Hawaii — page 104: what you’re looking at

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ais yr a ez Boo oS f OTHER ISLANDS AND TOWNS. 95 , « ’ » a me reer Ne | . soe Se <i oe, Pn ee . a ee Be Ba to he finer than any found elsewhert in the world. Al kinds of vegetables can be erown, and the climate is ‘most enjoyable. y Another trip is to the volcano Kileauea. The road rom Hilo is a gradual ascent, and one drives through the ‘Chinese quarter, with its quaint shops. and little children playing in pink, blue and yellow costumes, and the boys “queues lengthened by threads of rose color interwoven in them. Beyond the Chinese quarters are the cane fields, c which great bands of Japanese find employment, for they can labor and endure the heat and dust of the cane ‘fields and are also very swift in cutting the cane. _ The flow of the crater Kileaua is said to be three miles in width, and is reached by a descent of twelve hundred ‘feet. The lake of fire is on the farthest side of the vol- -cano, and its billows rise and fall like the surges of a Bloody sea. Tourists from all over the world have vis- ited this volcano, and at the hotel is a register upon whose pages are the names of many ‘very distinguished guests. - At Hakalau, another town on the island of Hawaii, is the large sugar plantation owned by Messrs. Claus ‘Spreckels & Co. This is about fifteen miles ‘from Hilo, ‘and everything is carried on in a very extensive way. All the modern improvements as regards the mill and plantation are of the finest, and everything denotes from. best manner possible. Mr. Spreckels has proved hi self to be the right man in the right place, and stands LP, e » b he foremost rank as a sugar planter. ». 7 , - note * “ * * > . * al “¥ , ; the. appearance of the surroundings that all is carried on _ 7. comicbooks “| (elo) : iy - ‘ - . * a ‘ - _*