Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-08-04

Among those Z became Acquainted
| with while ai p8peete was aIsI 500. I.
l.. Andersen. captain OF the bn. I1ruc
I OF lUno, Denmark As wp were both
| mutually plea ed tu meet q cOunirynau
DO Cons ilr Oh part of tic world, w. r..
| Changed visits quite often aud CONVEX d
@ great deal ABOUT religion and other
! matters, ] also couvgurd with the
.u.p'a two mates, he ISIS. Jensen aud
| MHI.cr the latter a native %. Sygntb1rg.
| f}gn, Denmark, being OF religious
turn OF mind and possessing q number
| of s0mgNhlt original ideas about the
Bible aud Christianity The L1r.ue is a
HeE and iug looking ship Of 5Si tons
register and has principally TEN char.
! tered for the cobra trade since IL len
Hamburg, Germany nearly two Yeas
! aHu' From here % Is humewarl bound.
| Captain Andersen IS man of broad
/ views, is a "selfmldc m1n,n and the
| principal owner Of the ship. which cost
iohoco ktouct laboui f26. OO0l when 1t
was built at Fauo, In 1891
| On Monday March a8rd, ! made
| visit TO Point Venus, an interesting spot
| about seven miles northeast Of papettc
where Mr.. Cadansielu, @ French half
/ caste who has charge Of the lighthouse.
TOOK me up ia the tower, from the top OF
which The view IS very good and quite
interesting.
Point Venus, the northern point ui
Lahitc, is the mostimpuuantE gugrlphi.
/ cal site IN the Pacific Ocean. o. d has
been the point most accurately deter
mined. or 40 least has had more CNiru.
sivc series Of observations made on Il
than elsewhere. Cooks first ggngdi.
ton led 10 this spot TO observe the
transit OF Venus Ia 1863, and since then
a number of other scientific men have
made observations here. Point Venus
is Do latitude ~ az 81" south, long.
Gag. 80 err west There is 70 small
| church and a tort at this point, and near
lilies the Village of Maiayai, inhabited
by natives aud several white men. Near
the extremity OF Point Venus was the
Old light bouse built in 1880. which was
IN charge of an old French veteran, and
near it b. still shown the ia marine tree
planted by Captain Cook close to the
SPOT where he completed Dis important
labor. But ON January ist. 1903. the
present light house wasiirt Illuminated.
IL was built the year before lio65l which
was ninety eight years after Captain
Cook made his important Astronomical
Observations on The point. The light.
house consists Of "a square white tower
luilt OF coral rock, ~ feet high; and
from % o. shown 20 hEgd bright light
elevated So feet above the sea and
visible IS miles of The ground upon
which the tower Is built, Is only ten iuet
above the level of tue sea. Maj4yli
BAY, the best harbor on the island 90
eluu lies 90 the westward OF Point
Venus and WIS called pOr. ROYAL Haf1ar
by 10 discuylrDr Wallis On 1907, but thi
has been superseded hy rs native name.
The road from pIpccig TO Point Venus
Is good all the way, aud BE- much shaded
by the ovcfhanging c0cOanut trees and
other tropical vegetation. In going out
/ watched a gang Of natives bringing iu
their canoe and fishing net from the sea,
and 10 Convcr5lng with them learned a
icW more Tahitan words IN addition TO
the very limited supply | already had at
my command. Ia returning ! called NJ
a native house to get q drink OF water.
but was given CocOanul milk to dnnl.
instead, which ! thoroughly enjoyed.
On Wednesday March 7sih, I made q
trip up IN the mountains an alone. some
native friends who were to have accom-.
panied me as guides not putting IN their
appearance al the appointed hour. I
started 40 & O'Clock IN the morning.
After walking about four miles, which |
brought me high up Ia a romantic eau.
yon with very steep mountain sides, il |
commenced 20 rain IN regular tropical |
style, and soon my umbrella proved al |
together Inadequate MS means OF pro.
teci1u. Presently reached an unoc. |
cuplcd native hu, near the forks Of the |
canyon, where ! lelt all the clothing |
which ! considered surplus Ter the oc. |
c1sion, and started of even bargiootcd; /
but had only gone few yards when / /
was admonIshUd TO return Tor my shoes. |
Il was fortunate did so, for found the |
distance to 10 much farther aud the path |
much rougher than ! had expected, and /
my bare feet, not having natural tough |
sole under them like the natives feet
could not have held out against the
rocks. Continuing my walk, soon had |
TO lord the river, stream OF consider,
able size, and a short distance above
the ford l came TO the forks OF the
canyon, where the river and the road
also iorked' took the LETT hand road,
but had proceeded only a short distance
when ! was prompted TO go back and
take the other one. In doing SO, had
TO cross the one fork OF the river where
the bottom was very rough and rocky.
BY this time my scanly clothing did not
have a dry thread In Il; and the rain still
descended Ia torrents; but ! was deter.
mined to 80 as lar as old Fort faa Rahi
where the natives OF Tahiti withstood
the French'iorces for several years dur.
Ing the long war In the Al's aud SOS,
and which consequently Is a point OF
historical importance After crossing
the fork found myself climbing the
side OF the mountain very fast by fol.
lowing the winding path, which in many
places was oyergruwn with the tropical 10.
.iage and running vines that abound here
On nearly all the mountain slopes. Al last
after having walked about one aud a
alimiles from the FORK or six miles from
papeele, reached the outer wall OF the
uri already named. 10 stands on the
.op OF preclpce nearly 500 feet high,
lyer the face OF which leaps the river. |
hus making one OF the most beautiful |
waterfalls have ever seen. Being un.
able to reach the bottom OF the tall, | |
descended from the tort wall TO the top
II the cataract, where | among other
hiugs enjoyed a natural shower bath bv
getting under little side fall which fell
INTO the river Immediately above the big
lne. After gazing upon the wonders OF
nature, and the old Notifications, to my
leaTts content, and after picking ferns
% send home retraCed my steps down
he mountain; but having been exposed {
o the pitlless storm so long, ! at length
,au1n tn feel cold thouuh tho I,xs moo ]