The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-05-21


cerned for when she leaves Kusaie 70
go through the Marshall groups with
the training school girls and boys on
board TO see their relations, she Will
have to pass Namiuch and EbOn to go
to JaIuit: wereas, if she could call at
those two places on her way there, il
would shorten her voyage cOnsideTa-
bly, She would then proceed on her
rounds by way of Mile and 90 the
whole circuit with wind and current in
her favor Ujae then being the last
island TO visit. She could make a bee
line for Jajuit, with leading wind in
her favor.
But as ii is now, she leaves Ujae for
Nameneh. then Ebon; after that she
will have to beat up to Jaluit against a
strong head wind. accompanied with
bad weather. The distance is not much
between the islands, but the Star is not
a very fast boat, especially if there is
any beating TO windward on the pro-
gram.
Her Observation-Disclosures qualities
puts one in mind of hog going to war,
to-wit. "broadside to leeward."
Well. we were quite fortunate this
trip in making the run from Namerich
to JaIuit in three days, over a distance
of 70 or 80 miles, Came to an anchor
miah. it will be remembered, is one of
the oldest teachers in the group. We
stopped there that night. Next morn
ing. the 18th, started down for Jaluit
station with the intention of getting
our clearance and of getting away that
same day for Kusaie.- Judge, then,
our surprise when we were told by the
Commissioner that, as il was day ap-
pointed by the German Emperor for
thanksgiving, no business could be
transacted until the next day.
We found at anchor there one Ger
man man-Of-war, two merchant barks,
one brig and one schooner. One of the
banks left that day with full load Of
copTa.
Next day, 18th, we weighed anchor
for Kusaie, Notwithstanding it looked
as though we were to encounter bOis-
ferrous weather. 1t did certainly look
gloomy Just as the anchor was
weighed. one of those squalls, which
the Marshall Islands are noted for,
overlook us. 1t did not disconcert the
captain one iota. We kept on, steam
ing towards the south passage, al
though one could not see further than
the end of the jib-boom.
When we consider that these lagoons
are full of shoals, it was risky TO a
certain extent, but the captain knew
what he was about He had been there
so often that he knew his bearings.
He had that confidence in his own
ability that he could, if necessary, go
out OF the lagoon in the night, and /,
myself, believe ne could.
/ would like TO say right here that
when Captain Garland leaves the
Morning Star, the American Board and |
all those connected with mission work |
in Micronesia. will miss a man whose |
position will be hard TO fill. In the first |
place. he is a good navigator a most |
careful man, correct in his reckoning,
obIiging to fault. to all the mission
aries who have business with the |
Star. mindful always of the comforts |
of those under his care and possessed |
of an eye like a hawk. a very neces- |
sary- quality to have in the groups |
through which the Morning Star has |
to CO. His knowledge of the route, |
the tides and those treacherous cur
rents and shoals which Micronesia is
noted for, makes him man whose
misunderstanding nOne-would be, as
L have already stated, hard to fill
When the passage was reached the |
chief, who went through the group
with us. met us He had left us when
we anchored off Jeremiah's station
Qmroig) for his home on the other
side of the lagoon. He went to get his
daughter, whom he has sent to the
Kusaie Training School. He came on
board with his daughter-a girl or IL
or IL summers-and her baggage. He
brought cocoanuts, bananas and other
eatabIes as presents for the Star.
After getting out of the lagoon, we
steamed along for six or seven hours,
as the wind was very light. After that
we made sail. as it breeZed up from the
northeast. Stopped steaming and made |
Kusaie on November %, 1896. Came
to an anchor about noon that day.
When we sighted Kusaie. saw sail
on our lee bow. some eight or nine
miles off. We signaled to her, and she |
to us. but being too far off, could not
make her out. She was, however, a |
large. four-masted ship, square rugged |
four and aft Thus there ends our |
Marshall Islands trip.
To sum up the cruise in this group, |
must say. the American Board ought |
tn he satisfied with the progress thus |
far made throughout the group. To |
one such as myself. who was there |
some % years ago. / must say won |
derfuI change has taken place, splr- |
ituaIIy. showing conclusively to my |
mind that the labOrS of the band OF |
Cody men and women who left the |
comforts of their homes and went out |
to preach the Gospel to the heathens
are not lost. Mighty, through COD,
have they been in the pulling down
of strongholds, the casting down OF
and every high thing that
has ever exerted itself against the
of God, withal, the bringing
into captivity of every thought to the
obedience of Christ.
HARRY SWINTON.