Show an extract from a L letter from irvin fisher laie oahu bahu 11 II 1 I mar continued then from the palace we went to the wharf and were rowed out to the american warship war ship san francisco which was laying anchored in the harbor we went on board and aad were wera supplied up with an intelligent 0 and M gentlemanly guide who alio took us from top to bottom of tile the einach machine ine of destruction showing and explaining to us its its mode diode of operation in time lime of battle the working of its great guns me chinery and its modern improvements and conveniences as compared toa to a vessel of its kind builta a quarter of a century ago it it carries thirty six guns of various sizes fou four r powerful searchlights search lights and is i s manned edby by a total of officers and men it is feet in length 0 and was completed at a cost of 1800 its machinery magazines 0 etc are all below water line and placed amidships amid ships and surrounded by sixteen feet of coal as an extra protection then above tile the machinery is a whale back protection of solid steel three indies inches in ill thickness it is run by double cagins 0 and two independent screws one fore and one aft and its maximum speed is 22 kots per hour and when running at lull full speed consumes from seventy five to eighty tons of coal in twenty four hours its anchors weigh three ton each and its tonnage capacity is tous tons everything wits way in apple p pk i ie order through out and it way was tru truly ay a sight worth sec seeing ilig we expected to leave Ilono honolulu lulu for laie tile ibex next t morning 0 is the reason we did our sight 0 sund day afternoon but we did not leave morning at until tuesday 0 ival walking king ten tea wiles over the divide and arriving where our wagon wagon c was left at 7 0 clock part of tile dug pati pali flor or divide has bag way over the recently caved off so tile hie wagon could be brought braught tie no closer and we arrived here at laie at noon we are arc all elij enjoying dying t ourselves toc together rether here and are is as busy as can call be with tempora temporal I 1 labors making improvements on the Ire premises A nother another conference will soon be upon us its and we anticipate laving havinga c a time tinie of rejoicing together united 1 and interested asie as ve are arc all in the work before us and an excellent spirit prevails here bro hawks P and ladi I 1 visited the photographers the day we landed in result is that honolulu and tile the lip ha 8 changed 0 into a dozen dozea plots we vie saw one of tile the photos tos which shows that irvin arvin is well a and nd growing a genuine missionary beald |