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Show Aniiiis t'" 'if. I Jnnriirj to " ew -ea!- 'J, V.'lt!i Coll nt ' ' i-il.rlcli UUnJr. .JerreepMI... .-"iba ntaxeir N-- 1 - "107111 ot . - la.t a largo 1 . limn. . ..i.eiigci.i b, a lee'- o' the "Alan I.- " 11J l-' ""ou ' " Irienm ami iciuaiutu.cia who m-J ij-'-heriM "I the whAif for Ihul (Kirpoee. We tailed through the UolJeti Hale, .--nd leatcht-J f'oluaibli'a khorea nettling from in till the ahadev of evening hid them fromrlow. Alter a few houra' tilling till-ing the merry laughter ceaed and, unit hy one, pi.aengtrs quietly left the dick to reek hiding 1 lacit below. Tho reaton for thli will le r.bvloua to all wholiivolancil through theorJtalcf crowing the "mighty deop." In a few dayt, hoever, the erl.lt wai u.-iwdt and ogaln tlm aneugcra uturutd with pile and tlokly foc-a lu gtza upon thewllo rxpantoof watcrt. Htven daya1 tailing enib'cl ui to riBch tho Maudwlcli I.Undr, and It wtuldbedlflicult to Imagine a more beautiful aAne than that which greet edutaa weentirt-1 tlielny. It being the Habballi.tlie vlallora at tho w harvta weredretaed In their Huuday nttlrc, aud the light dniaee, adorned with flowcra, wrre Trry atpruprltle, the wtathirbtingaa warniaa a tumntcr day In Utah. l.lder Drlgham Johuaon met our ouutany and contlucled ua through iherlrcoliuf Honululu, la the .Million hcute. The town irraented the np-arance np-arance of a Urge Ibwer garden. After rartaklng or n litany bieakfaat, woattendettn iiKetlng ol this Hllnta In the co-nmodlout Dtid well furnl.hitl meetlnghauve belonging lu the Mil-aloll. Mil-aloll. About oao bundled Halnll welcomed wel-comed us with "Aloha" and hcirly liantlahaklnga. The vlallora from Ion, r.lJtra(loJdr',Chlpiniu,r ibiir, I'almer and llottondorl, aitdrre'etl the congregation, their ranurki being Jn-tir Jn-tir retcd by l.lder Jobnton. A xtty fleaaant day wav ei-ent, and nt alx o'clock four of the inlntonarlra returned return-ed to the "AhrawU" leaving l.lder Iletteudnrf and family at Honolulu. Many Intareatlng concraatl na tcok nlace on tho tlratnur when It waa known that a coinrauy of "Mormon" mta-lonarle were un IjoahI, und wo trust that tome goocl may result therefrom. there-from. Tim following tjabbath lintl waa again tlghled aa wu beared U)lo, ouoof the Hamian Jalnlida. At noon tho "Alanu-dn" rai.t anchor In the tiBtimr, about two mltea from thelown nf Apia, which waa almost hi Men from view ly the many cocoa nut trees, 1 Ic. A novel at euo wat prraeDtcd to ua aa tho native". In their small and qui.lnl canon, turrounded tho vi.nl, ottering otter-ing ha uanar, r ranges, oocoiuult, etc., rr ra'e, or diving for col na, thrown by utsingera Intfi the water. Tho woather waa extremely hot ulnirat unUarablc ami wo pardoncnj tho natives for weiring audi leant cloth. In. Uur company hired a small boit and went akhoru, wlicro wo had the pleat, lite of meeting 1'resldeul llrewnlng and UUela Dastett. Humtuerhaya nn I Abel, who rrportril lint tha gnnd work woe proteialug on the Islands aud that ulneteen Lldert were uow laborlnt In tbatinlrslou. In a fow houra wewcto compelled tu return ami coi.tlnuo uur loumey toiitliward. Hir daa later we reached Ihei coast or New Xealai.il, I-usaiugmauy IsUudjas weopiroiehcd our destination. Aa we tutored the Waltemata harbor a good view waa obtained ol llio city of Auckland and Ita adjoining auhurbs, which cccui y a fine location on the southern tborea of the harbor. At thai wharf l'rctljent Htowart welcomed ua and wo were awn enJoylDg a long-looked-f' r rest. Several tlajs ero tnt visiting , oitits oflntereit Inthe vicinity. Near the clly la Mount Kden, Ml feet hlsh, from tlio summit of which the finest