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Image from page 380 of “The paradise of the Pacific: the Hawaiian Islands [electronic resource]” (1900)
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Identifier: paradiseofpacifi00brow
Title: The paradise of the Pacific: the Hawaiian Islands [electronic resource]
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Browne, George Waldo, 1851-1930
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Publisher: Boston, D. Estes & Co
Contributing Library: Brigham Young University Hawaii, Joseph F. Smith Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Consortium of Church Libraries and Archives
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han this picture is that of Wailuku,—at its back, the flowering palis; at its feet, thePacific combing the long beach with anything butthe placidity of its name, laying, with eternalperseverance, roll after roll of snowy fleece onthe sandy shore; beside it, the river from whichit gets its name, losing here the impetuosity ofits early course as old age loses its fiery zealof youth on nearing its earthly goal beyond; thatmatchless corridor of nature filled with the melodyof waterfalls and the perfume of orange-flowers,lao Valley 5 above, the gray clouds which give tothis landscape its vesture of fadeless beauty, float-ing dreamily in the cerulean space. This Mauian valley, which no tourist fails tovisit, has been compared to the Yosemite of Cali-fornia. This is unjust to both. There can be noequitable comparison in the masterpieces of nature.The entrance to the laoan storehouse of wondersis through a long, narrow, massive gateway, whoseperpendicular walls finally reach a height of two
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WIMANO Hl.riK. PICTUBESQ UE MA UL 215 thousand feet^ the roughness of their masonry con-cealed by a lacework of dark green foliage spark-ling with silvery waterfalls flashing from turretand cornice. At last the passage broadens intoa court of such lonely grandeur and majesty ofarchitecture that the intruder instinctively shrinksback as if suddenly brought into the presence ofthe Omnipotent Judge. The floor^ laid in lavablocks^ is broken on the one hand by a deepravine J through w^hich flow the sullen Waters ofDestruction/ while on the other, amid a settingof splintered cliffs, stands that laoan sphinx, thetowering Needle, which far overtops Cleopatrasfamous obelisk. The early kings of Maui showed their apt appre-ciation of matters earthly and immortal, when theyselected this as their tomb. Many of the remainsof kings and chiefs have been found, grim linksconnecting barbarism to civilisation. A veritableburial-ground this vast natural coliseum becamewhen the faithful followers of Kahek
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