Show TRAVELS NO LV arom the date of my return to pa bete from the islands on larch joth 1896 to april 1896 hen n I 1 sailed on the steamer richmond i new zeala zealand nd I 1 spent my time on the land and of tahiti an and though I 1 feared ifo A that h I 1 would find it tedious alting I 1 a am m p pleased eased to state that I 1 had occasion to spend a single day in ness eness busily engaged in arranging ar rangin 9 3 tao my y historical notes perus and culling from works of authority tho tb south pacific islands writing otters visit ingy etc the time passed quickly I 1 also madea maae a few visits to leop plew lewith ith whom I 1 naturally became ac anted ted called on govern government ment officials W jr dates and other information and pe used ed books at the municipal library ag my hand at deciphering french bior nearly all the books there were printed dated in im the french language I 1 also lied for the use of a sch school ool ouse house to lectures in but prof or more veone ve one ahnne wrote me a polite note of re i the next day I 1 was also visited in aty 7 room mom by a few natives but I 1 could tat t carry on much of a conversation rith ith them I 1 bought my provisions and warded crded myself but soon found that my knowledge ilow ledge of cooking which I 1 acquired acquire a pat t a railway cam camp ip near ogden utah in had left me lor for I 1 had no success s ai making my food d palatable several if invitations I 1 received to dine on board cimfl ship nip lying in iu the harbor were there welcome under these cir among those I 1 visited while staying papette te w was a s mr J lamb doty unit states bonsu consul t to tahiti who detailed ailed account ot his lve e me e a deta ac I 1 i connection with the attempt of J the governa government ent to stop our missionaries il froin preaching in the french posses W afrig in the pacific he said that only fe ifie forms of religion were permitted by uw in tahiti and its dependencies I 1 timely roman catholics protestants I 1 jews buddhists and ana band d furthermore that all the united estates consuls and representatives in 4 lands we were re ordered by the sec gitary of state at washington D C in 1 vot not to extend any protection what ler tp to mormon missionaries this was still in force when the trouble we early in 1895 and the baid ja id governor our elders to oi ch hence when mr doty was ap 11 pealed paled to 0 o by our people to intercede in it placed him in m a rather awkward position but be felt it was his aft ny to protect them and he did so and ays yys pleased afterwards to learn that his actions ams were indor endorsed indorsed ed sed by the govern t 1 h washington under date of jul 1895 the secretary of bbate him to the effect that inasmuch as y b has as ceased to be the chief tenet aey in the mormon faith and that th hw teachings were now in accordi aiple w ith good morals and bible doc f t trin teB he was to extend to the mor H olon elders the same protection as he p vt mw other american citizens and H bisbo is bow mutters matters stand at present j wr ciders a are not legally authorized to preach yet and cannot be until the W a french home government places mormonism on the same footing as the five denominations mentioned above and then each elder must be provided with separate certificates from the colonial authorities before he is legally authorized to preach in the colony mr D doty oty expressed the opinion that the opposition to our people was more on the part of the protestants than the roman catholics the latter are rich and independent and are especially backed by the government but the french protestants es tants who obligated themselves to the london society missionaries when they vacated the field many years ago to pay them a large sum of money for their churches etc feel themselves imposed in upon by the mormons cormons Mor mons they have bought the field from the english fair and square they say and think they ought to have it and here the mor bons have spread themselves over nearly the whole group preaching the gospel without money and without price to the great financial loss ot of the other parties so bo after all we seem to be the aggressors mr doty thought it not advisable for me to see the colonial governor concerning the mission matters as elder frank cutler in connection with himself were doing all in their power to bring about as speedily as possible the understanding and arrangement which ultimately it is hoped will result in perfect liberty for our elders to preach the gospel in the society islands and through out the whole colony during my stay in papette I 1 became acquainted with mr isaab asaad S henry a man over seventy years old he is a son of the rev william henry one of the first london society missionaries to tahiti who arrived in the duff in 1796 mr henry henra holds some peculiar religious v views one of which is that napoleon III of france is the anti chirst spoken of by paul in JI thess chapter 2 and by other inspired writers he also believes that the english and american people are the ten lost tribes and that the