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sometimes eaten by the natives. In olden times the leaves 
were used for making fans and hats. 
IV. The Summit of the Koolaus. 
From the blazed tree heretofore mentioned a good trail 
leads up the ridge to the summit of the Koolau “backbone.’' 
This trail is good because fifty soldiers recently went over it, 
opening it. In several places it dips decidedly, but never off 
the main ridge. 
On this, as on all ridges, one must be careful not to get 
down the side of the ridge, very far from the crest. Failure 
to exercise caution in this may cause serious delay, and pos- 
sibly fatal accident. 
Two hours of hard climbing bring you to the summit, from 
which you command a superb view of Kahana, Punaluu, the 
Kaneohe Bay region. Pearl Harbor, Wahiawa, Leilehua, 
Waialua, and the magnificent bold contours of the Waianaes. 
The bird’s-eye view of Kahana Valley is a feast to the eyes 
of the lover of scenery. 
Lunch here, and with the least possible delay travel along 
the summit ridge to your right — eastward — Kaneoheward. It 
is now about noontide, and you will need every minute in 
order to reach the bottom before nightfall. 
The ridge is uncleared for a short distance, and you may 
have some difficulty in pushing through the dense shrubbery 
that fringes the crest. There are many crumbling and dan- 
gerous places along this disintegrating summit, and constant 
caution is necessary. Do not, under any circumstances, be 
tempted to start down the Kahana side, as yet. 
There was formerly a trail leading almost directly down 
from the summit ridge. In following this one did not travel 
along the summit. This trail is now impassable, due to re- 
cent landslides, and an attempt to follow it would bring one 
to the edge of blind palis. All the slopes end in blind palis, 
quite impassable. 
After pushing along the summit for some little distance — 
this summit line is undulating, and you may have to climb 
and descend several little hills — you will arrive at a cleareef 
space, where the soldiers camped. Continue straight along 
the summit, and you will find their trail, cut and beaten down 
by fifty men, and leading directly to the large ridge that you 
follow down into the valley. 
V. Into Kahana Valley. 
This large ridge, of which there is only one, and which 
you cannot easily miss, is the dividing ridge of the valley. 
When you arrive at it, and look eastward, you see the bare 
pali to your right, and the ridge descending abruptly below 
Follow the beaten trail down this ridge, avoiding all blind 
