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Show J ' FROM VANCOUVER TO SYDNEY. Vpk Svdnkv, March ,.h, is t Scvtnty hour after leaving Salt Lake ' Zty we rrarhed the rather pl mailt lilile I lit of Vancouver, H C. On leaving I -ha car we fomitl a cold, cultm. tti.rt.i ' Irene from Alaska nAniting hi, whu:h ! nadp cur fiiri linlr au1 invested our I iomewh.il IciIluk'' limb with ro.iMiirr- I j able atiihly.uith the rcult that we wrre I I very loon st-alrd in Irotit of a rheerlul I y j wool fire at the hotel, at wUUU pUe J f v j we were nude very comfuruhi during J I of twtnty-lonr hour. Nest J I day HtKHit 5 p. in. s.intercd ..boar.!, f I were astigiied our cabin ami thru pro- I- coeded to learn the ro,fi. After watr h ing the loading operation, whic h wan a j very animated ai-ene, wc pared up and 1 i down in the vain endctvnr to get warm. ' 1 i To be sura, nt-Min pipra u t re laid in our part ol the ahip, hut it was no wonder ( hilly cotd, the steward Mid, that the 1 pipet were frozen. A (lance at the in- t tcnOr of the Warriinoo aliowtd ut that J the wa not built lor cold weather. Tne ' t aVjort of our end of the ahip were all I made ol tilra; and in auch wedlieras ' wt eiierieiiced thru, the coidtt that , Vancouver people lememt er fur many ' Veart, with the iron ahuve out head i end at our sldra and tiles at our Icet, It 1 wdl he rr-adily understood that we did , not ft m--j much when the ateward j crushed our Imj.c hy telling u that the ateam pipes we had he evainiumtf ail tlie evening were tro' ii up. In sheer dii-guM we look ourselves to Iwd to met warm, and were only awakened hy the i aound ot the winch on the deck over ; bi ad and the noise of die crew as they were tilling luote from the wlurt about o rluik next inunnn. The run down to Victor m, about eighty lie mile., occupied about six bi.urs and wxuld have hien tp.itr an i vrtlinary eveiyilay channel run but lor the tan erne told, humei.n.ert we were ' I almiist within a stcne's throw ol shore, at others a mile away; but wherever wo were, the ncrnerv w;ta much t.a s.uno hints skirted the shore, which in tonir places was tpiite rocky, and pines covin cov-in d the hill lops as lar as the ee could rcuch- 'Ihe snow which wjsto be neni in patches on cither side uinong ihe pines seemed lo make everything look ' - very cold and chcenes. ictoriawas teat lied early in Ihe kite moon and we weni ashore to gtt up a circulation but pasting through the streets we were soon . wearied by seeing the Mf.11 "to let" on every hand and tn.ide our wav back lo our refrigerator in time to hor the whialte sound tor vi tiont to pa down the gangway and p.is.tengcis lo come on board. in a very snort time we were on our way towards the much talked ol Race Rocks, with Ihe breeze ot the morning strengthened to a strong wind and a light snow lulling. Indications pointed to a rough night, but it was somewhat reassuring to look on the bridge and see a stalwart figure whose f.ice wa-. almost hidden by a heavy uiuttler, whom we knew to be the pilot. 1 be storm seemed to grow in intensity as darkness . approached, and when we retired the wind was blowing a gale, und the snow w is b.indutg. '1 he nuise ol the monot y ( ouous loghoru, which was suumled at ( quick intervals to warn approai 'hing vessels, and the slight aim.iy us to whether we would run aground on Race Kocka, as the Warnmoo titd a short Itme ago, kept us awake sometime. It seemed as H we were only asleep s lew minutes before 1 was awakened by an awiul feeling coming over me K 1 tie wind was sub howling through the ) ropes and the ship was pitching violent ly, which told us that we had saieiy passed the rucks and rounded the Cape and were lainy on our way across Ihe v '' mighty 1'acihc ocean, l.very tew min utes the waves would w.iati overboard, and every dip ol ttie ship knotted us that one ut our porta wai not mrewed up tightly. Oabous ol water rushed in on ihe lower art ol my buoK and ran on to my companion', saturating our beds ami alnuM causing our grips to 1 