Travels Abroad Embracing Holland England Belgium France Sandwich Islands N
Travels Abroad Embracing Holland England Belgium France Sandwich Islands N
Richard L Miller
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The marked variation in the color of the ocean among the coral reefs is magical. Close to shore it is a deli- cate grey, then a distinct line of bottle green, then pale blue, next orange yellow, and then dark green, and still again the darkest blue tint, with many other magic colors, striking in their effect as viewed beneath the clear evening light and embossed with the rays of the glowing sun. The streets of the Hawaiian capitol are clean and admirably macadamized with coral, lava, stone and ...sand. At night they are lighted up with electricity. The city has about 30, 000 in- habitants. But a brief time has elapsed since this was a wilderness, peopled by a race of cannibals ; to- day, nearly all the rising generation can read and write. The government spends $50, 000 a year on local schools. The present King, Kalakaua, is very fond of gin and iast horses, yet he is said to be a 74 SOUVENIRS OF TRAVEL. man of more than ordinary intelligence and a con- siderable degree of culture. Morally, he has no traits of character which command respect, and is at times so much given to a sensual life as to outrage all kingly associations, incurring the disgust of even his most intimate associates.
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