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

+ too ] o'clock that night-November
11th having run the distance as per
observation. When daylight came. no
| land was in sight: $50 that morning,
| took an observation, found we were
| 81 miles TO the eastward having been
carried there by a strong current
| As we did not care TO beat up TO IL,
| concluded TO keep off for Ebon,
o'clock that same morning.
| BY observation at noon found our
self Al miles from Ebon and the wind
being light did not sight land until
615 that evening.
We luffed up to the wind, furling all
light sails, and waited for daylight.
Bright and early got up steam and
came up to the east end of Ebon,
n. M, November 18th: entered passage
two hours later and came to an anchor
off the station, 9: 40 a. m.
/ remember some q and % years ago
when | was in the old Morning Star.
plotting her to the anchorage. 1t was
here that Mr.. Snow and Mr.. Whitney
were stationed. The place looked the
same, but | missed the genial face of
Mr.. Snow who has since gone to his
reward | remember how upon our ar
rival he was wont to come on board
with smiling face and shake heartily
by the hand all who happened to be
aboard.
I remember also how he used to sit
| up with me during my watch on deck
at night, and speak to me about my
| spiritual welfare. Although / was not
Christian, | felt very much inter
ested. The pleasant way he had of
expounding the Scriptures to me, quot
| ing several passages of Holy writ, to
show me the error of my ways, made
me feel very much like Agruppa before
the Apostle Paul. | could say as he
did, almost thou persuadest me to be
a Christian" | did not tell him so, how
ever, no matter how much / may have
felt like doing so.
There we had pleasant weather, the
teacher of the island came on board
and a number of canoes alongside.
One of our visitors was half-caste
of the Sandwich Islands. He has lived
in that group for a number of years,
is married and has a family. His old
est boy was on board with us. He had
been a year at the training school on
Kusaie and had just returned to his
family. His little daughter goes to the
girls training school. We took her on
board when we left the next day
The Hawaiian referred to had the
misfortune of losing his right hand
while fishing with giant powder. This
has prevented him from doing much
work He is a fine blacksmith. Owing
to the misfortune, he wants to get
back home once more and to bring his
family with him. | told him | would
see what could be done for him when
| got back again in Honolulu.
After dinner on the day of our ar
rival, DR.. Rife. Miss Palmer, the school
girls and boys went ashore to see the
people. Found everything satisfactory
there and the good work going trium-
phantIy onward.
Next day, Ais D. M, November 18th.
got under weigh for Namuick passed
out of the lagoon, 440, into the open
sea. AS we wanted to get to the next
place bright and early the next morn
ing, we sailed and steamed; II o'clock
that night stopped engines; $3.50 a. M,
raised land 8 miles away; started en-
gines again: soon we were running
along the coast for the Mission sta
ton. This was one of the islands
where we had to lay off and on as
there is no entrance into the lagoon.
When abreast of the station, lowered
boat. Dr. Rifle, Miss Palmer, with
their crowd, went ashore as usual to
see the people. This is the only island
in the group from which no canoes
came alongside.
We were in luck on account of hav-
ing such fine weather. The people
ashore told us that it was the first fine
day they had seen for two or three
weeks. IF we had arrived there the day
before, we could not have landed.
Found the work here as at Ebon,
progressing. We left a few passengers
whom we had brought from the other
islands, to help the good work.
6:15 p. m.-Boat returned with DR..
Rife, Miss Palmer and the rest of them.
We then braced forward, made all sails
but the royal, and set out for JaIuit,
our last port in this group.
Since the Germans have taken these
islands, they have made - imperative