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Wd|C, o"'"' "' J""' i"''. L oTinerly al
and young engaged in this sport, but Ool
! it is a rare sight.


Hanapepe valley, like most of the Other,
2cxtends inland until it reaches near 70 ;,
centre of the island As it reccdcs from f.
seaside the mountains become higher ,nl
more preciptous, varying their form and al
pcarance at almost every turn; at times D,s
sentlng darkened and narrow gorges, ,hruol
which the river rushes with great yioeuc,|
then expanding into wales of moderate wid,b|
ahording sufficient room for few hons.
with the cultivated plats about them Al
! the head of the valley the scenery is subGDl
in the extreme. The rush and flow of bo,]
ing lava while dame Nature was engaged \
piing up the mountains which form the back
ground must have been terrible. Some .,
pear to have been cast up at one convulrl
jthroe, presenting bold and gigantic fron,,J
others seem now to be struggling for exist
ence among rivals which crowd and pr.s
them down. In some places they push box \
ly up, then, as if wearied by the effort. the
rest. AT others they were overwhelmedbl
some more powerful torrent of larva, or hay
cast back its streams in burning blIou,
which broke, and cooled into many sinpp
lar shape. They are to be seen in all IL
forms which the fiery liquid assumes whe
turned from its course by intervening ob,,
clcs, or dashed aside and scattered far an
wide by the shocks of earthquakes, and Ii
rocky sides of the mountains show now
their irregular pilng and distorted veins /,
directions which the liquid lava took after
found vent from its original bed AT som
points the mountains appear to have bee


rent violently asunder, presenting sides
uniform appearance. AT others, the lava


its downward course, seems to have sudden


y cooled on either side of the stream. vhl
the interior flowed on, until it DISCHARGED
self into the sea, where it formed shoals


which are now overgrown with coral. Sue


is the fact with this valley, Waimea Wa


lua, and others. In all of these a rich 50


has formed, which is now covered with


heavy growth Of timber, and dense ma:se


of mosses and ferns.


The rock over which the cascade at Ha


napepe falls, is of itself curiosity ID


height is about two hundred feet, and


shape circular, and its sides of smooth indl


rated lava, columnar and overhanging h(


summit. 1t seems as if the lava in rushn


swiftly on had suddenly recoilcd, the upr


crust and body of it cooled in its first pos


ton, while all beneath flowed away, leainI
the projecting mass to sustain itself as it bed


could.


ianapepe valley which formerly contain


ed numerous and warlke population,


rapidly becoming depopulated. Its nhab


tan's are leaving it for more eligible sites


procuring work; but the principal cause


the number of deaths, which in proportion


births OF late years has been eight to one.