Show sandwich islands bauh oct 21 1856 brothen iames JAMES by faith falih anti and much hard hata work I 1 in company with F A H F r mitchell wm win france 1 X browl brawl F IV young william h B and it IL A rose rate I 1 was enabled to obtain sufficient maeax to procure a passage to honolulu ac core cone corK dely nely on the evening of the 3rd ard of september we chipped h t as cabin bin passengers on board the ship fran francis rk pa palmer bound bouzid to honolulu at one ac ott olt pm r of the ath we bade farewell to at armer ammer ner oer icabod set sail for the place cf c stir our oar future destination hatim for a season after about at out two day days sea sickness we were able to eat our allowance and we enjoyed our first rate dur daring during the passage ane nea rea all treated us with courtesy and respect salt lake and mormonism was often the topic of con tion by the request of the passengers we 6 on Sa sanday sunday url art held a meeting on the quarter fer ter deck where every passenger and mid officer of the vessel veasel was in atIn attendance dance they afterwards treated us more kindly than thin before they lead read a number of our oar books on the ev ning of the after a very pleasant voyage in the enjoyment of good health and spirits we landed safely in Howl honolulu idu IV we e stopped in two days enjoyed ourse durse ourselves ives much in the society of bra bell belt and whittley there being wag no more mor of the brethren here deat silas smith bad gone to the island of maui leaving word for u us to follow him Accord accordingly on the evenin of the we in in company t with wither br bell shipped d on board a schooner for lahi Labi labaine La haina baina lim maui maul where rewe we arrived in safety on tho tha evening evenin ji of the ibe here if ere we took our first meal me al of por poi and also our fust lesson in the native han ran zuay euay we stopped all night with some inactive saints saint ardnt k of the we in company with br thurston irith with our dacies on our backs bricks started on foot over the mountains for wailuku Wail uku a d distance is aupp of 25 miles where we arrived on the morning of the in the enjoyment of the best of health and spirits here we had the pleasure of 0 meeting bys adas smith 11 II P richards arld and J 11 ecung we alque spent ent the day very b happily a with them antl and oil on the morning of tb the 22 I 1 in ili corn coin company pany with birs bra silas ich smith and beik belk bell started oa on horseback for another part of the island and ra after a very pleasant vilt visit ot of eight days with the saints we returned to wailoku Wail wall aku oku at ten tell oclad am a m cf of the oth th of 0 oct cf she fhe bi ethren brethren having havig arrived from tie aw dif dlf Terent different is islands linds we convened in general conference during which we lad fad a happy time together borne some of the hren are very proficient in in the native lu luggage guage gnage four drays daiy sat gat at the end of waldi tich the A presidency esi esl dency laid their hands bands bupivi up n I 1 the lie to elduen one at a time and blessed thein them aid se w aart to their different fi fieldg fields of labur labor I 1 was appointed to labor on thra tir tin e island after conference the brethren bret brethren eren Kren ail all started for their different Terent diu dif erent islands and the brethren that are to stop on this his island have all ernp erne to 10 ol 01 older iier tier perls of it and I 1 am tm litt lift eay alone I 1 spend te ilie aril of my time sted glud the language lantia which I 1 believe b by being mint ment diligent faithful and arni prayer prayerful fili and the blessi lessing of the lord to attend me I 1 shall bo able abie to obtain ry love Iove love to you awl anlou aou a and arul al oil inquiring alb b h gh n ca caeli emI I 1 demain tout rout friend it i the gal of besne jes jea chim chiw al 11 ahma ALMA L |