Show A letter from friendly islands hyrum shill rece iveda letter from a cousin who is on a mission in the friendly islands on monday from which we take by his permission son th the e following extracts we lave have says be a splendid climate here everything is green all the year round and the climate agrees with me first class we have plenty to eat and plenty to wear we have a proud people to labor among they think they are far above the whiteman they are well versed in the bible some of them nearly know it off by heart the language is very difficult to learn our prin cipal food is sweet potatoes find and green ban nanas boiled they are very good we also lave have some rice we get our grease from the cocoanut coco anut which gives the gravey a nice flavor we use cocoanut coco anut milk on our rice he adds that they never have any snow and that it is summer there now and that oranges are beginning beg ining to ripen as are also lemons we live near the sea shore says he be and we have a fine time sailing about on the ocean waters with our little boat he asserts that about 5 per month will keep him but that it is difficult to get hold of even that amount |