02-23-2014, 04:45 PM
Yes, and if you read the older travel narratives, horses, mules (donÔt forget the mules!) and bullocks were the mode of transport other than boats if you go back a century or so.
Interesting account, in the chapter "how the people travel about":
http://books.google.com/books?id=sfrWbrOUt2gC&lpg=PA59&ots=uMxKuPTqvw&dq=hawaii%20island%20mule%20journey&pg=PA57#v=onepage&q=hawaii%20island%20mule%20journey&f=false
Little Journeys to Hawaii and the Philippine Islands, Marion Minnie George, 1901.
She says that Honolulu had mule-drawn trams, and most everyone owned at least one horse to get around the island.
Interesting account, in the chapter "how the people travel about":
http://books.google.com/books?id=sfrWbrOUt2gC&lpg=PA59&ots=uMxKuPTqvw&dq=hawaii%20island%20mule%20journey&pg=PA57#v=onepage&q=hawaii%20island%20mule%20journey&f=false
Little Journeys to Hawaii and the Philippine Islands, Marion Minnie George, 1901.
She says that Honolulu had mule-drawn trams, and most everyone owned at least one horse to get around the island.