Show I Jensens Travels I until ro it From the title 01 my return to Pa I act e from the Tuimolu Islands n nIl n-Il l r ch tutu 1896 lo Al nl it 1890 n n I lOlled on the iteamer Klrlimom jo w Zealand J pent my time on the nd nl Tahiti and though I cared t r rchand that would 1 hind It ItduUl tied 1 ug i I pleated to Hale Ib11 I had r o iison > to > Iellll l a sinhle l day In I i 11 DinHy engage In arranging 1 i vying my historical roles perm y j a J 1 culling from works of authority Ie I South Pacific I lands wiliin II I utr vliltlnc etc the lime panned Uy 1 alto mule a few villi i ti > pleva l lit whom naturally I became qiulnlcd tilled government odicials for dates nml other Inrormatlon moll pe fined boo at the municipal library In log my hand at dcdpherirg French 1 fur nenrly all the boot there were printed In the trench 1 language I also pplUd for the use ol a scboI house to live one or mote lecture I In but toot I Alone wrote me a polite note of re I at the next day I wa also visited In sty room by a few name bit I could nut curry on much ol a conversation u ith them I bought my proviilon foil I boarded injscll but scan > lound that my knowledge 1 of cooking which 1 acquired < nl i railway camp near Ogden Visit In i 09 had kit me lor I had no success In nuking my food palatable SeverAl Inilntions I received to dine on board a hip Iylllg I in the harbor were there lore doubly welcome under these cir cumttances Among those 1 vlalted while stating at Papeete was Mr J Lamb l Italy Inltcd Mate coniul tu robot who k tverne a detailed account ol hit ac lulIIl 11 I connection with lime nllenipt ol t internment lo stop our mluionarlea tan I prtai lung In the I rencli powea I hell ion in the I facilic lie mid that only t ore < f re Igion were pirinliled l by IW I In Uhlll and tie I dependencies n mel Uonuii I Liiboh IrotontanU Jean N HuddliM Snit Mahommetnni and furthermore lint nil I Hie inteil Mate consuls and prcKiitativc iiI ii-I reln lands were ordered by tin bee IUry ol Mate nl Vashlrglon U I C i1 i i ly not 1 to extend any rulciilon vviiit ever tu Mention i miasluiianei I jj I lilt order was Hill In lone when alto trouble arose early In ISys and Urn lusmuUi r i landsgovernor lbleI our Mden lo preach Hence I when Mr I Uoty was ui p I used to by our people I to Intercede In tli r behalf It placet linn In 0 rather awkward petition l but him felt it till his Duty to protect them and lie did to and va pleased afterward lu leain that hits a lions acre duned i iv I the govern rent In ahiiiton Under Date of June afib ethyl the Secretary ol Mate wrote him lu me > heat that uniuch as polg imy las cease I to lw I the chief tenet In Urn Mormon faith and that their leadline acre now in accord sore alit good moral and 1 little doctrines doc-trines hew AI lu extend lo Ihe Mormon I Mor-mon 1ldcr tae same protection as he did to other American cltlMin And Hut 11 hew mallets stand at resent I Our t 1 Mers in nut legally luthuilied lo I tacit pct and cannot Ie l until I the Ircniii yl home government place I Mar I rnunism on the tame fooling as the hvi oj nominations minlluned above and then each lIJ r mutt be provided with Connie certificate from the colonial autborine lie Iura he U legally author lied preach 1 In the colon Mr Doty rxpreaied Hit opinion I that the oppoal I li HOD lo our people pas more lel the part cf the PruUManu than the Roman Catholics 1 he latter are rich and Hide lenient I and are optcijll tacked by the I government Itut 1 the French I Trot c lanu who obligated Ilitntielve to the London Socci miksiciMiics when they vacated the hold many yean ago lo Iy them a horn Mini ol money lor their churches lie teed ihemtelvc mi posed hone I Lou upon lit by the the Ii I Mormon Id from the They fug 1 hilt I lali aid si MU they lay and think they ellhtlo i au It and lure Die Mor lions have spread themselves over nearly the whole luamotu group preaching the do pel without mone > and without pilce I to the great Imanclil Iou el the other arliea i > a alter all we scout to be the n Krettori Mr Duly thought u not ndvuablc for me la tee the colonial ROiinor concerning con-cerning the mission I millets at tiller I Frank Cutter In connection whit I himself were dolug all In heir power lo bring about at speedily nl poisible the under ttindlnR and arrangement which ult maid u Is hoped will I retult In pcrlect I r lrlroIi3 lll g liberty for I our Eiders 1 to preach the Oo pet in die I Soetely Islands and throughout Uh rI ro out the whole I colony During mv Hay in Papeete I became acquainted with Mr Isaac S i Henry a man over sitinty t cats old I lie Iso Ion of the Rev Vllllim llenr I one of the trial London boclety mlislonanm lo 111 hit > who arrlveol In the Dul f In Ijl6 Mr Iltnry holds some pcculisr reltgiuu a ICW8 one of which la Hut N I i oloon 111 of l Franco I bh the Audi thirst upolcin ul by Paul III II theta clnplcrj and tv other Inspired wrlieri he also 1 bi 11tc 1 that the Lncluli and American Ir I plo are Iho ten lost irlbcs and that the wilderness