wilderness where the woman or church of christ Jh rist ap as mentioned in re rev xi an 6 will be nourished 1260 1260 days is in utah ged having prepared the place for that purpose believing firmly that the united states is the nation which should give the woman two wings of a great eagle with which to fly into the wilderness mr henry felt himself called upon to make a visit to the united states about twenty five ago to declare hs hf s special message fl and while engaged in earnest prayer in the town of Cal estoga not far from oakland california on a certain day in 1872 he was impressed to ask the lord to reveal unto him the exact location of the wilderness where the woman sh should 0 lid find shelter in answer to his request an audible voice which seemed to pro aeed from a place immediately behind him said salt lake instinctively as it seemed he answered nut not so lord how bow can this be when such enor gities are committed by the people there and then he turned around to look but could see no one yet the voice spoke again and said they hold the g gifts but shall be purified of their enormities P 1 since that time mr henry has been a firm believer in the theory that utah is the place in the wilderness 1 prepared by the lord for the woman to flee to 10 1 and he was much pleased with the fail historical account I 1 gave him of utah and my assurance that no such enormities were ever committed there as tee he had been led to believe he visited anje me a number of times during my stay in papette Pa peete and I 1 also railed called at his houses and we had many long and interesting conversations among those I 1 became acquainted with while at papette was also ard A e C andersen captain of the brig lorine of coffano fano denmark As we were both mutually pleased to meet a countryman in this far off part of the world we exchanged visits quite often and conversed conver isid a great deal about religion and other matters I 1 also conversed with the ships ta t two A 0 mates jensen and moller we latter a native ayen denmark being bf a religious turn of mind and possessing a number of somewhat original ideas about the bible and christianity the lorine lonne is is a new and fine look looking irig ship of tons register and has principally been chartered 4 for the cobra trade since it left hamburg germany nearly two years ago from here it is homeward bound b 4 captain andersen is a man of broad v views aws is is a self made man and the principal owner of the ship which cost i kroner about when if i was built at fano in 1891 on monday march I 1 wade made a visit to point venus an interesting so spot about seven miles northeast of papette Pa peete where mr a fren preach ch half caste who has charge of the lighthouse light houft took me up in the tower from the top of which the view is very good and quite interesting ike point venus the northern point of 0 labile is the most important geographical P 0 site in the pacific ocean as it has been the point most accurately deter 1 I ta mined or at least has had more exten sive series of observations made on off it than elsewhere cooks first expedition led to this spot to observe the transit ot of venus in 1769 and since then than a number of other scientific men have made observations here point venus ventis is in latitude 17 29 sa 30 south lo 10 long 28 21 west T there h here is a sal small church and a fort at this point and new near it lies the village of matavai inhabited by natives and several white men neat near the extremity of venus was the r old light house bouse built in 1856 which was in charge of an old french veteran and an 4 near it is still shown the la marine tree planted by captain cook close to the 11 spot where he be completed his important labors but on january ast 1868 the present light ho house use was first illuminated aj 4 it was built the year before 1867 which was ninety eight years atter after captain cook made his im important t astronomical observations on the point the light house consists of a square w white bite tower built of coral rock 72 leet fel et high aw and from it is shown a fixed axed bright light alj elevated 82 feet above the sea and visible 15 miles mile off the ground u d re which the tower is built is only ten feet t above the level of the sea matavai bay the best harbor on the island of lies to the westward of point venus and was called port royal harbor by its discoverer Wal lisin 1767 batt this al has been superceded superseded super ceded by its native name the road from papette to point bettus is good all the way and is much shaded by the overhanging cocoanut coco anut trees wid and other tropical vegetation in going out I 1 watched a gang of natives bringing in their canoe and fishing net from the sea and in conversing with them I 1 learned a few more tahitian words in addition to the very limited supply I 1 already had at my command in returning I 1 called at a native house to get a drink of water but was given cocoanut coco anut milk to drink instead which I 1 thoroughly er enjoyed joyed on wednesday march I 1 made a trip up in the