Hawaii — page 86: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

HONOLULU. _ growth of the trees, at present so universally to be found _ throughout town and suburb. The city is very clean, and one is struck by the absence of poverty and squalor. There is no smoke-or soot, and scarcely any dust, for the streets are constantly swept. The filthy alleys and unsightly premises, which so often offend the sight and smell in American towns, are never found in Honolulu, and even about the tiniest houses oc- cupied by Chinese and Portuguese one may see neat. fences, gardens with a variety of flowers and vines trained against the walls, where figs can ripen upon the trellises. Honolulu is builton low ground with towering hills at her back, and the lovely sea in front. It is, indeed ,a ciey of foliage, whose tropical trees are laden with a variety of bloom and fragrance. A few of the most important buildings reach the tree tops, but for the most part the houses and stores are com- pletely hidden by rich evergreen foliage. This alone gives a character of its own to Honolulu which, charming as it is when seen from the sea, is still more delightful when its cool shade is experienced in the streets and eardens of the town. The first evidence of commercial activity of the port which the visitor sees is the large and very substantial wharf, or dock, as it is usually designated. Here the large steamers of the Mail Service can and do lie along- side with ease. On the wharf is an immense landing shed, and back of this a large stone building, occupied as a warehouse for bonded goods. Along the shore to the west is a series of wharves. Next to the one used by the comicbooks