SCENERY IN OWYHEE.
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From the Rer .Nr. Stetca,ts PrirQfe journal Sc.


Tuesday, 9th Of April, 1924. have just
returned from the most interesting eXcur-
sion have yet made OH the islands The
day being unusually fine, Mr.. Bingham pro-
posed, after breakfast this morning, that I
should accompany him 10 the rari or prcci-
pice Of Koiau, about seven miles in the in
terror. Nothing short of the testimony of
my own eyes, could have made me believe,
that there was so much of the "sa6iimc and
bcJut}uP in the vicinity of Honoruru. 1t
seemed like enchantmcnt to find myself
transported, in the short space OF an hour,
from the dusty plain, stagnant pools, dreary
beach, and various desolations of the sea
side, to the freshness and vcrdure, luxuri-
ance and bloom of q woodland region, where
the eyes rested only on objects of grandeur
and beauty, and the car caught no sounds
amid the solitude ofthe forest, but the chirp-
ing Of birds. the murmur Of the mountain
stream, or the dashng of the distant Cas-
cade.


The path we took, led up the valley i'm
mediately in the rear of the village. AS the
valley gradually contracted from a width OF
three 10 that one mile, the scenery became
more and more picturesque and delightful,
till at a distance of five miles from Ronoru-
ru, it far surpasses any thing | have ever
witnessed. The mountains are so lofty and
so graceful in tirir outlihes-so rich and
beautiful in their fo,iage-so diversified by
dark grottoes--prejecting cliffs aud spouting
waterfalls while all below presents an ex-
ubcrance of vegetation almost Incredible
that cannot but think it among the finest
Of the exhibitions of nature, in a state of un-
disturbed simplicity and wildness. Such
was the character of the scenery for the two
last miles of our walk, while our path led
successfully through glade, copse, and dell,