HOLIDAYS IN HAWAII 
in the clouds. At Idlewild our expedition, consist- 
ing of six mules and four people, was fitted out, and 
in the early afternoon we started on the trail up the 
mountain. 
For several miles our way led over grassy slopes 
where cattle were grazing, and above which sky- 
larks were singing. This was one of the happy sur- 
prises of the trip — the soaring and singing sky- 
larks. All the way till we reached the cloud-belt, 
we had thelarks pouring down their music from the 
sky above us. They seemed specially jubilant. It 
was May in England, too, and they sang as though 
the spirit of those downs and fells was stirring in 
their hearts, under alien skies, but true to the mem- 
ories of home. 
Before we reached the summit we came upon an- 
other introduction from overseas — the English 
pheasant. One started up from some bushes only a 
few yards from the trail, went booming away, and 
disappeared in a deep gully. A little later another 
sprang up, uttering a cackling cry as it flew away. 
We saw three altogether. The only home thing we 
saw was white clover in patches here and there, and 
it gave a most welcome touch to the unfamiliar 
scenes. 
The cattle we passed on the way were suffering 
dreadfully from another introduction from the States 
— the Texas horn-fly, which had recently made its 
appearance. The poor beasts were driven half- 
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