. The paradise of the Pacific: the Hawaiian Islands [electronic resource] . southeast to northwest parallelmountain ranges cross the island on the east andwest sides. The highest altitude is the peak ofKaula, 4,060 feet above the sea, and belongingto the western and shorter line. Between thesebackbones of Oahu, and forming its largest agri-cultural districts, is Ewa Plain, at places ten milesin width and twenty in length, extending fromthe shore of Pearl River harbour on the south tothe sandy plains of Waialua Bay district on thenorth. Next in size, and exceeding it in fertility,is the rich, a
. The paradise of the Pacific: the Hawaiian Islands [electronic resource] . southeast to northwest parallelmountain ranges cross the island on the east andwest sides. The highest altitude is the peak ofKaula, 4,060 feet above the sea, and belongingto the western and shorter line. Between thesebackbones of Oahu, and forming its largest agri-cultural districts, is Ewa Plain, at places ten milesin width and twenty in length, extending fromthe shore of Pearl River harbour on the south tothe sandy plains of Waialua Bay district on thenorth. Next in size, and exceeding it in fertility,is the rich, alluvial plain of Honolulu, ten miles inlength and two in width. Another ideal tract isNuuanu Valley, bounded by a mountain walltwenty miles in length on the upper side, andbelow by the green, rolling plain. Among theother fertile lands are Manoa Valley, inland fromWaikiki, six miles south of the capital, and thefavoured rice-fields and cocoanut groves of Moana-lua, scarcely five miles from Honolulu in theopposite direction. At the foot of the eastern range of mountains,. VISTAS OF OAHU, 183 on what was seventy-five years ago a treelesssand-plain, sits the Mistress of the Pacific/her back to the wide framework of lava domes,volcanic peaks, and truncated cones, grim remind-ers still of those days when this scene was theamphitheatre of that fiery power at work uponits still unfinished task of building the IslandParadise. Decked with her flowers and profu-sion of palms, the queen sits looking out uponthe shimmering bay, a native of the tropics, withthe blood of the temperate zone coursing throughher veins. Honolulu is on the south shore of Oahu, nearlycentral of the whole group of islands, and has aharbour well suited to the needs of a commercialmetropolis. It is said that Captain Brown, of theEnglish ship Bictterivorthy was the first white manto discover the bay, and he gave it the nameof Fairhaven. This was very appropriate, butwas soon forgotten when its Hawaiian substitutewas f
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