Nuhou, Volume II, Number 15, 16 September 1873 — Lanai. [ARTICLE]

Lanai.

€OKClll)ED. ' After ran:sacking tn€ rocky shores of the ! and gathering of its! wonders, we went t'.mountain, to the summit about 3000 feet hig! ; . see what nature had to offer us there. le these moist eloud regions of the Hawaiian ardhijielngo the lover of n?.tural beauty as well a? riaturalist 16 continu?d!y denghted- The iin3 varied shriit)bery o3er someth*og of at every step ; and np Island of this'group ofier such a variety ip tlie vegetable kingdMii athe island of Lanai. |It is partieularly rk*h in tit- ! flora. It has an unusua!ly largē share of t!ie e r - hundred and t!nrteen ! ferns, that distirjguīsb tl waiian botany. And it has added severa! new species of plants to the botany of the worM This apparently.brpwn and bare bl,nA ha- a vVooded thicket that frowns its mountain rldge- r whieh is about seven miles in length and onaiaverage half a mile width # and the gr-jvo* of t'he summit are conthyied down into >jf C e mast lovely ravines and on the sidv -.f e mountain that nature|canofler to view auywle:c , The kukui or candienut, the ohia or apple, the red kopika, the yellow alii> that p?etty euphorbia the aakoko, the beautiful new tapleurum, diseovereq by Mann, and his ljepeiomannia arberescens constitute the strengt* of the fbrest; 3>ut this is interlaee<l, f?l!e-.1 in, ted, and tangled with the flowering p;\rd iL.. - freycinetia, with the long strands of the k:>w?V and huihui, those beaiuiiful e)!ivo!vulner-, w l >*.; ? furnished ancient Ilawailans wlth their a!': e.»:* fbr the conetruetion of their honses; an 1 wlt' other vines. shrubber| and plants in sue;: qua!lty and forming such a density of thieket, t.iat foot of man cannot pi?netrate it la parts wltajvf the aid of too!s to hew a way bef;>re hi:n, Th*- • 9ummit and these and nivīne> \vere ransae\j ed by the Freneh cimtuissioner in seektr.g the | gratifieation of his taite as a hatutalist s ArJ | the course of our adventure on the iu juntalt j Lanai, we were led to wonder at t!ie haL\H!>;v;.j ■ ! ! fi lady nurtured in the lusury of rarls $ in e!a:u\" - I ing-up a steep bald n;ountain sule t and aseend;ng j a grade of about 45® for over 1000 feet } wheu hands had t0 be used sometimes as well as feet. and in keeping well up witli a party us<d to Al(pine feats ; and who had clambered t!»e iey I of Orizava, and stood ou the suiumit of Popx\-- | | Thc valleysof Lanai look love!y frora it? inost ridge. You se| a set!es of valeSj * ! 6n!y hy a slight rise from eaeh ot!ier, aud a!! i i '- ! ted, forming a p!ainly defined grand s* *■ | fVom the sea, some fifteen m!les in length, and f ' Aiile? in width, whieh evident!v is an aneleul e:. - | ter, one of the vastest of the vvor!d ; but ē!a\l i; * and leveled dnring the lapse of ages wit!; a!!uvl;> deposit, to the depth of s<vre> of feet, of rk!i and whieh i? eovered with verdure a>ad!lewe:>, l ' the propor season, to an extent that makes!;"';v. 1 of the best of pj\stim s, as It is one of the !; u\; e?t of !andseap\> to l e seen in the wor!- | | At this time # inueli of lts lvautj was , ' tt? enrpet of fiowet£ was not toK : seen In t!,e va;e?, ' iut the luxurh\noe of the satvui>. ?he ' jhe rhe t>asturtium, and the , gleus proved w!i.\t t?.e va!ley must \\ j tlie thousands or *hccp now on lt L, •A Uuie, on their luU^d\ N aud t v e k\Xm Md_eaiw3 the me!hw ti j nai to f\xt fbtth of ao4lis

lavit?h luxurīancc ol* herl>age and hloeeom everywhere Aftor two weeks 6tay, and days of constant tramp by Hiouniain and sea, camping on the hills, and amid the roeks of the surf beaten shore, whieh toil of recreation gave us appetites to Jevour the produce of the land beyond any gasfcrie esperience we ever lelfc before, we turned our faces city-ward; we entered an open whale')ōat. and crossed the passage of sea fr.om Manele to Lahaina, some fifteen miles, duving the ehade oi a ealm night.