The courier., 1901-12-07
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perienced any sport that was as excit-
ing. exhilarating. or so deviIish spicy
as surf-riding.
We left Honolulu just at dawn, on
the morning Of Sept. 9Th. and 1 know
that we were all sorry to leave
this seemingly enchanted place, TO
whose seductive charms We had all be-
come willing captives.
FRIDAY, Oct. 1lth.
Since leaving Honolulu the time has
been passed quite Pleasantly and
various amusements have served TO
break the monotony. Every day a pool
is formed on the days run in which
most Of the passengers take part and
the numbers are all auctioned OFF to
the highest bidder. Our lowest days
run has been 259 miles and the highest
2s3. We have issued a paper called
the Warren Wasp" which consisted
Of twelve typewriter legal-cap pages.
and to which we all contributed some
matter. OF course everything referred
to our daily life here on board and
was full of local jokes and hits which
you would not appreciate. When we
passed the 1sOth meridian our caIen-
der was set ahead one day and il was
quite curious TO see the notice which
was posted up and read as follows:
''Notice.-Thursday. Oct. l. TomOr-
row will be Saturday Oct 3D." As
usual. this was Cinch for the joker
and as a result OF his work some o.
the ladies sat out on deck until long
after midnight looking for the merid-
ian. which they had been told could
be distinguished by a string Of Ian
terms placed in line. Yesterday We
passed land in the shape Of a single
lone volcano rising right out of the
ocean to a height Of 900 feet. II was
quite a sight and a very welcome one.
even though so bare and rocky. after
seeing nothing but water for two
weeks
We have had two or three hard
blows since leaving Honolulu and a
good many were again seasick. but
instead of receiving pity they were
every time a fellow would lean over
the rail We would all slap him on the
back and tell him to go to it. Cruel.
wasn't it? Every morning when the
sailors are scrubbing down decks about
five O'Clock, / jump out OF my bunk
and have them turn the hose on me.
Ii feels fine and the salt water is very
refreshing, although in these latitudes
II has temperature of about 50 de-
grees- After the hose bath, | generally
go back of our cabin to The Stern mar,
of the boat and sit in my pajamas
until IL is time to dress for breakfast.
AS our course is almost due west. of
course the sun rises directly in our
rear, and so I sit in my pa ajamas and
while slipping my coffee and putting a
cigarette. gaze upon the most beauti-
ful dawn and sunrises that one could
possibly imagine. 1t is certainly very
and highly enjoyable to
one who is possessed Of such dreamy
as / am.
MONDAY. Oct. 18th.
Our journey is dra wing TO a close.
ana the captain says we will sight the
northern end Of Luzon late this after
noon. and that we will be in Manila
Wednesday morning, the 18th. so that
ID will have taken as just one month
TO make the journey. 1t has been a
very pleasant and enjoyable journey
for most of US, as well as instructive
in many ways. The immense and
almost inconceivable greatness of the
Pacific cannot be appreciated until on.
has crossed ii and the extent of its
vast distances does not begin to dawn
upon one until Honolulu has been left
behind. We have all become very init
mate and warm friends. as is natur-