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Malay is overshadowed by the huge African — inquisi- 

 tive Yankee confronts the cat-eyed Chinaman — jaunty 

 Chileno and blubber-logged Russian — dulcet-toned Ta- 

 hitian and guttural Indian — fastidious Briton and not 

 at all fastidious Hawaiian — children of the sunny south 

 and of the frozen north — sons of the old and worn out 

 east, and of the young and vigorous west — "black spir- 

 its and white, red spirits and gray," all mingle together 

 and form the singular element of a Saturday afternoon 

 in Honolulu. 



AROUND THE ISLAND. 

 A visit to Honolulu is incomplete without a trip 

 around the island, easily performed on horseback or in 

 a buggy. A part of the circuit is so uninviting to any 

 but the geologist that it is xisually omitted, indeed the 

 traveler who expects to find every rod of soil bursting 

 with tropical vegetation is doomed to disappointment. 

 Tradition makes the land outside of Eden's garden a 

 howling waste, so here are treeless plains, rough, rocky 

 hills and volcanic sand and clay, but this very contrast 

 is what makes the fertile valleys more attractive and 

 beautiful. The so-called trip around the island, omitting 

 the route by Coco Head referred to, is only 80 miles, 

 and may be accomplished comfortably in three or four 

 days. The matter of outfit, guides, &c, can be arrang- 

 ed by consultation with Mr. Herbert at the office of the 

 hotel. The road taken is that described to the pali ; 

 having descended the mountain pass, a gallop of three 

 miles takes the rider to the village of Kaneohe, where 

 are located several sugar plantations. Thence a de- 

 lightful ride of ten miles through cane fields, taro and 

 rice patches ; also among hamlets, grazing fields, and on 

 through the jungle of guava bushes to Judd's Ranch 



