The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1877-11-10
THE PACIFIC
SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 10.
A Tour to Oregon and British
Columbia.
By THE Rev. ALEXANDER MAcKINrosH.l

IConeluded)
met some old Hawaiian friends in Portland,
to whom their short residence in Oregon haG
proved a salutary lesson they would give their
ears to be once more under Hawaii's genial sun,
even were they obliged to earn their bread in the
sternest literal fulhlment of the Biblical pro-
phecy, By the sweat of Their BROW"
The journey from Portland to Victoria IVAN
couVer's Island) is performed in about thirtysix
hours. We started from Portland precisely
about six O'Clock a. m. in a river boat. This ia
an extraordinary looking vessel it has q huge
w~ater-Wheel at the stern for a propeller which
looks like a number OF cart wheels without tires
bound together. The length is about $50 feet.
The saloon is on deck, and the wheel house forms
a second story. The captain is always at the
wheel. We travelled at the rate of seventeen or
eighteen miles an hour for about three hours,
when we reached Kalama, the city which never
was built, having had a very decent breakfast on
board, for which we paid half a dollar each.
We were compelled to stay in this ' paper city -
until H. 80 a. M, so having more than two hours
to spare, we resolved to make an exploration of
the would-be stupendous piles. After a very
tedious scramble we reached q church, which ap-
peared to be a very passable building, but looked
as if ages had passed since the last service was
held therein. AT great risk of our necks we
proceeded to the Government Building which also
looked in a dying condition. These were all the
sights. One little girl seemed to be the sum
total of the inhabitants of the upper touvn /! In
the lower town close to the Railway was a
Saloon, with one or two customers within. Not
far from this was the Hotel. Here we were told
we could dine, and that it would be our last
chance to refresh the inner man until we reached
Tacomo-the terminus of our railway Journey.
Not having altogether digested the excellent
breakfast OF the steamers providing, we invested
in some of the wondrous fruits, and were there
with content. The journey was begun pune
tually to the minute named, and rafting on
through endless dust, we reached Tacoma at S
O'Clock p. m.-haVing trayersed los miles of
beautiful country, crossed several rivers, passed |
through the waving corn and witnessed the burn
ing forest.
Tacoma is a port on Puget Sound. The town
itself is a city set on a hill, but it was COM
pletely hidden from our sight. We should have
been obliged to climb what seemed an ~everlast-
ing staircase to reach it. So We preferred to
at a very comfortable hotel which was only
a stones throw from the steamboat. We saw
our luggage safe on board, and then proceeded to |
minister to our now craving appetites. Here
again we had a famous dinner, for which half a |
dollar each suf6ced for payment. Now, we found |
out that we should not proceed on our journey
until midnight, SO we made ourselves as comfor-
table as possible on board. The only fact worth
was the unpleasantness of being rudely
awakened-in the midst of lovely dreams of our
sweet island home, and stern resolutions never to
quit it more if only spared to reach it again-by
a wretched youth who asked me my business in
that particular room, pointing at the same time
to a huge placard on the wall warning off all of
the masculine gender if nnaccompanied by the
When l meekly and yawningly up
braided him and his fraternity, for having been
so ungenerous as to put my wife, myself and NV
son into one close cabin, and compelling me to
allow Morpheus to embrace me, though it were
on a sofa; and then for having added insult to
injury by thus arousing me-he left ME with a
remark, to take my feet off the lounge,
which, considering the steamer was old and used
up, and only being employed on this special oc-
,asion on account of the ordinary boat being on
the stocks for repairs-I thought still more un-
and only wrapped my plaidie around
ne the tighter and once more scared into the
and of dreams. When next I woke we were
'unning gaily up the Sound towards Victoria.
What an exquisite sheet of water is this Sound!
ike O sheet of glass-scarcely a ripple on the sur
ace. Bordered on both sides with the e~verlast-
ng pines, now and then a deep bay, here a port,
here an arm running far out into the land. We
tayed at Port Gamble for a few minutes to land
md take IN passengers and cargo. Here we
leard what was delicious music to our ears-the
Hawaiian language spoken by a real Hawaiian.
he told us that there were between twenty and
hirty natives, all doing we'll at this place, cut
ing and saving timber. Aloha nui-nui-sound-
d in our ears far away. We proceeded on our
way until we reached Port Townsend. This
a prosperous and busy little place. Here
We changed our steamer, the Annie &e,Vart for
IN SNSSs OSNsac A. OA"C was uuut aQQ uQ- L
ae to cross the channel, which now Law between
Is and our destination. On board the Isabel we
ould stretch our legs. We were able to walk
rom stem to stern, whereas on the crazy Annie
re were cribbed, cofined and confined within the
abin. 1t was very drol to see the passengers
nd the use of their legs, one by one, after we
ad set them the example, and it was droller still
} watch the lines playing sc follow the leader"
p and down the deck. About five O'Clock Vic
oria came in sight. First We saw Beacon Hill,
hen the Cathedral, then the Cemetery, and then,
lrning a corner, we came suddenly to a full
lew OF the city, and in a few moments we were
shore, and in the embraces of our relatives and
lends who had come down. to meet US. Il
A perpetual rush of pleasure prevented me from
king any notes. / saw very little of the town -
Victoria. 1t gave me the impression of deca- '
paper city" l have before alluded to, especially
, the outskirts. Much seemed to have been begun
I'd left off, without leaving so much as a hope of
Dirty Indians prowled about the
reefs; l could not but compare them, to their I
sadvantage, with our genial and smiling ma
yes. Still there are not a few nice buildings :
ID gay stores. The Cathedral is a very pretty
urch, and so is the Iron Church in the inside.
ough l must say the outside is anything but an
fully compensated for in the beautiful sur
findings. The row up the Arm is truly magni-
ent, and the road to Esquimalt is perfectly
orious-as also are all the other roads. The
llks through the Indian Trails were cool and
lightful. The citizens have a ~favorite place for
;nics about twelve miles from the city called
I'D Stream. This indeed battles my power of
scription. 1t is awe-striking in its grandeur,
d thrilling in the extreme. After a short stay
three days we returned by the same route to
rtland.
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