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out of the trees, while the whole is bounded by an em- 

 erald border of rustling sugar cane. The back ground 

 of the picture is grand in mountain majesty, rent into 

 deep cliffs when the foot prints of Almighty power trod 

 here in earthquake and volcanic eruption. The con- 

 trasts are violent, abrupt, prompt and worth coming 

 afar to see. They are all distinctly seen from the sea, 

 but when viewed from the summit above Lahainaluna 

 in the afternoon, as the sunlight varies its brilliancy 

 with the approach of delightful evening, the scene is 

 far more beautiful. Three islands enter the landscape, 

 — Kahoolawe to the left, Lanai to the front, and Molo- 

 kai to the right, the grand dome of East Maui being 

 partly shut off by the mountain. To a true lover of 

 nature this scene has attractions that hold like invinci- 

 ble chains, — chains never to be broken. 



In Hawaiian early history Lahaina was the city of 

 the King, and the chief cajjital of Hawaii. Its harbor 

 has been greatly renowned in the palmy days of the 

 nearly extinct whale fishery. Its sheltered roadstead 

 held at one time half an hundred ships with room 

 for a thousand more. Its narrow streets held scores of 

 shops and sailors' homes, and it was provided with a 

 Bethel, a Consulate and a U. S. Hospital. Now, Ho- 

 nolulu is the metropolis. The royal palace, 120 by 40 

 feet with its huge surrounding veranda has tumbled 

 down ; the old fort has been removed ; the consulate, 

 hospital and the land-shark sailor homes have all been 

 abandoned, and Lahaina is in decay. Still a company 

 of clamorous boat boys besiege the steamer's gangway 

 as she rides at anchor; the old break-water protects 

 the landing and the lighthouse ; the government build- 



