title: Island Life 101: A Newcomer's Guide to Hawaii
author:  Jill Engledow 
description: Hawaii. Island Life 101: A Newcomer's Guide to Hawaii [paperback] Engledow, Jill [Dec 01, 2007]  0976513617
zlib_text: ##  [The Hawaiian Archipelago, by Isabella L.
  Bird](text00000.html#filepos0000000143)
  
  This etext was produced by Les Bowler, St. Ives, Dorset.
  
    
  
  # THE HAWAIIAN ARCHIPELAGO.
  
  SIX MONTHS AMONG THE PALM GROVES, CORAL REEFS, AND VOLCANOES OF THE SANDWICH
  ISLANDS.
  
  BY ISABELLA L. BIRD.
  
    
    
  
  _“Summer isles of Eden lying  
  In dark purple spheres of sea.”_
  
    
  
  _To my sister, to whom these letters were originally written, they are now
  affectionately dedicated._
  
    
    
  
  ## PREFACE.
  
  Within the last century the Hawaiian islands have been the topic of various
  works of merit, and some explanation of the reasons which have led me to enter
  upon the same subject are necessary.
  
  I was travelling for health, when circumstances induced me to land on the
  group, and the benefit which I derived from the climate tempted me to remain
  for nearly seven months. During that time the necessity of leading a life of
  open air and exercise as a means of recovery, led me to travel on horseback to
  and fro throug