. Hawaii, past and present . ys. These tremendousgulches, and the sheer sea cliffs many hundred feethigh which separate them, seem possibly to be theresult of another fault by which a part of thecoast slid into the sea. Certainly to look downinto them from above one can scarcely believe thaterosion since the world began could have madesuch clean-cut precipices nor carved out suchmighty gorges. Waipio runs back from the seafour miles, and then turns at right angles west-ward, ending back of Waimanu. Almost at theturn and near the village of Waipio there usedto be a waterfall 1,700 feet high, bu
. Hawaii, past and present . ys. These tremendousgulches, and the sheer sea cliffs many hundred feethigh which separate them, seem possibly to be theresult of another fault by which a part of thecoast slid into the sea. Certainly to look downinto them from above one can scarcely believe thaterosion since the world began could have madesuch clean-cut precipices nor carved out suchmighty gorges. Waipio runs back from the seafour miles, and then turns at right angles west-ward, ending back of Waimanu. Almost at theturn and near the village of Waipio there usedto be a waterfall 1,700 feet high, but this canbe seen now only in very rainy weather, since itswater has been flumed away to carry cane to themills. Ulu Falls, practically inaccessible at thevery head of the Valley, is 3,000 feet Valley is not as deep as its neighbour,nor as precipitous, but is far more beautiful inshape and in colouring. The trip along theKohala ditch, a good day on horseback from thetown, not only leads through the grandest of i. MB ■ bC E ~Z U m / j 3 7 HAWAII 203 mountain scenery, but allows one to look downinto these two extraordinary valleys. Between theend of this trail and the road from Waimea to Hilothe country is inaccessible, so one taking the tripmust return to Kohala, but even though it meansan extra day it should not be missed by any onewith an appreciation of stupendous scenery. From Waimea, with its bracing air, its marvel-lous views of the Kohala Mountains on one sideand of snow-capped Mauna Kea on the other, theroad to Hilo runs directly eastward to the fork to the northwest, which is a better road,adds a few miles to the distance, but permits one tolook into the huge mouth of Waipio Valley beforejoining the main road again at Honokaa. From this village with its plantation and itswild landing the road turns southeastward alongthe Hamakua coast. This district, except forthe Waipio region in the north, has no springsor running streams, owing to the abrupt
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