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ADDRESSED By PETER GoABour TO HIS COUSIN
JOB sTAYATHoME


Well, cousin Job, prepare your eyes for an
inf1iction of reading which will have no termi-
nation until have fairly unburthened my
mind of all have to say in regard to Kauai,
and that is not a little, | assure you; for |
intend to take you with me, over its length
and breadth, across its plains, up its noun
Itans, and into the inmost recesses of its val
leys, until have roughly skctchcd all the
beauties of this charming island. Continual
dripping it is said, will wear away a stone;
summon up, then, all the toritude of your
namcsake of much enduring memory, lest
your patience should dissolve under its damp
ening influence. However, as it is quite as
optional with you to read as it is with me to
write, l shall push boldly on, and dash at
once upon my subject,


Oahu has commonly been called the gar
den of the group, but if compared with Kau-
al, it must yield the palm to the latter. Both
islands present rather dun appearance, as



nearer inspection the letter peaks, broader
plains, and more picturesque vaI!ies of Kau-
al assume u more verdant aspect. Kauai
having been far less visited by travellers than
the other islands of the group, is the least
known; yet in charming variety of scenery,
and general goodness of soil, it stands unri-
vailed. Its northernmost point lies in go
II North atitude-its southern in go Sc.
1t lies between 1890 AZ and 1000 O3 West
longitude, embraces an area of about $50
square miles, and is Is miles distant from
Oahu. 1t is somewhat circular in shape, af-
iordng no good harbors, though there are
lew spots inside Of the reefs which line the
eastern shore, where the smallest class of
vessels can anchor in safety, but find it very
difficult to get out, should the trade winds
blow freshly. The principal roadstcads are
at Waimea, Koloa on the south side, and
Hanalci on the north. Waimea has always
been the principal resort for vessels, since the