The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-01
THROUGH THE SOUTH SEAS.
mr. oAneona, of San Frnncisco,
Gives . Delightful Account of n
Visit to the Harquesas and Soci-

EFer since Charles Warren stoddard
wrote his delightful south SEA fdyis the
enc rn OF the Journey has induced many
f1Ne3eFs 70 try lis Vaccinations Mrs a.
- Afcona, we OF a physician ~ San
Francisco, has Just added such a delight
rui chapter 10 her experiences. She made
trap 10 the south sea islands on the
IfoFac Bird which returned 10 port On
Tuesday last This voyage has given
Mrs Ancona a book fun OF the mos,
entertaining notes and cabinets Of rare
tf4hsh. She Is 4 wide-awake traveller
saw Things with Intelligent and alert
t4+s ailo mas the rare faculty OF being
abe 10 tell all about i, in graphic narra-
tive She entered into the very spirit OF
the country. dressed like the natives dur
Ing her stay among them and got more
out or her weeks there than others have
out OF years. The voyage she saws, from
the time the ship left San Francisco I'M
III she dropped anchor again in the home
ppEt was Ike sail upon a stiu pond
Through the halrniest Of DAYS the Tropic
B!rd slipped down TO the islands in thirty
one days. but the return trip. because
The winds were fckle and would not blow
except IT zephyrs, took thirteen DAYS
longer. Mrs d'Ancona enters a protest
against every book that has been written
about these farawsy islands. She says
that they do not give tie reader even a
suggestion Of these happy isles, where no
one is busy, waere the natives Toll while
the food comes gratuitousiy or drift about
On th@ c!earest OF waters on hshing ex-
curstons
Mrs. d'Ancona was surprised to find
that her fellow passengers on the down
trip were Mormon missionaries. She SAYS
that she had heard that they were quietly
going to the Furthermore corners Of the
e'r'h' put she Was nos prepared 10 find
"a IN looking for converts among the
contented natives OF the tropics.
The first stop Of the Tropic Bird was
AT Taiohae in the Marquesas group. 4
short stay there showed people far
less interesting than those OF the Socie-
Is islands They are the ones who make
and drink abUndan{ly OF the tOdiies pre-
pared from distillation OF the cocoa
nut. From this least hosqitable- looking
OF all the islands. said Mrs. dAncona
comes the dreamy sail through the eighty
SIX Paumotu islands. The first glimpse
OF them looks if some great palm
fans We're drifting in mid-ocean. Coming
nearer, trees begin to take shape, and one
would have 10 land 10 be quite certain
that the great palms were not growing
directly from the water. ON many Of the
Islands the highest point above the sea
level is but twelve feet, and the very
highest % sill Is but eighty feet: They
ar. just gardens IN the ocean. Upon one
az them Il is estimated that there are
more than :, Dos. 900 cocoanut palms From
the paumotu islands Mrs. d'Ancona
brings some rare shells and beautiful
pearl The longest stay Was az Tahiti
where Mrs dAncona dressed like the
natives and went among them. She Jour
reyed far into the country from the main
SETTLE ,nent and found the natives when
ever they could, reyerting n their orig
final grass dresses and interesting ways
of living.