. The story of Hawaii; . en. Sprucewhite houses of Seattle fir now dot the shores,with here and there a neat little church on arise of g^round. The ereat double canoes, withthe flashing paddle-blades of a score of men,have given place to sloops and whale lusty brown frames, once girt only with amaro (a loin covering), now saunter in storeclothes aping the fashions of the foreigner,although stays still fail of victory over feminineexuberance. North-west of the island of Hawaii is Maui,with its beautiful valley of lao, ^md the greatcrater of Haleakala (house of the sun) whichis, indeed
. The story of Hawaii; . en. Sprucewhite houses of Seattle fir now dot the shores,with here and there a neat little church on arise of g^round. The ereat double canoes, withthe flashing paddle-blades of a score of men,have given place to sloops and whale lusty brown frames, once girt only with amaro (a loin covering), now saunter in storeclothes aping the fashions of the foreigner,although stays still fail of victory over feminineexuberance. North-west of the island of Hawaii is Maui,with its beautiful valley of lao, ^md the greatcrater of Haleakala (house of the sun) whichis, indeed, the largest extinct crater in theworld. It is twenty-four miles in circumfer-ence, and has walls 2000 feet high. Thedepth of the crater is 2700 feet. The greatSpreckles sugar plantation is on this island,and the soil grows the finest rice that isexported from Hawaii. Coffee too can begrown with advantage, and an intendingplanter would obtain good land here, rich inphosphates. Lahaina, the chief town of Maui, is a quiet. Illlllllllllll ^ The Eight Inhabited Islands 7 little place, having one broad street. Formerlya large business was done here with whalingvessels, as many as three hundred havinganchored at the same time, but the port is nolonger a place of call for foreign trade. Fieldsof sugar-cane come right down to the and grapes are grown largely, butyears ago vessels used to come here fromCalifornia for potatoes, flour, and corn. In theearly days of the goldfields they did a famoustrade with San Francisco. Landing at Makena, you ascend to Ulu-palakua—which name means *ripe breadfruitfor the gods, and this is a Paradise for health-seekers ; delightfully cool, for It lies 2000feet above the level of the sea. Corn andpotatoes can be grown here, and the cattle arefine and plentiful. Walluku Is most beautifully situated. It hasthe lovely lao Valley at the back, whilst theslopes of the great crater Haleakala stretchbefore it in front. Walluku means * the water
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