Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-02-09

It Is entirely independent, and Is 1900
miles away, | came from Australia 20
Wellington on the Mokoia, Of the Union
steamship line, a vessel OF about 5000
tons as well furnished as well kept
and as well managed as any which
steams up our great lakes.
The voyage, however, was not as
smooth as that Of the great lakes. This
southern Pacific II very much like our
northern Atlantic. II IL wild and stormy
at times. The latitude Of Wellington
Is just about that OF New York, and
your surroundings are often dreary and
sOmbre. ! found IL q great change from
the smooth seas Of the tropics. in which
I had been travelling The clear skies
and their golden stars seemed 20 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 lad
der like racks on the table TO hold the
dishes at every meal, and had to INT
our soup plates to our chin. balancing
the steaming LIQUID to the movement Of
the boat, one night buxom young
lady, who was strklngly 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
II made me almost seaslck TO watch
them. AS / walked the deck, I had to
bend this wayand that 10 keep my bal
ance. and when I sat the deck steward
tied me TO the rail outside the saloon
wall 10 keep me from sliding down 10
the edge Of the boat. The spray dashed
over everything, and as New Zealand
girl said, ut was real na-astyl'
A STORM SOUTH or THE EQUATOR
Still the southern coast Is grand,
stand with me on the Mokola and take
at look at It Off the coast Of Now Tao
land in the midst Of a storm. The sea,
green from It's shallow depth, Is rolling
in vast waves to and fro Il is a seeth-
ing. foaming mass. There are white
cans everywhere We are mounting and
falling upon sea green hills spotted with
foam. and in places blanketed with
white. Great pillows are chasing one
another like race horses over the roads
Of the sea. They roar as they run with
a noise like the falling OF many waters.
The thunder is that Of a thousand Nj
agaras
Now the waves meet and the foam
dashes up In n spray which catches the
sun and turns # 20 rainbows. The sun
IL low and the ralnbows extend at right
ANGLES out from the ship. They are so
close that you can almost wash your
fngers m them They come and they
go; a hundred different rainbows In az
many minutes. They dance in and
dance out. They ride as II were on the
crests Of the waters, only to shine, dis
appear and give place TO others, How
the slip struggles and pants! The fog
horn blows continually. We are hours
IN making few miles and are tossed
about all night by the storm. In the
morning It clears and we soon find our
selves ut anchor in the Bay Of Well
ington with the capital Of New Yea
land before us.
A BIRD's.EYE VIEW OF NEW YEA
LAND.
Wellington is a good place from
which 20 take bird's.oye view of New
Zealand. Ii is In about the center OF
the country on Cook strait, at the
southern end of the North Island.
New Zealand is made up OF three ISL
ands. As they die on the map they make
altogether great boot turned upside
down with It's toes toward Australia
and with a break ut the instep in Cook
strait The North Island, in which
Auckland and Wellington are, forms
the foot, the Middle Island, which
contains the highest mountains and the
best agricultural land, is the leg, and
Stewart Island, the little patch at the
bottom, is the loop at the end of the
strap by which the boot Is pulled on,
The country looks much like Italy
turned upside down and 1t Is not far
different in size climate and natural
conditions II IL about 1000 miles long
a little longer than from New York to
Chicago. and about as wide at It's
broadcast part as from New York to
Boston. The North Island is little
bigger than Ohio and the Middle ISL
and larger than the combined areas of
New York and Massachusetts, or big
ger than England and Wales. Stewart
Island is about half the size of Rhode
Island. 1t is very mountainous, and al
though It supports few sheep 1t Is
chiefly a summer resort.
The New Zealand climate is warmer
than that of England It Is moist and