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sYDSEI, N. s. W, 9th JAN 1881.
EDITOR ADVERTISER:
Ansr seventeen days passage from Honolulu,
-heh I let in August last, I arrived by the mail
.,..mer Australia in Auckland, three days late,
ling 10 the steamer having become foul with barna-
.ss On the vhsrf Mt Auckland I met Mr.. J. N
Macdonald the Anglo Hawaiian roet, who was then
x,;tip9 for the departure Of Q steamer which was to
Lave in an hour for Levuka, in the FIJI islands ard
"a eonyey him thitber, where he Teckoned on better
,,..ess than New Zealsnd presented. We had a
-,,ber stormy passage Of nearly six days from Auck-
r,nd 10 Sydney, but reached the latter place in good
ts,Itb and spirits and well pleased with the accomo-
s,tiops and discipline Of the vessel. Capt. CargiIl
rroved himself to be. not only & thorough seaman,
IN, a perfect gentleman in every desirable respect.
Ansr q short rest in Sydney, Mr.. Robertson and
n1.slf proceeded inland about 300 miles. and cross
a tie far-famed . Blue Mountains" We spent
three weeks hunting kanEaroos, native bears. opos-
aims. &c, but with the exception Of this experience
,of the interior, ! as yet know little Of the vast uilds
that lie to the west and north Of Sydney. I returned
n sydney. where I entered business as q Commission
merchant. and Mr.. Robertson, my late partner in
Honolulu, left for Melbourne with the intention of
proceeding to japan. / have been q few months in
business and 50 far have little reason to complain,
considering the present state Of business in the
Colonies generally, in fact / look upon my present
venture ne n success, and trust il will continue.
few days ago. / met for the second time since I
len Honolulu. Mr.. J. NJ. Macdonald, who left Fiji
for Melbourne, in November last, and had walked
from the latter place to Sydney, . distance Of over
ESQ miles. From him I learned that the interior
towns are suffering q great commercial depression,
and that FIRE, drought, and consequent poverty are
at present the chief characteristics Of the Australian
interior. Sydney. however. is In . prosperous coD-
dition, and work Of all kinds is more easily obtained
in this city than in any other Of the Australian colo
MES. Mr.. Macdonald. while in the FIJI Islands. was
editor Of the Fiji " Argus but the remuneration
for such employment did not come up to his views,
sad be left said Islands with the intention of return
ing to Scotland via Egypt and the Levant, in which
countries bis last travels on this sublumsry sphere
will be undertaken.
Mac is now feeling the weight of years. and he
W ~ oA us RNS - NuA u OuA e
Of Masonic fraternity there, for a small debt which
be cannot very easily redeem. This is omewhVt
unfortunate as the Mss. consist t Of over 500 pages
Of poems, three-fourths Of which have never been
published, owing to length and other unsuitabilities
for journalistic purposes (; they are. however,
nearly all Hawaiian, and some enterprisiDg indi-
yiduaI Of Hawaii nei may yet be in possession of
those original thoughts.
1 have met here several persons who formerly
lived in Honolulu, but as they were not generally
known, / need not mention their names. This letter
leaves me in the best Of health ard spirits and at
present co 'snt with my prospect here, but at the
same time L look back to Honolulu as the Elysium of
many q happy day and will always, to the end Ofthe
chapter, cherish those friendships that were extended
to me, up to the time 1 left those beautiful trOpic
shores, perhaps for ever.
With Aloha nui lOa,