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way slowly against wind and current, passengers nave 

 a fine view of some of the most captivating scenery on 

 Hawaii. Precipices covered with verdnre from the 

 snmmit to the water, in the dense foliage of which at 

 least fifty waterfalls may be counted, opening to view, 

 one after another. The trip from Kohala to Laupahoe- 

 hoe point by water — some forty miles — furnishes an un- 

 broken panorama of bold palisades and tropical scenery 

 unsurpassed in this group, unless it be found on the ride 

 overland from Waimea to Hilo, where the traveler pass- 

 es through a succession of valleys with verdure and 

 scenery much similar to that of these ocean palisades. 



Several points are worthy of observation, and first we 

 notice Waipio. Not quite two miles wide at the sea, it 

 sweeps a circuit before it, draws its lofty volcanic sides 

 closer for six or more miles, when the perpendicular walls 

 terminate in a grand ravine two thousand five hundred 

 feet in depth. Over the barrier cliff of this romantic 

 valley, leap numerous streams full of foaming cascades, 

 interrupted by waterfalls. Several rivers unite to form 

 the two that make the half circuit of the valley. In one 

 of these near the lofty southern wall, the water course 

 terminates on the brink of a rock one thousand six 

 hundred feet high. The rapid stream already foaming 

 among the rocks which obstructs its way, pitches down 

 and is broken into spray, on which the sun and the 

 moon at its full paint rainbows in all their perfection of 

 color. This valley once possessed a heiau and a city of 

 refuge. "While they have passed away, even the stones 

 gone, it remains among the most fertile, romantic and 

 beautiful of the Hawaiian valleys. It is renowned as 

 one of the great food^roducing districts, from which 

 Kohala and Waimea draw large supplies of kalo. 



