Identifier: hawaiipastpresent00cast (find matches)
Title: Hawaii, past and present
Year: 1921 (1920s)
Authors: Castle, William R. (William Richards), 1878-1963
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Publisher: New York, Dodd, Mead and company
Contributing Library: Brigham Young University Hawaii, Joseph F. Smith Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Consortium of Church Libraries and Archives

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thew7aves dash perpetually. Four miles back fromHilo, into the edges of the great forest belt, isthe Kaumana Cave, a tube extending for milesunder an old lava flow. The stalactites andstalagmites, the folds of rock that look like crum-pled velvet, the tree roots pushing downwardthrough the rock in their work of breaking up thesolid lava, the brilliant colours where the waterhas filtered through, the streaks of iridiscentenamel on the cave sides—all make it intenselyinteresting. In the town itself the Hilo BoardingSchool, where Hawaiian boys are given manualtraining, where experiments are made in the treat-ment of different native woods, is well worth anhours visit. It is even more interesting as beingthe school on which General Armstrong modelledHampton Institute in Virginia. These things areall accessible by carriage, all should be seen, andall cannot be seen if Hilo is considered merely asa stopping place on the road to the Volcano.This is usually the case, since the tourist goes
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o X HAWAII 187 normally to Hawaii only to see Kilauea. Nowthat a macadamised road has been constructedaround the Island the man who has the time oughtto make the circuit. It is as varied in sceneryas is the short one-day trip around Oahu, but thevariety is totally different—one might be in an-other part of the world. To the amateur geologistit is usually a new experience to be on an islandthat is in the making; to the botanist an endlessfield of exploration is open; to the student of agri-culture there is opportunity to study the culti-vation or possibilities for cultivation of most cropsof the tropics and temperate zones; and for themere sightseer there are snow-capped mountains,tangled tropical forests, deserts, ancient and re-cent lava flows, wild canons, hundreds of water-falls, serene upland pastures, quaint vestiges ofprimitive Hawaiian life. Hilo, where automobilesand carriages can most readily be hired, is thenatural starting point for the excursion. Dustcoats, rain coats, a

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