Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-01-31
ON THE SOCIETY ISLANDS.
A Salt Lake Boys Experiences 10 that
FaT.0a Land.
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tioa Win the Language ne
scriptiou Of thc Cuuntrs'

The following inicresting letter is to
tho members o. a local club, "thc b'n'
homle,D from ono Of theif Huseh.
fflendn aui member. II VIII ue i'"A
with tlvssuse b. many olhrFt'
pAprr1r. Tahiti, Society IalhndH
Dec. let, tsU3.-- Having pr1uiat1 10 iet
You know now l get nlong' ! tpA.
pleasure in penning these 10" i's ~, =,
expnfirurp tH 10 missionary VI Jhilat
n,i,p, H., hunthsu, lHCk Of time
promr.ing me 80 wrltct0 you an IN ONO
letter. a.
while pioddlug along through the
uneyentfil student llIc NJ figures aud
rules nj tho y. Y, tbs plensurahln M
ticipatl1u VI once moro beuoiiiug Tue
anniversary Of my humble entrance
into this world he peace wac somhWhhl
Disturbed 10y receiving q birthday Flt
in tho shape OF letter rom
the First Presidency, appointing me 70
labor as a missionary ON tue society
Ialta. with but three weeks 10 prepare
for tue Journey. Accordingly nittE
hnsty and incomplete preparation, ON
the dismal day 81 February 25ih, ulu
farewell 10 our beautiful mountain
homu and ~ dear associations.
After pleasant and uueventiul roe
through ihu barren deserts u western
Uah aud Nevada, aud descending
nom the snowy heights u thr Slciia
Nuvadas through the glorioun ip'tnilis
and valleys Of the Golden state, just
budding forth into new life under Tue
soducing influences ot gentle sWlhb
wo arrived in wicked Saa Fmncltev.
Two days alght-sueing Ia the city Of
Sunday ozcufsion fame, and eight ol
Us, ana all Utah born boys, b0Atueu
the clipper brig Gallilee," bid good bJe
10 friends who had come thus TAR hnu
at sail for Tahiti, 1900 miles south
west.
For thirty.six hours we lay hclploisly
rolling In the open sea lust outside Tue
bay. The action Vt the wavct, aug
mentoG by tho weight u tho towering
mauts, gave a motion 10 our littio cFait
which soon sent elk atOmachs iutl re-
bolliop. Then nature picked ~ ul, a.
u were, Ia her hand. The Wini
whistlcd around the network Of ropes
Auoyo, and we epod merrlly along only
10 DO again foraker and allowed 10
bask Ia the heart Of tropical sun
which soon sent the thermometer up TO
% degrees IN the shadt-thia program
being almost daily repeated.
There was on board "A s0oiablo COM
pany OF seventeen souls including tue
crew anu alter the first three Jays We
had an enjoyable time. The weather
was hue, suufises and sunsets grand,
and the company Jolly. one meets
with many peculiar characters when
travelling abroad anu our tip was no
exception. We bad u "Whglcf" who
earned his sObrlquut from his all
absorbing desire 10 Keep un posted IN
regard 10 whale nohing In all lte do.
tails. Tho "marlLef" had passionate
longing TO olLmb the rigging aud Try !
the boats. ~ 'JOker" was listened |
TO with inier/; while the uus0phiai. |
Gated youth fbn Utah, eager ~ learn |
more OF tho mighty deep, ilsientd to
tho yarns OF the "old sniih" aud tie
tales Of travel and adventure. On the
third day's sail Oue OF the latter re.
marked 10 another, eve have lust
gone 20 miles" "Naw, you're mis-
taken," said NJ. .; I'VE nave surely
eono farther than that" "Nc, we
hnven'W oottinued the first speaker;
"ihe barometer points TO Just 30" tx.
plantations followed, during which tho
man at the wheel looked uruamily
oil TO the leewaTd, his face viaibly tx.
panuing with an impiessible twilch.
ing at the corners Oi the mouth. Tue
fcure alp was also there and had In
Vulnerable remedies % cure HenHlUk.
ness, while thobo who triei them were
the most sicl, Of all.
Among the passengers WAS Captain
h. w. Chapman, whom the native call
Bennie, who has carried on a trading
business with Tahiti lUr forty year,,
aud we spent many hours listening 10
his odd and PLEASANTLY told yarns Of
the sea and ways Of tho nn.ivc1 with
whom We were coon % become hU.
quainted. His descriptions " kaual.n
he anu cusloms did not have end
onoy 10 create any love within u8 i0F
them. "Why,n said $50 one day, 80
Kanakn WON'T do Anything buI loaf
Ayounu anu drink run. IL you Olirr
him work he will reply, 'Whaps the
good Of worhink? We have plenty 90
eat aud drink.'n After telling story
10 back up hts assertion he wound up
by saying: "And yoall become Jugl
Ike them"
on tho Goth we passed the mouu.
monis Of the industry Of tho wonder
iul "coral polyb" tho TuamOtu
islands, tne highest elevation Of which
ID only about six isut ABOVE the soa;
and next day sailed into tue COgal.tuul.
protected hATDor OF papuote, NOT more
than ten feet OF water separating our
faithful ship from lbu haru uuyItlIing
coral VI nc narrow ana serlontlnu psss
through which We were guided under
n6ul urraIs without tuo uld % pilot
Or tug. flati have since learned IL
Rttempiu4 ~ but few.
Ia contrast ~ the low data OF the
Tuam9t0 group the sharp pliu'pt
volcanic formed mountains ri Tamil
rlsu mnjesilgaiy 90 height Ci 400
feet. Iuoy arc completely cnypl1.
IN a mnsa Of ycruuse, as iuited lus
whole Island b., IRON our pJlut OF
vantage on board uhip tho leland
seemed 20 be q iAlfylabd, au iampnge
garden, and oil looked 20 fresh aud
sweet, 90 inviting 10 Tho uyv, with lhu
roofs Of the native huib au4 psutty
c0ttagcs Of the foreigners Just pcoWug
above the mass Of iJnagr, that ono o.
ths Elders fu.t downright sorTy hu did
NOT bring his wife with him.
The Island Of Fahill is in Fact two
distinct mountains j0inoi together by
narrow isthmus, Tho buuy hua Is
separated from thglr mgsslye uuu al.
most peJpcnuiCular walls by from ono
TJu 10 thiec'qR ~ milo " rich,
fertile soll tgpmug with vegetation
aud tmmrusu groves Of CDr0anut tfeva
anu plauialus, under ME shades uf
when the uusFy native dWvl8 COZ.