WOMEN ON HORSEBACK, HONOLULU, SANDWICH ISLANDS. 
CHAPTER XIV. 
APAN TO THE SANDWICH ISLANDS. 
Leave Yokohama — Soundings of the U.S. ship Tuscarora — Our course — 
Passing the meridian of 180° — Two Sundays in one week — Sand- 
wich Islands in sight — Anchor in Honolulu Harbour — The city— 
Its streets— Business habits — American influence — The king — 
Hawaiian Government — Parliament — Taxation — The Nuanu valley 
— Pretty scenes — Villa and other residences — The Pali — Horse- 
manship — Visit to the fish-market — The natives —Public build- 
ings — Parliament House — Hawaiian hotel — The churches • — 
Queen’s Hospital — Court House — Iolani Palace — Levee at the 
palace— King Kalakua and suite visit the Challenger — Leave the 
Island of Oahu — Squally passage to Hawaii — Arrive and anchor 
in Hilo Bay — Volcanoes of Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa — The 
charming scenery — The Eainbow Kails — Bathing-places — Visit to 
the crater of Kilauea — Scenes on the road — The Halfway House 
- — Peach the crater — The first sight of the great cauldron — The 
Volcano Hotel — Mauna Loa — Peturn to Hilo. 
Juke 16th.- — This morning terminated our stay in 
Japanese waters. At noon all was ready, and soon 
