. The paradise of the Pacific: the Hawaiian Islands [electronic resource] . umbled to dust, the mind will cherish thememory of that great natural wonder of Maui,its legends and associations of another day andanother people. CHAPTER XVII. THE ISLAND BUILDER. \\ 7TNDWARD Hawaii has less of historicinterest than the lee side of the island;but it is far richer in its great abundance of natu-ral wealthy which is accounted for by the fact thathere there is plenty of rain, while on the oppositeside of the mountains the atmosphere is dry. Thecountry is broken and rugged, the coast line oftenbeing long
. The paradise of the Pacific: the Hawaiian Islands [electronic resource] . umbled to dust, the mind will cherish thememory of that great natural wonder of Maui,its legends and associations of another day andanother people. CHAPTER XVII. THE ISLAND BUILDER. \\ 7TNDWARD Hawaii has less of historicinterest than the lee side of the island;but it is far richer in its great abundance of natu-ral wealthy which is accounted for by the fact thathere there is plenty of rain, while on the oppositeside of the mountains the atmosphere is dry. Thecountry is broken and rugged, the coast line oftenbeing long ridges of rock pushing down to thewaters edge, rising sometimes to the height oftwo or three hundred feet. The only harbour on the entire northeast sweepof coast is Hilo Bay, or Byron Bay, as it is some-times called, for the commander of the Englishfrigate Blonde^ which it will be rememberedbrought home the remains of Kamehameha his queen, both of whom died while on a visitto England. The natives named the place Waia-kea, meaning broad water, and on the south 218. THE ISLAND BUILDER. 219 shore^ separated from the city of Hilo by a cres-cent-shaped beach, on which the breaking surf^^ looks like frosted silver/ is a little village bythat name. The bay is seven miles wide andthree miles deep, a submerged coral reef runningfrom Cocoanut Island on the south to within halfa mile of the north side of the harbour, leaving apassage of that width for the entrance of this protecting arm, the ships riding atanchor here are still exposed to the northeasttrade-wind. On the west shore of the harbour, on an in-clined plane, amid extensive groves of cocoanuts,bananas, plantains, and breadfruits, with largesugar plantations in the background, stands Hilo,^Hhe ambitious city. It has been aptly said thatwhat Honolulu aspires to be Hilo is. It is alsothe common expression that it rains every day inHilo. If an occasional day is missed it is certainthat this locality has the larg
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