Uoat around in the cubiu. At eveiy dip 1 we would hear the swish ol the water as it ran from side lo side acron the Hoar, and every pluuge ol the boat cau.ed the two huge anchors at hnr bow. to strike the water with such terrible force that it seemed to us, ling as we were in such close proiuniiy, that they would urely come throth the side, home-lit home-lit net when the ship had dipped heavily, heavi-ly, throwing tons of water on the lore poop, much ot which would pans over the Dreaauatcr down onto the open deck ' below, it seemed to us she lately slag geteU as a nun might do wIioissuulk j very hard. Once during that meuior sole night when a big wate broke nil a ' , heavy iron ventilator, several sleeping ( passengers were suddenly arouseil t r the downpour ut several tons ol water which broke down all the bunks iti th.it .ectton and Uuuded the cabins, l or a while it seemed to me tli.it suinetluiig serious had happened because the ship went so smoothly utieiwaids, 1 tic lad was, as uo learned later, thai the engine en-gine were eaied down u "dead slow" to enable her lo ride the waves. , ( In t tie pleasing conirait with the crath and cuu.iitruatiou among sunie ui the passengers was the cht-eiy ".ill'-, well ' Ming out every had hour in clarion tones Irum the thro.it ol some lusty saitoi in ': 1'icuvi.iole position in the 'crow's ne.. It was nMi mg hi us to know that ep .vu-ncxd men ueiu waicnuvg constantly t danger in fpnu ot liiesevcihy ot the . cathei, ulliiuuli us lar as most ot the pat-UKerft were concerned all wus lar irom bci ig well. 1'ur my omu part, il so much pciriuti.il ity niiriht be cxcin.edt as soni an iu ees were opened in the small hours ot that luuming the feeling ul se.ihicknus Has upon iuc. lo be him, it wan in a llulu loilll, bi.l it was l he re, urin iuc J lo sit up, then to lie duu, ana iuiumi g a giueial rentiL-.s.uc-BK into my bone iu pite ol all preteiiLt.ives. A glance ai my companion's bun Mioued me that he was sirt-p n the s.ei-p ol ihe just, v A loo ot p ate and coiiieiliuieut ovet- spied nis pnti'd U.tiures and Ins reu ' lar bieailunn loid me that it was my turn hist, lie tnihhl be sit k hut u u r ', wmle he slept so pcacelully ut Ik- ;ip l I pcared to be duin then, 'lliere w .s 1 ' i uodiing lor me out to He baek atui J it vAasa wcaiy wait, hut it ca.ne, unit I j the lutlc omiiu ui luikiug tin coitveii- ience that is made lo Utcll on the side ol Ihe bunk wu:. pushed into ht-ivice I Alttr cxi.ii.ui, my u susi w.ih the I ship motion 1 tell back feell..; Hume- wtial easier and Woiideiin: how loli; ) ihe Leasily weather wvu d cocnuiiu-; , J r vheti a la, nt voice alu.iled my eaif, x tiom the bunk ul jw, d:-.irn me to ' Hand down tne "collecuon ptate" m jnily. Once started, ihe cuutiibutiuiis liuwad iu, aud the ''pialc" was passed ' up and down all nnjhi. S mi'iim-s twi hehds rmghi have seen hn.t t.-nnu-T mer tin- "p H''. ' snd a sfrngt .,n on shlpbniid im.'hl tlve fnHigl.t iV thewavine. ae I ind. ,1 ilii a yvm ot gnat h nil) had h-c. I M Hurt. I tit (oiiiii! and Miu liy n -is-s which rH h'-.l our -oh Tom olhrr uU oi Ihe -hii. miotiiK 1 its ti-.it w- n- rn i . I j alone. im tnat tne- swer: mluMi eoi the lolhng wa-er wai tieailiug from rahin b cabin, enhiting m the labor ol once a per sun enters upon lint labor ail Ihe little frnnhh-s ol life vanish imme diatrly. 1 oi ji nonr we si-.pt in beds (hat were saniiaf d with sea water and li.'Ciied to lite mime m water dtoppitm from bunk lo hm.k. and Ihe sound ol our shoe and k"t l'll-ig round lit- Ih!