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WONDERFUL CAVES. 

 Two caves, Waiamoo and "Waiakanaloa, sis miles 

 west of Hanalei, deserve the attention of the explorer. 

 They are divided into compartments, are filled with 

 water and must be explored with lanterns, torches and 

 a canoe. The natives say a gigantic moo (dragon) 

 guards one of the chambers. The Hawaiian Spectator 

 says of one : "Its entrance is gothic, from 20 to 30 

 feet high and as wide. The entrance to the second 

 apartment, directly in the rear is also gothic, and one- 

 half as large as the outer opening. The first chamber 

 is about 150 feet long, 100 wide and 60 high ; the 

 whole forming a beautiful arch." The depth of the 

 water at the mouth of the second cave is forty-two feet. 

 There are said to be rooms beyond, under the mountain, 

 waiting for the fearless explorer. The water is cold, 

 clear and sweet, having no apparent ingress or egress, 

 or connection with the sea. 



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Along the north-western coast of Kauai, for twenty 

 miles, stands a bold bluff of unrivaled majesty. The 

 ocean does not shoal from blue to green until right on 

 the breakers and the wild surge, without a barren reef, 

 dashes on precipitous walls of primitive rock. No cliff 

 falls below 800 feet in elevation, and the average is 

 above 1200. Numerous streams pour over the face of 

 the mountain, during the wet se'ason, and become mist 

 before they reach the ocean. 



The Kilauea on her circuit trips, steams within 400 

 yards of these palisades, which are interrupted only by 

 an ancient retreat of the chiefs at Milolii, with its forti- 



