. The boy travellers in Australasia : adventures of two youths in a journey to the Sandwich, Marquesas, Society, Samoan and Feejee islands, and through the colonies of New Zealand, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania, and South Australia. round. Fred was so charmed withthe beauty of the scene that he wished to sketch some of the villas, butthe recollection of their limited time prevented his carrying the desireinto execution. WATER SUPPLY OF HONOLULU. 27 Beyond this region of villas the carriage entered the foot-hills,where the road wound with a steep grade among taro-fields, in wh
. The boy travellers in Australasia : adventures of two youths in a journey to the Sandwich, Marquesas, Society, Samoan and Feejee islands, and through the colonies of New Zealand, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania, and South Australia. round. Fred was so charmed withthe beauty of the scene that he wished to sketch some of the villas, butthe recollection of their limited time prevented his carrying the desireinto execution. WATER SUPPLY OF HONOLULU. 27 Beyond this region of villas the carriage entered the foot-hills,where the road wound with a steep grade among taro-fields, in whichmen were at work np to their knees in water tending the plants whichyield to the Hawaiian the staff of life. The water which irrigates thetaro-fields is brought by innumerable streams from the sides of themountains, to w^hich it is supplied by the clouds borne by the trade-winds. Honolulu receives its water from the mountains, and there iscertainly an abundance of it. Beyond the taro-fields there is good grazing for cattle and sheep, ofwhich there are numerous herds and flocks. Frank called attention toa water - fall some distance away, which made a pretty contrast withthe dark sides of the mountain, and was evidently nearly, if not quite,. A MOUNTAIN VALLEY. two hundred feet in height. At one of the turns of the road the car-riage came in contact with a cart which was descending the slope tooswiftly for safety; the damage was trifling, but for a few momentsthings wore a serious aspect, as there was a good chance of being tossedover the side of the almost precipitous slope. There were not many travellers along the road, the most pictu- 28 THE BOY TKAVELLERS IN AUSTRALASIA. resque being groups of girls on horseback and the herders who weredriving cattle to market or for a change of pasture. The girls weregenerally in bright-colored robes, which were gathered in at the waistwith brighter sashes that streamed behind them as they dashed along
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