The St. Louis Republic., 1901-02-10
ew Zealand LOOKS ike great boot turned upside down."

thence to New Zealand. This whole trip
costs $s25.
The Messaseries and the North German
Lloyd have many large ships running from
Australia to Europe and. in fact. you can
get a steamer almost any day. As to trips
about the Wild New Zealand coast, the
service Is excellent There are scores o6
steamers which move from port to port.
and you can go almost any week to the
Tongas. the Fits and other islands Of the
South Seas.
The stormy south Pacific ocean.
On the map New Zealand looks like the
little half-sister Of Australia 1t is not II
is entirely independent. and is LOO miles
away. I came from Australia to yelling.
ton on the Mokoia, Of the Union Steamship
Line. vessel Of about 5000 tons. as we'll
furnished. as well kept and as well man
aged as any which steams up our Great
Lakes.
The voyage. however, was not as smooth
as that Of the Great Lakes. This Southern
Pacific is very much like the Northern At
lantic 1t Is wild and stormy at times
The latitude Of Wellington Is Just about
that of New York. and your surroundings
are often dreary and somber. found It
a great change from the smooth seas Of
the tropics. in which 1 had been travelling.
The clear skies and their golden stars
seemed to have been plated with lead. and
the heavy clouds which hung down from
them were angry and full Of wind.
How the steamer rolled! We had ladder
like racks on the table to hold the dishes
at every meal. and had to lift our soup
plates to our chins. balancing the steam
ing liquid to the movement Of the boat.
One night buxom young lady. VINO was
decollete, sat opposite me at the table. The
ship gave a sudden lurch and her soup
went down-outside. Another girl lost her
coffee in my lap. My pajamas swung to
and fro from the hooks In my cabin, so
that it made me almost seasick to watch
them. As I walked the deck had to bend
this way and that TO keep my balance. and
when I sat the deck steward tied me to the
rail outside the saloon wall to keep me
from sliding down to the edge Of the boat.
The spray dashed over everything. and. as
New Zealand girl said. 1T was real
na-astyr'
A storm south Of the Equator.
Stiu the Southern ocean Is grand. Stand
with me on the Mokoia and take a look at
II of the coast OF New Zealand in the midst
of a storm. The sea, green from its shallow
depth, is rolling in vast waves to and fro.
1t is a seething. foaming mass There are
whitecaps everywhere. We are mounting
and falling upon the sea-green hills spotted
with foam, and In places hlanketed with
white Great pillows are chasing one an
other like race horses over the roads Of the
sea- They roar as they run with q noise
like the falling of many waters. The thun-
der Is that Of a thousand Niasaras.
Now the waves meet and the feam dashes
up In spray which catches the sun and
turns 1t to rainbows. The sun Is low and
the rainbows extend at right angles opt
from tho ship. They arc 20 close that yea
can almost wash your fingers In them They
come and they gos . hundred different fain-
bows In e. many minutes. They dance IN
and dance out. They ride. ~ It were. on
the crests Of the watezs. only to shine, dis
appear and give placs to others. How the