Seven weeks in Hawaii, by an American girl . he beach watch thissport, and I stood with the rest today wishing, yealonging, to join the natives. From this beach one has a beautiful view of Dia-mond Head, an extinct volcano, with its highestpoint extending well out in the sea, and sloping grad-ually back to land. It is now reserved by the Gov-ernment for military forts and there are splendidroads completely encircling it. The lighthouse uponits side can be seen many miles to sea, and DiamondHead is one of the first points of land seen from thesteamer as one nears the Island of Oahu. On Waikiki
Seven weeks in Hawaii, by an American girl . he beach watch thissport, and I stood with the rest today wishing, yealonging, to join the natives. From this beach one has a beautiful view of Dia-mond Head, an extinct volcano, with its highestpoint extending well out in the sea, and sloping grad-ually back to land. It is now reserved by the Gov-ernment for military forts and there are splendidroads completely encircling it. The lighthouse uponits side can be seen many miles to sea, and DiamondHead is one of the first points of land seen from thesteamer as one nears the Island of Oahu. On Waikiki Beach is situated the aristocratic hotelof the Islands, *The Moana, and on its broad lanailight refreshments are served throughout the its long pier reaching out into the ocean wew^atched a brief, red, glorious sunset, returning tothe Alexander Young for dinner. This is the besthostelry in Honolulu, a thoroughly modern place,which would compare favorably with any first-classhotel on the mainland. [19] SEVEN W E E K S IN H A W A I I. We watched a native climb a liundred foot cocoanvit tree. [20] T-rm SEVEN \y T^ E K S IN H A \V A I I V T HAVE just discovered that I live only two blocks from the ex-Queen, and that my room joins thatwhich King Kalakaua once occupied! Isnt that ex-citing ? I was surprised to learn of the arrival of a boatthis morning from San Francisco, and waited on thelaiiai two hours for a letter. The postman said therewere some two hundred and fifty bags of mail yet t(jbe distributed, so I am still hoping. This country is so beautiful and I am so excitedover it all that there seems to be no place for me tobegin to describe my visit. We hunted icilkcili beansin Thomas Square this morning, then crossing King-Street to the old Cocoanut Plantation w^e watched anative climb a hundred foot cocoanut tree, loosen thefruit with his feet and slide merrily to the groundagain. The cocoanut which I am sending you byparcel post is ripe, such as you get in the States
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