view nf the clly and surruuudlnz country Is obtained. We climbed to the summit and viewed lliu partially tilled crater nud the rulusuf old Maori fortlflcattont. The natives In time of wsr occupied all thtte elevations suJ built tsrraceiniiouiid them which are still 1 UUly visible. The i-opulatlnnof Auckland and suburb. sub-urb. Is about OO.yoo. The rrsldcula are ihlsll employed at tho whatft and lu the manufacturing Indu.lrles. The city hat an excellent water tut ply fromsprltica, nnd many or the ttreiis are either Hinged or ai halted. T ram ears run to tbe tuburbii, audn Hue o( ferry ttenmort plies Ulween Auckland ant the tut urbteutliu unrlli tldo or th harlor. An unjoyuble day was spent In the uh!!ofrrc library, which contains over ll,utrj volumes, and in the urt gallery and museum, whvro a utiit)uu collection or manuscripts, works of net, Maori rellc-H, apoclmeus, etc., may be seou. Thoelty la welf provided with recreation grounds. Albert park Iselatwrutely laid oil anl It almost a roast of licautlful tloncrs. 'Hie lulllo doiuulu coiitalns onu hundred lend ninety-six: acres, provldoi auplu room and sbudy walls, aud Is a popular resort. Afler tiendlng n fow dayt lu Auckland Auck-land Hi" brethran departed to their various fields of labor. Tn of llio I'.ldera hourdel thu "Walrarupa" ateaiiiablpaiidtaltett down the coast to Uliburne, nellitauceorsuil mlleefrom Auckland, Thei town of Olsbomo It located un the ruranganul rlter which Hows Into l'ovcrty Day. Tho loayi Is almost hidden with tho dense loll, ago uf trees, but has bt eu well hid out and contattia several substantial busb nets bice kt. It has n imputation uf about .'loo. Captalu Cook first landed uu this Island, near the 1 went location loca-tion of thu town. Atiout two miles from 111. borne la the Kaltl branch of tbu Church, where Kldera Oscar Andriis and Ii. C. ltitmutien are laboring. Die l.ldtra from ..Ion were wel coined by the Maori rialnta lu tlielr usual pcoull&r vay (no.o.rubblng), which wasnotdlaagrttable, especially when midclslood ea an evidence of flection. lheKsltlhrsnch la small hut contain! con-tain! aa good n cla.s of l.attcr.day Hntutfc ut e an be found lu nnuy t lacet. Iholljok uf Mormon la a favorite ttudy nud thoiiucstlous askM at a re ceut Priesthood meeting would have ierIexcd many of our theological classes lu J.I 'ti, and fow of the mem. hers would have auswurcU themiuoie correctly that) our Maori brethren end .t.trt,. rilnco arriving In this district I linve visited ull the t ranches. l.Uc-r Put e r hat gone further south, hit) the Mshludl.trlct. Veilerday a visit was paid to the Kelson Itrtis. frcvxlug works, fnls is now a (1 urlshlng Industry In New Zealand. Tho ub3T1 works h&ve a capacity forhondlln, 000 rhecp dally. d wlturned the klnuK and urejsl.ig, which was dene .lh skill am very rajildly. Alter the thcep nreclrtsM-e' aud cleanetl they are scit lu' chamber', where abut 6 n' frot dilly and atrrnl In tol clinmb rea j for ehl.ut. 1. Ms conutll, they nro pae -J 'n It., iti e anu .hl,.-e.ltul-i .'li- ! Ansu" inuje l't for Uimlull last . lit with r-ntl 1 f.'ni frr isnenrrascsof thcep a' M. I, I vei.lcs t- ( and iork. There ara ijul'e a tiumber of these free.ili.4 works 11 i tlio liluj.t at I te.ent, ami ol course lite valuk ol rluei has matorltlly ndvaneed. A few yeirt ago sh-ep were almost worthies, lielng sol I at about twenty-five twenty-five cenla each. Now they ale In ele-msnd ele-msnd at 2 and uparartlt. We nro nt present e Joying the fall of the year, and In U e lillil.t or tlio walcr-mdoii scosfn, nttdtt lsnlmnat as warm at mld-aitnmer In Ion. We are all lool.lngforw.ir I to the arrival of our next "home" moils. I'litLilx. |