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Show SAILING IN THE SOUTH SEAS. Slow Loootnotion I'rotn Jslo to I-slo-Mot hods of tlio 1'ourl DiverM-l'i-cnchiiiti tho C1ohic-1 to tho Native Island or Akitua, Tuamotu Itlantla, South Seas, Novtmber aSth, 1895. To ilu F.utot: An account of travel In the South Seal, and an occasional letter lira missionaries who are nere, mny prove Interesting to lome of the reader! of the KkUS, hence tlieu few linn. The Tuamotui ore somewhat out of tho way of tho worlil, and vry lew reader! ol tlio Him know murh abi.ul them. When I tell you that there are forty-ocven Inhabited Island in the Kruup, and that there are not more than lour or five thousand Inhabitant! on the whole group, you can have lome idea of how scattered they are, and huw much traveling it takei to viiit Hum in their isolated ccm'lilon. In our travel! we do not have the priv, lege of tiding on finely furnished ocean steamers, aurh things would beacuilotity to most ol tho islander! of this group, but we feel thankful to get the chance of riding on sail boati, twenty-five or Ihirtv feet lone. Son.o ol the islands are three or four hundred milts apart, and II takes, I at times, two weeks to get from one ; place to tho other. 1 Thii month llrother I)epain end my self made a tllp from Hie island of , Fade to this island, a diitance of one hu.idred and eighteen miles gWe left ili.ra on lha b:h ull . and arrived here i on tho list., ol couiso we were not on 1 tho water all this lime. In acountiy whero steamboats ply to end Iro, one could have made this trip easily In twenty-lour hours, but as it is, we have to depend on the wind to lake us to our destination, and then wait until a loud lay comes, as our little crafts will not sund to battle with the norms that arise. Leaving Kaito In the morning, i we sailed, or Miner drilled, until even ing, when we stopped at the village of 1 I -lelamanu, lakarava, having tome twclvo miles. There were eighteen ol ' ', us on a boat twenty-nine feet long, and the sun beat down upon us aa 11 only 1 tan In a tropical thme. Hie nest day we camo to tho other village, I'oloava, of the same island, distance, ilnrly-two ! miles and It being Saturday we stopped there lor Sunday and held meeting with ' the Saints. Monday morning a storm 1 bad arisen, the wind blowing strongly and the rain descending, so we daro not venture out to sea on our small boat, ' ' Vv'e weie kept thero until Tnuradey, I ien w, again set sail, but as a calm ' alwuya conies alter a storm, we did not ' salllar. Arriving at the pass, Ihe cur- rent was coming in, and there being no wind behind us, wo could do notions, 1 save anchor on tho side, snd wait until , ! the current changed. Win o our boat , was at anchor, the natives speared some hsh, which served ui lor our dinner. In tho allcrnoon anchor was heaved, the maio and fore-sails wero hoisted and w asilad slowly out ol tho pass. That night and by noon the nest day, we had ! come hltetn miles and had arilvedat I the island ol Toau (an uninhabited isle) I whero wo stopped, caught sume hsn.and had a nlght'e rest on Irtra lirma. Saturday Satur-day morning wo attain sailed lor the is-' is-' land ol Apalaki, nd arrived thereon the day lolluwiug, (Sunday) at noon, having sailed thirty miles. Monday ai.d 'luesnay advelse winds were blowing, snd as the natives said wo could not get in the pass at Arutua, wo stoycl at Apataki until the day following. Wednesday, Wednes-day, when we sailed lor Arutua and arrived here the slay lolluwiug, on Ihe list, having been thirteen days getting to our destination, und having only come one hundred and eighteen miles. Our , . trip was long, and about the only things noled weie calms and extreme heat, ol which we had plenty. T his account is written so that readers of Ihe Nkws may kuow lhat missionaries laboring on tins . group do not tide on steamers, rail road ' cats, or even on Ihe backs ol mules and horses. There are, perhaps, three or four huudred people here now on this island, ' who have about lorly boats which cany ( them Irom ruck to rock in llirir diving ! lor pcarl-shcll.Thrp go inside Ihe lagoon on Mon.l.ns, and return on Saturdays I i to the village where we hold meetings on Sundays, The success that the natives have, of course, depends upun how good divers they are, some being able to dive fifty und sixty Icel, while others go eighty, ninety, and a hundred leet. The question may arise, how can they tell where Ihe shell lr They manage this by having a glass to see through, taking a paue ut common glass, say l3xi! and puttiug it in a box Irameaboul ttie size ol a soap box. T he glass rests upon the surlace ol the waier, with tiarne up, and on the side there is a rountled place which tits the neck. The observer ihen with his arms around the boa can ga-.o down into the briny deep I und it 1 wonilcilnl how clear things ; appear. My lotmer companion and 1 onto had the prlvelcge ol going with some ol the natives and seeing Ihem .live. We availed ourseltes ol Ihe opportunity, look a box, mid had a look 1 down into the deep, lis beauties are as lileasonl to the eve to hehohl. aa .it- many u( the beauties of nature 011 land. T he mauy-coloied rocks.wilh the pretty fish ol dillerent colors and sices, was a grand sight 10 behold. The natives sell llieir shell lor seventy ctnts a kilo, und make quite lair wai;es, some gelling as high as live and ten dollurs a day, but it is not every day ; that Ihey can dive, rain and rough weather preventing them. As it is they du not know how to save Uhylhuig much, as they sav it would be, "laying up treasures on earth, where moth and rust would corrupt and where thieves could break throug.i and steal.'' In their diving many ol tho natives find ; peails.whiih many times prove valuable, raging Irom a tew dulUri up to two or Hires hundred dollars. 1 his nion.li several valuablu one., have been found, and the natives still keep on finding I Tho progresi ol the missionaries in trying to teach the natives the kind ol a t lilts to lead and the way lu live, seems ill. out the same. Tho principal things lhat we have to light against here are no doubt abuut the same as elsewhere in Ihe world. Drinking, King, smoking and sexuul crimes have to be spokeu against repeatedly in our talks to the people, especially the latter, as there is ' no law ol tho land to punish ollendera i ul the same. Many ol Ihe natives de- i nasi 1 10 - ui -he n.ysiejica of (joJ. 'tfl " a and Ihev like In try and punle us by asking hard questions from the llible. They believe, as 1'aul asys, "in lesving Ihe principles ol tho doctrine of Christ and going on unlo perleclion," but it seems Iht they do not arrive there, no doubt because ol their not obeying the simple snd plain things ol Ihe fJoapel. We must s i obey these before wc can gel an insu hi into thr myslerici of Cod. Kcsp-'llnlle. Iacsns M. Cannon, |