-,rast".mh.il.rd Nex. im.iim.K the s-cvard looked in to know ll we wen n-ady lor bteaklasl. InM 'ieoltne lad thai we had been Winking very hsrd lor Ihe seven hours previous, we ilhl not led at alt hungiy and a suakr ol t ie head was the rc(-ty. Welaidilom all that '1-y and part ol the lir xt, t ilt suddenly determined to throw il oil. totiteueutlv we took an hour to dreis imd a aygerrd on dck, li-ebug piettv weak anil uk It n somewhat ainutn lo watcl. a ciuvlei L-nl pa.sei,j;er on dc k lur the hist tune dm ing stormy weather. It rmi ahnoit like going hai k to hrsl principles. He ram.ot at, in ipa e tne nip'N (notion pio,n'riy. V hen ne dps he lifts tns loot highly and vice vera; and when sue rolu he very oiien hnds hintsell thrown anan.st Hie buiaarks with no gentle hand. When the dmix r bed rang on the m' jud dav, thouu we did not terl hungry, we t.w.k our place at the lai'lr. It luleteoiuig to watch the coitvaieM enti getting io the laole lur the nrst tune. 1 hey don't do n became be-came they an hungry t), dear, no! Il is merely iecae they lerl tovy ounl to be getting around, leu'Mlly mey come up in a kind ol herniating, awk-waid awk-waid way mul drop into their -o-ats in an at setited-miuded manner. Sjme ot them may then be seen to glance quickly around the (lining roo.n and move as il about to rise, but tiev do no' always do so. .sometimes they will play with the (utile napkin in a nervous ay, as if in di U'.t wuHher lo take it bom the riuK, and seemmiily a little inicer tain whether Ihev will need it. An expression ex-pression of impattrnct' mav then be seen to over-p ead their lean laces, which is only mere re I when something is placed on the uhle. Very often one taste is sulhcifnt, and they will tall over the stewards in their haste to gel ouisiiir. (lure there, they heave lor awhile and t ten tell everyb dy else in a very pleased way that they have answered an-swered the dinner call, homeimics n is several day beiore some paengrra can sit a meal out, hut it is wed kit n that it is better to simple against sra-sickneitM sra-sickneitM than to give way loit, whith sccoiints lor the sharp struggle thai is nude to answer the calls. i-or sti days out the log wou'd stiow nothing but heavy sea, high wind and small runs. Very oltru the snip was running hut hall s eed and wave were wa-.hu g over the Ikiws coi tinu dly. It was a vplendid sight some lines to see the vsiel dip down into a big wave, when tons ol water would ruahiiow n i the decks and the spray would be tlir -wu I lulty twenty leet high. At tunes 1 tie it-would it-would be no watrr come over for an hour or more and then a gigantic wave would break over without any warning and wet every one who happened to i,e in exposed places. In one ol tni-se calms when the decks have become quite dry a passenger hid the hard hood to go right up in the bows. Where he leaned over meditating p rhapionthe bea dy of tile storm tusied ta, when a wave washed overboai d, completely covering cov-ering hi in. Hud he nut clung on tightly nothing would have save, hun irom going overboard. As il was, when the water had run oil, he staggered hack amid the laughter ol h i lebuw passengers, passen-gers, a welter but a wiser man. As we neared Honolulu ihe watr grew calmer and H)iii Iimi were been veiy olten. l-.vervb .dy htgan to look mote cheeiful and to be more talkative. The ship's run was talked ol incessantly and much mental power was exhausted in prohu id calculations lo bnd out whether we would gel mat the next purl earlv or late ui the day. We s guted land early in the morning but it was noon betoie Ualiu appeared in sighi- , Alter a run ut nbout lour hours we loimd ourselves in the bay wailing to tke up ihe pilot and in twenty minutei more we had safaiy paned dowu thr narrow channel and were alongside the wharl. The inevitable boys wiio dive lor coins wire w lining the ship's arrival, and mmy ol them went away with a mouth-lul mouth-lul of coins. Ah soon as possible we made our wv lo the missum house and met lliothers olley and Thompson, with whom we walked around awhile and looked at the city, whi h to me appeared prettier than ever. We had the pleasure pleas-ure ol witnessing two native bipiisms and got hack loour ship a little beiore she started, alter investing in two hu'iclu-s ol bananas some pineapples, hrm h. etc. Alter u Slav of seven hours we were soon culling through the water ut the rate ot lourieeii knots an hour oi out May to Suva. The water was vrry calm idl the way. The usual heal ut lite