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at Kualoa. The scenery is of the most delightful char- 

 acter, bounded inland by magnificent palisades and sea- 

 ward by the coral fringed ocean. From this jroint a 

 barrier mountain, reaching far down toward the sea, 

 shuts out the view of the road and leaves the traveler 

 alone with the mountain and the sea. A good road en- 

 tices him onward, new views of surpassing beauty open 

 on the unwearied eye at every turn ; now of a small 

 hamlet in a well watered valley, now of a stupendoiis 

 cliff or of a deep bay surf bounded and coral paved. 

 A waterfall in the exquisite Valley of Hauula allures 

 the traveler from the direct road ; he wonders at the 

 Mormon colony at Laie, then spurs his horse on over 

 the cattle trod plain of Kahuku. If a conchologist, he 

 tarries on the beach at Waimea to gather the fluted 

 univolvus, that shell-workers use, or, if a theologian, 

 he diverges to the renowned heiau, or heathen temple, 

 where human sacrifices once bleached on the altar. 



Fifty miles from Honolulu, by the above route, is 

 Waialua, formerly a populous village, but now note- 

 worthy only for a girls' school and one or two sugar 

 plantations and cattle ranches. From this point, a 

 gradual ascent of eight miles leads the tourist to a pam- 

 pas alive with cattle and horses. It is deeply scored 

 by ravines and water courses, some requiring a detour 

 of a mile or more to cross. As natural wonders they 

 are worth the trip. Lofty mountains, hazy in the dis- 

 tance, bound these great plains, now treeless, but once 

 densely shaded by a forest that was burnt in order to 

 find its Sandal wood. 



Still ascending, but so gradually that the exhilarating 

 gallop never flags, the summit brings in sight Diamond 

 Head, Honolulu harbor and the panorama of the coast 



