of fish, from the shark to the shrimp. The 

 mullet is the most appetizing. Some of the fish are very repul- 

 sive looking. The Chinese preside over the vegetable stores. 

 Here are found turnips, potatoes, carrots, parsnips and straw- 

 berries. These grow on elevations of three or four hundred 

 feet. Women as well as men sell in the market-places. Oiie 

 woman was sitting outside of a building opposite her store. 

 Hardly had I taken this picture before she darted across the 

 street, and proceeded to cut deftly a section of meat for a 

 waiting customer. 



Flowers grow abundantly, and the natives are passionately 

 fond of them. The flowers are not made into bouquets but in 

 long wreaths, and are worn around the neck or over the shoul- 

 ders. It is customary to present to a friend going on a journey 

 two of these wreaths. When the steamer leaves the dock he 

 throws one to his friends on shore and keeps the other as a 

 souvenir. 



This shows a picture of a steamer on which we are to go to 

 San Francisco. 



We have here a wall made of coral rock. 



This is one of the principal streets, bordered on either side by 

 Royal palms. 



Taking one of the cars on the street which we have just 

 looked at we ride out on King street, where we see some of the 

 troops fishing under large trees. They asked me to take their 

 pictures to send home to their friends. This street is ap- 

 proached by rows of Date Palms, which lead through a grove 

 of Cocoanut trees and Giant Fern trees. These are exceed- 

 ingly beautiful. These fern trees almost conceal the residence 

 of the Prince. 



I was invited to a native feast. The distinctive feature of 

 this feast is roasting of pigs. The pigs are roasted over hot 

 sticks. They are small, some being only two months old. It 



