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86 HONOLULU. charming views are obtained, and Honolulu looks like a large park on the border of the sea. Another beautiful drive is to Waikiki, which is about three miles and a half from the business portion of the city, and is quite a seaside resort, with many handsome residences and cottages. The beach is very sandy, and the water, at a delightful temperature for bathing, is safe from danger by its guarded reefs. A short distance beyond is Diamond Head, which is a rock about fifteen hundred feet high. This is the first land seen when one is entering the harbor, and last viewed when leaving. Another drive is a trip to Tantalus, a mountain peak two thousand feet high, which ovgrlooks-nof only Hono- iulu, but the whole stretch of country from Coco Head to Barber’s Point. A good carriage road can be found the whole distance, which winds through shady forest elades and wild shrubbery. Honolulu has many fine stores, and the windows are — dressed with mustins, calicos, silks and laces, and resem-- ble our American shop windows, while the prices are about the same. There are book stores, china stores, picture stores and art stores, and if you ask for a thing the proprietor may not have he will order it for you. One merchant, whose name is Ah Fong, married a woman half American and half Hawaiian, and he has made such a large fortune that both he and his family occupy a high place in society. His family consists of four sons and thirteen daughters. Four of the daughters have become wives ef Americans, one of whom is a naval officer. " comicbooks.com “Ss ~ > y as te