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Jin excellent liediic [)l:int. On the higher mountains is found 

 Sandal Wood. The Yucaliptus is found in one hundred and 

 fifty different varieties in cultivation in different sections of the 

 island. 



This is a scene at the railroad station of Kauai. There is 

 now a railroad running around the coast for a distance of one 

 hundred and fifty miles. It is interesting to see the different 

 nationalities represented at this place. I had a chance to wit- 

 ness a boat-race, and I never saw more enthusiasm displayed at 

 a Harvard- Yale game than was displayed at this race. 



Here is a sugar plantation which is the most productive i'n the 

 world, yielding a dividend of sixty per cent. It yields millions 

 of dollars worth of sugar yearly, and employs twenty-four 

 thousand people, three-fifths of whom are Japanese. The 

 product of sugar is nearly three times that of the \\'est Indies. 

 Passing along we come to a stretch of unproductive land, which 

 might be made highly productive by irrigation. 



We have here a picture which shows what is known as the 

 Barking Sands. The sand along this beach is blown upon the 

 rails, and when the train passes along produces a sound like a 

 dog and is therefore called the Barking Sands. 



This shows the Tycena Lutea, which is used to wrap up fish. 

 The leaves impart a delicate fiavor, and render the meat and 

 fish more tender. No native ever cooks anything of this kind 

 without using this leaf. 



On the island of Molokai is the home of lepers. Leprosy 

 is not indigenous to the island, l)ut was introduced a few years 

 ago ; also mosquitoes were introduced from South America. 

 This settlement covers a thousand acres. 



Here is a view of Cocoanut Island near the harbor. It shows 

 the house where the municipal government was carried on. 

 Kilo has been held back in its progress by Honolulu. The 

 government did not give them money, but for all that it is des- 

 tined to become the capital, as it is better situated, being two 

 hundred miles nearer San Francisco, and its harbor is easily 

 approached. 



This is a view of some magnificent Oleanders, and more inter- 



