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Queen Dowager Emma is situated. Thence on, ihe val- 

 ley loses its civilized appearance, the rugged mountain 

 draws its steep cliffs nearer, and lines of fences grow 

 crooked and at length disappear altogether. 



This valley is classic ground in Hawaiian history. 

 Here was fought the last of seven decisive battles by the 

 Napoleonic Kamehameha, victories that made him sole 

 monarch and established his dynasty. On the rocky 

 slopes of these impregnable mountains, the natives, with 

 club and rock and spear resisted the hordes of the inva- 

 der, fighting vainly but well, for wife, child and native 

 land, and at last were driven headlong over the pali. 

 Here fell Kaiana, rival of Kamehameha, disputing with 

 war club and spear, every foot of the conqueror's pro- 

 gress. It is a lonely and romantic spot, worthy of the 

 death-struggle of brave and knightly warrior chiefs of 

 the ancient time. 



jNuuanu Valley narrows from the width of a mile at 

 its entrance to a few hundred yards at the pah. The 

 mountains on either side rise up in lofty turrets or pin- 

 nacles which are lost in a cap of clouds. The wind, at 

 times, draws through this gap with tremendous force. 

 The carriage should be left in the plateau below. The 

 visitor can stand on the parapet of the precipice, which 

 is protected by an iron railing, for here is the only prac- 

 ticable descent over the mountains to the windward side 

 of the island, and the government has hewn, from the 

 basaltic rock, a safe road after the plan of an Alpine pass, 

 leading to the base of the precipice, over which horse- 

 men and footmen may be seen constantly passing. 

 This trip to the pali can be easily accomplished in three 

 hours, or less, perhaps, if the traveler is limited in time. 

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