tropics trop-ics was moderated by refreshing shower-every shower-every moimng and cuol I rcet-s ad the tune. I lie veiy pleasant weather a -lowed u- to read and lo think ol cihy-hu cihy-hu oufsrUes. And il was al this part ul otU piuriley that we weie asked lo show our views ol LK.di, winch were vi ry much admired. M .ny tpi'-suou w n; asked hut many ol ibeni were in trie iuc to Slaleliood and the mam te-lo, etc. Some lllteie.st seemed to be t.ikeu in the mines and agi u il tuial re-kourccs re-kourccs ol liiali, and u lew seemed real y dc-.iru ol healing sunn thing about the . ligioiis beiiH ol Hie people who com-pi.r-e tne major i y ol the p pulatiuil. Sevi't.il islamU beautdul green pots wen: p.ised I e ore wo got lo Siita lite is I rt lid seemed to be quilt cxtcil'dt e. 'Ihe lulls towered nway up m.o tie clou U, w hich hunt; over ih m like a pall, ami were cuveicd with given forest grolh to the top. Tne while comigaied lion ol wiinh .ib the roots and many ol IhchoLi-esot Suva aiu bunt, g isuued in the sun, and stood out iu sttoi.g contrast con-trast with the masses ol daik lol la-.e will) winch many of them wcte surrounded sur-rounded As wc were dt.iwiiu aluii;-bide aluii;-bide the wlui'f, whu , by the way, we were compelled to do on ac omit u the 1 territ'l? wilier we were umhK irutn Honolulu out, so th.il ihe tanks iiugnt be idled, a lung line ul uiiskv hues were to be seen Mllmg en hoie heneaMi the khadow ot a loiK tr-.ii shed It Was umu iuK to set the ball il . -n nativts on tnewli.ul who, an soon .is they had lied a rope, would nui to ih- one bit of stude that was to be loun I on the whail to escape Ihe burning hu.it ol the sun i'liis Phade, iu which six or seven natives wrr' somMiui'-s ;ren sianttmg. wi thrown Irom a lamp pi-'-t ntiout twelve Irei Inch and sti n iies thr.mir''. wah'-d ash ire and . ked nrouud for an hour or :o atrl iheu strolled bar wl wilii perspifaiion and very much heated. IT. t- is a hank at Suva ami a h w stores hut ttie pi. c is dai - ow e-,mparcd with what it one- w.n i The liana ui tra-ir, w lrch w ,s otire i il I nrrl on with Svdm , i ; r a.lv a thing I 1 thr past, as Sv-i.,tv peupl- hint H cheap.-r to fl th'-ir ban.iu.is fnan Vueeii.laud A K"' d dc.il ut cutal and I many pr-uv shi Us wi ic hawked around by native and many of the pa n,'e: mves.ed a sh llo g ill a Im-kiM ul ui He toial. After taking on sevciai p.isi;t . gcrs wn slarlei! on our intiriiey rN in towards ihe simnv toulh. I eaviint Mount Washington on our let w s'-.lined on through ralm seas t i tlir- e dav, when we eiuonniercd a hu W"ti wlin h in r"a-ied as went t irlhi-i soudi, itn'il the dy bffore we g H io Sidney Ihe water was quite ronn, but we had the wind wiih iu wmch ma .e u ride hIoiik Vi.'ry easily. We sighted the South Head hlit-house hlit-house al Ihe enlrance to Syilney ai'out mnlniKht, and alter haugiu around nist outside until morning we steamed in a-id aut hored in Waion's bay lor the h- al'h blliier to pass na, which d ne wc steatne ! on down the harbor mid into the (itafion whail. and our ion n y was ended With the ex eptinn of the first mx days cur trip was v- ry plia-ani. Ihe oihcrri are eiy good m n and are attentive at-tentive to the wants ol li e passengers. Our lood was very giod and nui s.tep-mg s.tep-mg acromuiodaiu ns w re not to b coniplaincd of. The only ground for complaint is the deck room The saip is not made lor sei ond-class pasenger : on a long mp like that across the I'a 1 cdic. T e (J ck room tor the saloon I passengers lake; up neatly all the ship an'i w hat is 1. ii fur the second class pas sengers i- bircly enough to saing the proverbi d cat aroun I in. Add to this i tnr facl that what ib-, k there is, is shared by hrrmen and crew, who use it lor a rness room, a t 1 quite motley array in pots and pans ami dishes may be seen spread out i v. rv meal lime, it becomes quite apparent to everyone, as it was in all ol u, that Ihe company should make an aitpistment in Hits matter, whicn is quite easy to do. William Aruktkuni.. |