where the woman uri ur-i lurch of Christ an mentioned In keno o C will be noulIhe1 1160 days h i Inc Utah In-c having prrpari 1 the place 1i1 fur that t I purpose Uehevutg f firmly trot Ii < > i UnlleoJ Staten U Jim nation which ilDjId give thin woman too using of a err it eagle with which to fly Into the IJrnen Mr Henry fell hlnidl called upon lo make a visit lo the United Suits about twenty nu ears iu to tic tare his iptciul nio < aie And chum cngagedinuarnest prjjer In the 11alrumho town ol Calcsloa not fir Ironi Oak rand Calilornla on a ci rnln day In tbj hi I a 11 Inipriksed to ask the Laid 10 rte > rt-e + unto him the exact location II f th vu mes where the woman should bed nun In answer lu hlo request > na Jiblt I olcu which seemed lo pro I cent b 1111 i n place inmicdUlily buhlnd hum Id Salt Lake Instmctivil > > n cnicd he ansivcred I Not so 1 NuII lot how can this al be when such enr ruler arc committed by tho people Ih and then lie turned l round 10 lu IoUI nulil sea tin ohm yet the video < again and said I try hi 11 the bit I i mil hall be punned of their nor u t1 i Since that lima Mr Ilttiryhas ice arum I be lever In the theory that lii f il Ir WII I i the pi ice In the ullelcriiMi prc r I reel dbr the I Lord for the uonnn toilet 1 and lie litl f was much pleased wit the m iiuriial account I gave him ol Ulili r J mv 11 i suraiicc that no Inch in r l I 4 were ever committed there us he hI I d boon led to beluve He 1 visited me number of times during my Hay in teu 1 Vcitt and II I also called iall Ills house and we had many long and Interentins coon eresmio ns Amonu those I became iqunnlr with while at Papeete was alt 1 Mr9 C Anderrcn captain of the brig un of I I > mo Denmark Aa we were holh mutually pie i ed In mel a countryman in tea far oft part of the world wr x iiingi d 11011 i quit often and comer d a great deal about rclgion and other mniirr I also convened with the oh jjn two mules Maura Jensen and M Her the latter a native ol Svcncbor I Fen 1 Lt nmnik being of a rrligious turn ol m nd and possesMng a number I I ol omewhat original ri cas nliout the I Ihb e and Chriallan ty Hie Lorlne II I anew a-new and Tine looking ship nf 381 Ion register and has principally I c n char ten d for the cobra trade since Itlcl Hamburg Geimany lit a ly two years 00 I rom hue I It Is homeward Ironed I I Captain Andenen la I a man ol broad vies Is f ii ttlf made man mid the principal owner ol the ship which colt lo oco kroner about 16000 when II was built at Fame I in 1891 vlltnl Monday Match a rd I made a null to 1olllt I Ventil an fnlere tlng slat nlxjut seven miles norllmtl of Iapete usher Mr CadantKan a French half came who has charge of the lighthouse took me I up in the I tower rum the top of i which the view is I very good and quite Interesting Point Veniw the nrrlhern point 01 Labile b the most Important geutraphl cal site in tho Picifii Ocean at It hu I been Ihe point moat ac aatele drier mined oral lent haa had more eaten she series 01 observations made on It than elsewhere Cook first expedition expedi-tion led In Iht spot 10 observe the transit ol onus In 1769 and since then n number of other scientific men have made observations here Point enui Ivan latitude 57n93u soulh long 149 as > i weal i sere U n small I church and a format thus IlOlnl and near It lie the tillage ol Manual inhabited by nalivea and several white men Near the ettrenilly ol Puinl Venua was Ihe old Unlit bouid built In 1856 which ua In cliirge of an old rencli I veteran and near it la Hill lo shown I the la marine tiee planted by Captain Cook close to the pot where Ira completed liln important labor Hut on January yet iS6n the preciit L light liouie wai fir t illuminated i I It was built the year belure ll 1167 which was ninety eight years alter Captain Cook made the Important astronomic iibservatlons on Hid point The light houne consists or n ripiure whit lower hulll of coral rock 72 heel high and from it Is shown a hied bright light elevated 8 > focI alone the tea and visible I ij mllei rbu The ground upon which the tower It built Is I only ten feel boo the level ol the sea Matavu llay the belt luirhor on the Mind 01 ihitl lies to the westward of Point nul RndlIcaIlLd Pi n kvx l Ilahbur by Itidlscovcrer Uulllsh 1767 but this has been superceded bl its satire name Ihe I load Iront Papeete to olnt I < nai U I good all the way and Ii much lhadei by tie overhanging cocoanut tree and oilier tropical vegeiallon In going out 1h I watched l a gang nf unlivu bringing In their canoe and hahhu net from III the tea and In convening with them learned 1 a lean f moid rahillun words In addition to the very limited uppl I already had at my command In returning I called at a native Iou I to get a drink of water but was given cocoanut milk lo drink Inttead which I thoroughly enjoyed On Wednesday March > < th I made n W Jult lt trip lit In tin mountain t11 atone 1 aome native friend who lane to have acconl panled me es guielea 1 not putting In their I riI appearance at