mountains all alone some na native tive friends who were to have accompanied me as guides not putting in their appearance at the appointed hour I 1 started at 7 in the morning after walking about four miles which brought me high up in a romantic can yon with very steep mountain noun tain sides it commenced to rain in in regular tropical style and soon my umbrella proved altogether inadequate as a means of protection tec tion presently I 1 reached an unoccupied native hut near the forks of the canyon where I 1 left all the clothing which Y I 1 considered surplus for the occasion and started off even barefooted but I 1 had only gone a few yards when f I 1 was admonished to return for my shoes it was fortunate I 1 did so for I 1 found the distance to go much farther and the path much rougher than I 1 had expected and my bare feet not having a natural tough sole under them like the natives feet could not have held out against the rocks continuing my walk I 1 soon had to ford the river a stream of consider able size and a short distance above the ford II 11 came to the forks of the canyon where the river and the road also forked I 1 took the left hand road but had proceeded only a hort bort distance when I 1 was prompted to go back and take the other one in doing so I 1 had to cross the one fork of the river where the bottom was very rough and rocky by this time my scanty clothing did not have a dry thread in it and the rain still descended in torrents but I 1 was determined to go as far as old port fort faa rahi rabi where the natives of tahiti withstood the french forces for several years during the long war in the aos and 1 and which consequently after is s a point of historical importance after crossing the fork I 1 found myself climbing the side of the mountain very fast by following the winding path which in many places was overgrown with the tropical to fo liage and running vines that abound here on n tall nearly all the m mountain slopes atlant at last after having ag walked about one and a half miles from the fork or six miles from papette Pa peete I 1 reached the outer wall of the fort already named it stands on the top of a precipice nearly feet high over the face of which leaps the river thus making one of the most beautiful waterfalls I 1 have ever seen being unable to reach the bottom of the lall fall I 1 descended from the fort wall to the top of df the cataract where I 1 among other things enjoyed a natural shower bath by getting under a little side fall which fell into the river immediately above the big one after gazing upon the wonders of nature and the old fortifications to my hearts content and after picking ferns to send home I 1 retraced my steps down the mountain but having been exposed to the pitiless storm so long I 1 at length began to feel cold though the day was warm putting on my shoes which however immediately failed with water Iwas I 1 was enabled kowalk to walk taster faster and soon reached the forks of the canyon but then I 1 found that the rain had swollen the stream to such an extent that instead of thet water being only knee deep when I 1 crossed it before it was now a raging river which came near washing me away as I 1 crossed it and had I 1 not clung firmly to a friendly rock which arose from the bottom of the stream to rest myself I 1 might not have reached the other bank at the point I 1 did my next effort was to cross the main river but in venturing out at first I 1 was unable to stand in the current and in order to escape being wa washed hed over the rapids below I 1 quickly retraced my steps but soon tried again and at length succeeded by the aid of a pole on the limb of a tree to cross though not without danger when 1 I reached the hut where I 1 had left part of my clothing I 1 discovered that the ants had seized my lunch and thousands of the little insects were busily engaged in devouring it being hungry myself I 1 endeavored to capture from them what they had bad left but in doing so I 1 soon felt myself covered and bitten again and again by the little pests and I 1 had to jump in the river to get rid of them while doing so I 1 placed the lunch on the top af of an adjacent rock and when I 1 came back I 1 found that a colt which was grazing near by had eaten all my cake so 1 had to return to papette hungry after all which I 1 did about 2 p m on wednesday april I 1 boarded the steamer richmond and sailed from papette Pa peete tahiti bound for auckland new zealand where I 1 arrived on the irth having halving only called at one island tonga on the way the weather being good we had a pleasant voyage I 1 gave one lecture on board which was listened to by nearly all my lellow fellow passengers and the ships crew with wrape attention among the passengers was the hon M Pa governor of the society islands and ana adjacent groups he is returning to france not having given satisfaction to his government at home accompanied by other french colonial officials my next field of labor is australia and I 1 expect to sail for sydney on the aoth dinst ANDREW JENSON auckland new zealand april |