Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-01-25
,Ienson's Travels.
LETTER NO. xxxiIL

..oon. Only lew nav t..i,,,,
afternoon, 1'.rb Of the Church at the mission
The D ...'e,. no, being large nor are
a. few members here very "'''
rule. A.,,. AT O'Clock
M u Elder John W. Beck aud "a. m Il,seS
pa If F,salIi to make a trip to the ' =" ~
l'n r lsa Elder Kippen took us IN
Of iu'1 l'.i,r cart to Apia, where we
ne -, small schooner ehristened
o ..,',i,, belonging to Thomas Meredith
lu' .u.. ,,s,cbant. The little craft was
30 nf German who could boast
~, s,.,oan wife OF no ordinary eharac'
I'D a slim. tall, very long'leggea
80 No. - Of Savage island who became an
.s,n,iou when bis master called OUT
sr'-s . which he did at very short inter
!.,,i,Beed. Al S pm. the schooner
W., ''l .i,b ballast and two Mormon
y I.,, besides captain and 'J'm'
h,,l,d bananas and other neces-
', .... l,n her moorings in the Apia
- and after beating against the
-, some time, we succeeded in
hin the open ocean where the
- oiled high and the brisk trade
~ threatened to blow us to Savaii IN
',.,5 Of helping us on toward Tu-
IN, in the opposite direction. ON
,h.,s blessed uade winds in the SCUM
s.al Everything must CONFORM TO
,s,m. Hence a trip to Tutuila from
All, generally means beating against
,ou,h,as, wind for the space OF three
5,y, While the return trip is often ae'
eonpl.hed in a few hours. Though
N. iuls vessel was tossed to and iro
vooB the face OF the great waters while
5oipg her best to obey the rudder
,gr,rh kent her close up against the
v'nd Elder Beck and stood the mo
Nan aell. We only fed the fishes once
m latee. and even this we dld very
onis,ly, We did not wish to give
19snee 10 each other. Nor did we wish
In lose The reputation for seamanship
whch We were 50 anxious to establish
moie FULLY, but our pale faces and some
Mai soiIed clothing told the story tue
next mcmng We were only a short
distance rom Apia when the sun went
down, and the darkness closed IN on
he lonely craft so thick, that even the
outlines Of the nearest mountains Of
Upolu could not be discerned. The
cipialn offered US place In his little
cabin to rest our heads during the
plehi. but the smell from below fright
tned Us from the first, so we chose TO
take our chances on deck. Elder Beck
stretched himself on one side OF the
main ha,chway. while cfawled into the
little boat which was carried on board,
and Il was not I'LL the astonshed cap
tain launched il IN the Pago Pago har-
Dor three days later that the discovery
was made, that the weight OF my body !
hadysfy near parted the bottom from the
ra Of the boat, which filled with water
80 last that Elder Beck and myself
nearly reached Tuluila swimming.
Tuesday, September u. The early |
moming found us beating against a very
gentle breeze of Fagaloa bay, about
hitesn miles from Apia, and there we
remained all day enjoying the "sweet |
pleasures Of genuine pacific calm,
while exposed 10 the burning rays OF |
atopieal sun shining through a cloud.
less SKY, In vain did we wish for more |
wind, even II II would blow from the |
wrong point Of the compass; tor with a |
brsk wind some little progress can |
always be made by beating against IL, |
but a calm leaves sailing craft absolute. |
. y helpless aud drifting Half sick and |
ssepy through not having rested the |
nigh, before, we were unable TO read, |
talk or sing with any sense all that long, |
weary day. The heat nearly stupefed |
Us, and deprived US Of all ambition. |
One suggested a swim In the ocean, but |
lin told Us he had great respects ior |
The sharks which abounded here; he |
suggested, however, that we could do |
As We pleased. Hula / still remem |
beied very distinctly the peculiar
shape Of the teeth and sharks law
which had seen at Nukualoia, Tonga. |
feel no particular desire to expose nv |
body 10 the tender mercies OF such |
another lw In the employ OF a real |
live shark, nor did Brother Beck, so
We remained on board; and only |
dpped my feet and head IN the water
alternately. But, man." says the cap. |
tam, Don't you know that to wet
your head thus with salt water will |
make the skin sore aud produce severe
headachei" No, did not know then
Dl. ! soon found out. Though the
eap'alns stories we're not all true nor
CONSISTENT he seemed In this Instance
70 Know what he was talking about,
nave never dipped my head IN sail
wafer since. Poor Jim how could
le heIp TIE ealml But the captain was
sloas ana swore and cursed IN German.
samoan and broken English because
me wind would not blow; and as "IimS
vas MS only servant he was made The
hapless victim on which the command.
Wended his spleen. lin" did moi
auo" Tue English name for all the ZONES
oe'ong'ng TO the schooner, nor did he
,H.Ne WIN mat rapldily which Is char.
aleIisuc oil the genuine and experi.
.ueed sailor And that made the rsn.
N,n angry especially when the orIr,
vas bout ship, and all the sails w,,,
n, n.y. .,.L i.pe' ana other belongings were
a.. s"sS,ii i sllss' at once. Ard be.
a. co,, lltl was somewhat top heavy.
a. compared with his lover extrem,ti,s
~ 'I l ny nau 10 steady himself so as moi
W W sPll himself IN the sea when thn
other. '"e sue 10 an
bo ~ the evening the captain dropnsd ,
n,b 81 S'' nae ana soon caught a large
,eysd ,'s sapatu' family which
low,nSS soou purpose at meals the ioi
wnJ IE uay About midnight when ,5.
po %G meanengd up a little nom ,he
M ', W.. we 81 cieded at last in clea,,ne
lbs , vsS' enc. emo o. tue island OF UpoIu ana
p'B ,"o ot a,'iall isiets lying Oh he eaSi