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Roads branch off in several directions ; that along 
the beach contains a few frame-houses, in which 
apparently all the business of the island is done. 
Another road passes the three churches, the most 
prominent of which is the Roman Catholic, with its 
two towers. A native church is next ; and then a 
small one for the foreign residents. 
The Court House, a large wooden building, with 
verandahs, surrounded by beautiful exotic trees, is 
the most imposing building on the island. Go where 
one will, in either direction, are great varieties of 
houses ; for the foreigners have all seemingly 
carried out their own individual tastes in their dwell- 
ings, and the results are very pleasing and agreeable, 
although for picturesqueness they must yield the 
palm to the native houses, which, whether built of 
wood or grass, plain or plaited, whether of one or 
two stories, seemed so much more in harmony with 
their surroundings. 
In nearly every instance these dwellings have a 
cool and prepossessing appearance, with their deep- 
thatched roofs and verandahs, fantastically latticed 
and screened with gorgeous trailers of jessamine, 
clematis, and the gorgeous passion-flower. Passing 
along here leads one to the Anuenue, or Rainbow 
Falls. The track is a scramble among rocks and 
holes concealed by grass and ferns, with several 
small streams to cross. The fall itself is four or five 
miles off, but the sight is well worth all the trouble 
