The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-05-21
IN SOUTH SEAS
Harry SVintOl Concludes the
Marshall Group.
NEXT PAPER ON THE GILBERT
Morning Star Has Many
Experiences.
Teachers and Their Work Among
NativeS-ChiefS and Their
Sterling Qualities.

So far there have been two papers on
the subject of the Marshall Islands
from the pen of Mr.. Harry Swinton
who was first officer on the missionary
packet Morning Star during her last
cruise in the South Seas. In the paper
given below will be found the conclu-
sion of the cruise among the islands of
the Marshall group. The anext paper
will deal with the Gilbert Islands. Mr.
Swinton concludes the Marshalls as fol-
lows:
Arriving at the passage, on the way
out. we found, as already stated, seas
breaking clean across. Concluded to
luff up and come to anchor, thinking of
course it would moderate sometime
during the day After waiting until
6 o'clock that evening we found it ne
cessary to stop there that night on &C
count of the weather.
About II o'clock next day, notwith-
standing it was not much better, we
got under way, set all sail, and, stem
ing at the same time, managed to get
out of the lagoon, bound for Warto,
another one of the new islands we had
to visit.
Found after getting out into the open
sea. bad weather, heavy seas running
and strong wind dead ahead. Under
the circumstances DR.. Rife who had
some authority as to the Stars
movements in this group with the Cap
tain of course cOncurring, concluded to
keep off for Ujae, leaving Warto out
until the next year. ! must admit it
suited me to a dot, and if l am not mis-
taken. the Captain himself felt pleased
at the change of program.
Two hours and fifteen minutes after
we sighted the north end of Ujae, some
10 miles away, bearing SW by S by the
compass.
Came up to it at noon, ran along the
land towards the entrance into the
lagoon.
Eentered the lagoon 2:15 p. m. with
a strong head wind to contend with in
the passage Fifteen minutes .befOre
that we had cleared up all our sails.
1t was as much as we could do to
steam into the lagoon. After entering
we kept off as the station was away at
the south end of lagoon, some fifteen
miles away.
set all fore and aft sails, and steaming
at the same time, came to an anchor off
the Mission station 4:25 p. m, or two
hours and fifteen minutes after enter
ing the passage.
That night II commenced to blow
and rain with heavy squalls at inter
walls; Ais that morning (NOv. 5th),
let go the other anchor. Paid out so
fathoms of chain on the port anchor
and 80 on the other.
After breakfast, DR.. Rife, Miss Pal
mer, the school girls and boys, went
in to see the teacher and have their So
cial gathering with the people, the bad
weather Notwithstanding. Found here
the chief Of Warto, the island we were
TO visit, but had left for the next trip,
as previously stated.
It seems that he brought back his
own canoe some of the natives of this
island who had drifted away, which
showed conclusively that he had some
Christian feeling. To his delight, the
Morning Star sailed in while he was
still there waiting for an opportunity
20 get home.
We left with him the teacher which
we ourselves had intended TO land on
his own island. some 3 or 80 miles TO
the northward and eastward from here.
He was very much pleased at this. He
might have had to wait sometime be-
fore getting a chance TO go back. The
wind must needs be favorable or else
he might have drifted away as did the
ones he brought back.
After being delayed there a day or
two longer than we had calculated, on
account of the weather, we weighed an
Choir Saturday, November 18th, for our
next port-Namuick-so $50 miles to
the southwark and eastward of us.
Four days sailing found us laying