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One is noteworthy for having its steep precipices cov- 

 ered through all their length and breadth with screw- 

 pines, (lauhala,) which rise from the bottom to the top 

 of the sloping steeps in a dense mass, and in most beau- 

 tiful symmetry. Wailua valley is one of those pictur- 

 esque productions of nature that could never be imag- 

 ined. It has two streams, three silver white waterfalls 

 and foliage of endless variety. The precipices are per- 

 pendicular, and covered with vines dangling down from 

 the cliffs several hundred feet to the swift roaring 

 streams which rush through the valley from the 

 mountain. 



ULUPALAKUA. 

 The sugar plantation of Captain James Makee, TJlu- 

 palakua, is situated in Honuaula, a district which pos- 

 sesses, at an elevation of about two thousand feet, a 

 soft rich soil, productive as any in the group. It is 

 reached by wagon road from Makawao, and has steam 

 communication with Honolulu by the " Kilauea." Its 

 elevation above the sea, combines the climates of the 

 temperate and torrid zones, and the name Eden has 

 been aptly applied to the garden adjoining the planter's 

 mansion. Here the northern apple fruits by the side of 

 the date palm and sunny orange. Roses whose name 

 and variety is legion are ever in blossom, and that 

 bloom no diminutive occasional flower, but abundant 

 and plenteous as spring roses, all the year round. From 

 the early commencement of this plantation no pains or 

 expense was spared to secure every flowering plant or 

 tree brought to the islands, and numbers may be found 

 in the garden that have matured no where else. Few 

 private establishments any where will rival or compete 