the pK > lnted hour I tilted at 7 oclock in the morning IIJ JIlkill lo o1rllII After walking about four tulleswldch brought me high up III a romantic I cm on wllir Cry sleep mountain sides it commenced I to run in regular tropical If nU II fil style and soon my umbrella proved al logtlhcr lnade < uale sea means of pro tic Ion Presently I leached an unoccupied unoc-cupied native hot near Ihe lurks at the canyon where Iialt I all the clothing which I considered surplus Ir I the oc Gallon and stalled on even barefooted but I hid only gone a few titdi when I 1 r fg was admonished i lo return for my shoe It 1 was fortunate I did to fort I found the distance to go much Isither and the path much rougher II an I had expected and my bare fell not having a natural tough r r nfl 11I i soil under them tuba law natives feet I could not have held out against the rocks Continuing I my w llaf soon had 1 to ford the ilvir a stream ol considerable consider-able alte 1 and a ihoit distance above the lord II I came to the fork ol the canyon where the ilvcr and the rod alto forked I look the tell hind road but had proceeded only n sboit distance when I was prompted to go back and lake the other one In doing so Iliad to crass Ihe 1 one foil of the river whine I he bottom was very rough and rocky lly this time my seamy clothing did not have a dry thread In II and Ihe rain Hill descended In lorrenlt bull I was dele mined lagoon tar at old Foil 1 I aa Uahl where the native ol luhltl wltlulood Ihe rcncb I loners for several years dun ing the long war in tho dos and jos and which consequently is I a point ot i historical Importance After clotting the fork 1 found rny sell climbing t the tide of the mountain very fast by 101 lowing 1 the winding path which I In many Rlacct w as overgrown w lih tits tropical I r I Cao and running vines that abound hereon here-on nearly all the mountain slopes At last after bating walked about one and a half mile from the fork or ala mile from Papeete I reached the outer wall of the fort already named l II I Hand on the top of a prcclplco nearly 300 feet high over the face of which leap the river thus m iking one ol the most beaullfu I waterfall 1 1 1 have ever arch 1J Ilelng J unable un-able to reach the bottom of the hall 1 descended from the fort wall to thin top of the cataract where I among other thlngi cnjuved J u neural shower bath by r er getting under a little tide fall which 1 fell into the river Immediately II above llio I big one AfterJimg I upon the > wonders of nature and he old fortifications to my hearts content and alter picking ferns to tend home I retraced my sop down he moiM tain but having been espoted 10 the pitiless storm to long 1 length bewail leel cold thought the day WIlt warm lulling on my shoe which louevcr immidlately tilled with water J was enabled 10 walk faster and some cache I ihctfoikiot Iho canyon but then hound I tint the rain had swollen Ihe irtJin lo sub u rm extent that instead ol th water being only knee damp when I cruaed II Iefure it woe now n ralurc river which carne near winning me away us I crossed l < and had I not clung firmly to a friendly rock which arose from the bottom ol the stream to rest rntielf I millit not bate reached the other bnl It lie point I did My meal effort was to cross the main river but in venturing nut lit first Iu I nhl tot s n nd In the currant and in o to-t cr lo e c ipu being uaihetl over the n below be-low II I quietly retraced my sup but won tried again sod at length succeeded succeed-ed bv the aid of r pole an the limb ol a tree I tocroM though not without danger When i reached tin hut where I had left nan of toy clothing I discovered that the ants had esiaed my lunch and thous md ol the little Insects were busily engaged en-gaged In devouring ilio tiring I hungry I myself I endeavored to capture frum them what Iby had lilt hut In doing 10 I noon tell myself covered and bitten n > aln and again by the little pests and I had lo lump in the river to get rid ol ihe 1 them 9fhite doing I M 110 I placed the lunch on th top of an a jiceni rock and when I came back I found Ihita colt which wan glatlng near by had I nen all my cake so I hud to return to Papeete hungry after all which 1 did about i p mOn m-On Wednesday April i lit I beamed icfJ the I steamer Richmond and nailed from Papeete Tahiti bound for Auckland Auck-land Nw Zealand where lanlvidun I 1 the Ijlli I having only tailed at one InjJ TI Island Raiolongal on line 1 way The weather being good w a bid a pleasant voyage I gavt one lecture I on board i fte r an r which was listened to by nearly all my lellowpaiiengers and the ship crew with wrapt attention Among the pas I icngert was the Hon M Iapliuna governor of the Society Island and adjacent group He Is I returning to trance I not having given ulUfactlon lo = hit government at home accompanied by other Trench colonial official My next field of labor U Autlnha and I expect to tail lot Sydney on the Jolhlml ANDRUW JxxsoN Auckland New ealand April 1618 6 |