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Show nrfcit rnoJi TAHITI. innl. r Tahiti. Boclrty Ia1anu, "i'SS Mhwlog Jot publication, f 1 1 11 meet with your approval. t. deicilptWo of llio B.nJwItli, ShtUn.lthe.JJ.e.ntl.l.na., "V off tbo B'"' Mt.imblp lino r" !f1Tlulltllol.erJ of, and If U.8outl.cinolilmo.ti.n. l'o.ntotl.umjorHy of lUu Inh.blt- !taDtc.UflemreralZ)iic, et. r. Ht l.'and. la tbl. group rr.blll W torjoil). Tliii., ihthoTuiu.l uJ Tii.molu lalinil J!, Utter Kfoup numbering aut H, ,,. all unJir the Kroucit Hag. Tahiti and Tupu.l, with their a.IJao. lit ilo ' ... aurh ni orauirea , kigiDU. onjo. plno appplai, e o , JJ abundantly. Many ohoiot. ' t.ianl.a 0' t'D wiiiperatn ,',',. aro cultivated and ' dally SSJht into I'Pto to market by Sid, -no "8,l", ,ino,t ,,cvt: fXSVrfenera.andoro mil rowardeJ for tMnclp.l parti are cocoinuto, .." nllla. Home cotton and IX, cultivated, but not exlriul vo. Ir tue burin prlcw belnilao low tlio lai t.yrare that the iiiIUm have S,u,donlllT.tln t) a groat uin, I blcb U rerreUbie ni they pni turlr I time In IdleuoM, Baying llieru I, no I mU in SnJmtry. A Urge i augar plantation, knon i tho Atlranio JSntaUen of Tablll, waa .uciot.rully fun many y R X Mr- rlMt, InJ av employment toaovrral them-ii them-ii I reople. Hugnr li now only mami; IMtured for home uae, it being claimed IMI II cannot be ahl pod nd omito Willi ether market prlcea. Ureal oatntllles of ava, an Intoxicating to. irate, are made from tho ulcuolthe iiuircant ud eolii to the natlvui, wM(h It tb foundation of many ovlld eilillDg among thim. Ue luamotu lihuJ, locatotl about M mllea norlheatt of Tahiti, unlike in ttber lilande, aro not niouutalu-,ui niouutalu-,ui Tbey are of coral formation nnd noted for the auperlor quality of piatl kill found there, of whlc'i there are huadlcdi of tone ahlppcd anmiMly to JtSerenl part, of tho world. Iio fclnd Jffrulti or vegitablea grow oil theao liandi, Ibtugh ttiBCOioanutllourliliea, aaatiili Willi tbo many varieties of lih, formi the uatlvia' jirlnclial food, which certainly mint be very null nu-ll the, aith, uatlveaareof the largest acd moat corpulent typi. Tho akin of IbiTuainotu natlrula aeveral ahadci dukir than that of tho Taulllan,ow'ng te tbelr ouitant labtr lu the hot aun lodiilt water diving for the pearl It'll!. i Allot lb, J ear 160 A. 13. the Otwrca of Jeiua Chrlit of l.atlor.Jay fiiloUbida ruemberihlp of at leaat HMnitlTn throughout the dIUerent aioltbeie lilauJ. Hhsrlly after tbiituti date tho mlialonarlia weru cimxlid ta leave, and many of their i-iaTiiliijtlered Imprlaonment for the UiimI'j lake at the hand, of jealoui c;fl!at!. Year, liavo parsed nnJ ' (tltroua wolvea enteroJ, acatterlug lea flick " ODtho27lho( January, lS92,myaeIf lad companion, llrother W. A. Merg. mller, oi ltlchtleld, Utah, landed on Tabid aa mlaalonarlia of the Iburch of Jciui Chrlit of l.at. Iir-dij Salnla and Uwu Inquiry wi Itaruad that moat all the church mtmben of former da) a were diad, whlla the younger claaa, being left ao long without a ahephcrd, had auoclatoi tbemielvca wltu other do. noialuallaui. We were grerted with many ilbcsuraglng rematki, but aaaurcd Iboie who could apeak l.nglla'j that o bad coma to atay. Two week! alter arriving we itarted out, on foot, for ttur of the Ialand,aniloui to begin the atudy of our uivr language. Wu wcro billed nt every towu with la oranar rapaat (How are you, atrargura.' ) ami when near meal time touieouu would err out Jlacre mal In tnua taluul (Come nnd eat Willi ual) We lxn learned the meaning of theie vordiof graetlng, and very thaukliilly accepted tho klim Invitation tu eat, aliep,tto. Ithelnglho rainy aiaiou at that time, we had much rain nuJ Dud to contend with, and on the eail alileol tho Inland we had many lltara to wade; but we aut.ct.idod In making the tour of one hundred mllea around the laland, fi'ellug that wu had lien greatly bUmed In our first eirerlencu of thla kind. Wu found the native people tu be very hoapltaulo and mil aacrlflclug lu their crude modu of living. June lal, b92, we were Joined Inour labon by llrollur Jamna H. llrowu and on l.laudo, of Bait l.ako City, and J Idir riiuruta Joiaa of Hooper. Brother Jlrown fullllled a mlaalou of tort, yeara lo theau Inland, forty-two Jeara ago and la well remembered by many of the uatlvil. He la now ogod and ctljpluj, but, thruugh hi, faith, baabeeu atrengthinel for every trial to date, and aaya hla hi-iiltli la better now mm t im be,n for live yeara. Through tho Ueailugi ol the lord jo baplnma have been made during the paitnionlh.ono being a native man jabowai greatly alllloted, nnd Inataut IT haalej by the lower of Uod through faltb. We flud the aame plrlt or prcludloe luro that the l.Uem have to contend with lu other mUalouary CelJi, oooailoned by the alio atate. nieni, of t10 unbullevlng. Wo aro diligently atrlvlng for a kuowelgouf tlie language and with tho niaiatanco ; Oldlvlueald hope to bo lucitsalul in i removing prejudlco and Imi lantlug the i prlnclplea of truth luatvad. I Will add beforu olualng that all navigation from tho dlllertnt lalauda lad to Han franclato la aciompllshod M tailing venoUonly. Very reapectfully, J03EI II W. JMMIION. |