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red clay mountain, and " Upper Lahaina," as seen from 

 the deck of the steamer, with its bright foliage and em- 

 bowered cottages, forms a pretty feature of the picture. 

 Persons interested in the literature and scholastic pro- 

 gress of the islands will meet a cordial reception from 

 President Bishop and Professor Baldwin, who are at 

 the head of this institution. As the manual labor sys- 

 tem obtains, the best time to visit the school is in the 

 morning. This institution is the most advanced of the 

 kind in the group, and is sustained by the government. 



Black Rock, situated on the Maui Channel shore, 

 three miles from Lahaina, is a small crater that is now 

 and was formerly an object of no little attraction. It 

 is well worth a visit, being within a comfortable riding 

 distance for morning or evening recreation. 



A TRIP AROUND MAUI. 



Horses may be obtained and guides for the overland 

 ride by sending a previous notice to friends at Lahaina, 

 or 'by waiting in town until they are secured. Two 

 routes present themselves ; a third exists, but so seldom 

 taken as hardly to enter for choice in crossing the 

 mountain to East Maui ; and yet, to the young and vig- 

 orous Alpine climber, the ascent of the deep gorge near 

 Lahaina that leads to the Wailuku Pass, and thereafter 

 the exciting and in places dangerous descent of the 

 wonderful rift that bisects "West Maui, with all its la- 

 bor and toil and peril will be most attractive. The 

 second route is by the shore around Maui toward Black 

 Rock, and the Maui channel on the west and north ; 

 thence by Kaanapali and its plains of sugarcane, thence 

 by a continual sei*ies of ascending and descending palis 

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