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until the village of Wailuku is reached. The journey 

 consumes only the hours of daylight, and most amply 

 repays the toil by a constant change of fine tropical 

 scenery. The route most commonly chosen is over the 

 mountain by the way of the sea coast east of Lahaina, 

 — a dusty and fatiguing ride of four or five hours. The 

 traveler, in crossing the mountain may possibly be treat- 

 ed to a mumuhu or squall of wind from one of the 

 gulches that opens on the plains of Oloalu ; in that case 

 look out that the bridle does not blow ofi" the horse, or 

 the hat and coat from his rider. Descending the rug- 

 ged mountain, the plain of Kula gives a fast galloping 

 road to Waikapu, a small village, noted in history 

 as the rendezvous where Kamehameha the (treat called 

 his troops to battle by blowing a conch shell. Passing 

 this without dismounting, we come to 



WAILUKU, 



A thriving village, at the mouth of the Wailuku valley. 

 It is a place of considerable importance from the amount 

 of business centered and foreigners resident there. In 

 this immediate vicinity are four sugar plantations, 

 where magnificent fields of cane follow for miles on miles, 

 not less than fourteen. First is that of Cornwell & Son ; 

 succeeded by the Bailey plantation ; next the Brewer 

 plantation, and adjoining this, that of Messrs. Wide- 

 mann & Go. The schooner Moi, one of the finest of the 

 Hawaiian coasting fleet, makes regular weekly trips 

 between the port and Honolulu. The steamer Kilauea 

 lands mails and passengers at Maalaea Bay, connecting 

 by express wagons with Wailuku, five miles distant. 

 Another landing is called Kalepolepo, and is distant ten 

 miles from Wailuku and Ulupalakua. 



