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into foam, as it descends, till it falls a never-ceasing* 

 shower into the cool basin below. We thought of vari- 

 ous cascades and waterfalls of world-wide celebrity, but 

 none can equal Hanapepe in the beauty, grandeur and 

 magnificence of its surrounding scenery." The height 

 of this waterfall is 326 feet. 



W A HI AW A. 



Two miles East from Hanapepe are the stream and 

 valley of Wahiawa. The scenery beyond, toward 

 Koloa, is very fine, for the woods reach down in points 

 resembling' an English park. The hills are green, 

 grassy, wave-like and rounded, and the mountain is 

 watered by the streams of Waikaka, Waiheo and La- 

 wai, each adorning its own sweet valley. A half mile 

 above the road at " Brideswood," four miles from Ko- 

 loa, may be seen the residence of Hon. D. McBryde, 

 judge of the circuit court of this island. The site is 

 lovely, in a grove of kukui and koa trees and surround- 

 ed with broad, rolling pastures, covered with cattle. 



THE VILLAGE OF KOLOA 

 Is fifteen miles to the noi'theast of Waimea, and ten 

 miles south from Lihue. It has no harbor, bat an open 

 roadstead. The trade wind blows along and a little oif 

 shore. The anchorage is close in shore, in four or six 

 fathoms, under the shelter of a bluff. The town is two 

 miles from the landing, and is noted for its sugar plan- 

 tation, tbe oldest in the group, formerly owned by Dr. 

 R. W. Wood, and now by Messrs. Wright and Isenberg. 



The Koloa district gradually rises from the sea and 

 reaches a range of high hills, which separate it from the 

 extensive plain of Lihue on the north. There is a fine 

 carriage road to Lihue, passing through a gorge in the 

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