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Show I IN NEW ZEALAND. v v Thejournevfroin here and. sights H en route. H "Editor Banker: H After an absence of about 7 M -months from homo 1 have tukciv the B liberty to choose your columns in which- M 1o tell my friends and also my co-labor- M sr8, who have departed since I loft M .home, a few of the things tlint nro new M and strange to a Utah hoy in countries H . fur off. M At Salt Lake I met my six companions, -ttll young men and all iinnmrried. At H 7 o'clock vwc boarded our train for H Tocatello, Changing cars there at 1 H -o'clock that night. Wo crossed the H American falls on the Snake river and B !nylight saw us rolling over the plains of Idaho. Thousands and thousands of B su-res of rich soil which irrigation can fl amike fruitful. Through the rich vallind H and ovor tho rolling hills of Oregon we H ,-ro, alo'ng the grand old Columbia, yaz- H jng o iliu scent's so well photographed H by C. It. Savnpo before 1 leftliome. Thi6 H us the piiturtpquo uart of our ride. The H anighty river bceminirly has out ita bed H -through the mountain chain; the H climate, wind and sun have given tne H -cliffs a lovely coat of verdure and seem. H ingly clinging to tho cliff:) we ride for H -.miles' ami mile Now the rolling- M .-sound of tho mighty irOn horse as-we -ynss oyer the gulch, next tho cracking H saound aB we dash through the rocky cut, B jwow total darkness as we rurriblo through M -a tunnel. Wo may gase ou the water as m 4t falls hundreds of feet over thecltff, H ttheMaltnomah falle 700 feet high) or H "upon the river where lie the salmon m "boats, or looking still farther wc sec the fl massive forests on the Washington side. fl Tho scene continually changes, one H panorama ot admiration. We view H Tooster rock (no tree growing there now, B -ai ot far from Portland. H A broken bridge in the Grand Itoonde H c&nyon ia the cause of a late arrival at. H Portland, bai we get a good peep at this H town divided by the Willamette river H tj3 its commcdioa depoL Trunks are H -obw more tnuteiered And we loard our H v&M .northern Siouad tndn at 1 1 o'clock, H Jthe third talife tJareL "We are tired H noow und awake 1at once te we crosd H niie river on a siesta barge. The laet H -layt travlisthrough Washington along H 'the 1'ugct Sound. We first gaze in H 'wonder, dpjI in admiration hut finally B tho eye teems to rest in weariness on H :thu mighty forest, Bay, rivers and H streams float the fruit of the unceasing H chopping of the wood-man, but the onaasivo growth seems only to smile in H nho thought of ever being annihilated "by tho present work of man. Not far HH .from tho famous Monte Cristo ml.io and H smelter) a log was cut and sent io tho H "World's J'ah , -1 feet at base and 2?Q feet H -ong without a limb. I saw a circular H cut of a tree 9 feet in diameter, ,'!G feet H in circumference, 405 feet iiigli, 480 H ;yenrs old and cut 05,3(4 feet lumber. H -have not forgotten the two little stations. 1 j -on one floptirg lit Stare and Stripes and B on thu other U.iion Jack, telling mo I -mutt bid adieu to the land of my birth. H The wirm Japan current i mining H 'iicnr the coadt gives Vancouver a H 'moderate climate. Our overcoat3, how- H -ever, were welcomo friends to us. A H Urip auiusH the Paeitic differs much fioni H '.the rapid ride over the Atlantic, where H competition has secured excellent ac- H comodalions. We 'experienced some H ')eHvy storms out from Vancouver, H .which brought us to Honolulu a little B .after schudulo time. H JUit u picture. Here is a friend who H 'thinks sea sii-kueb imagination, an 1 a9 he inhales thu tefreshing bfOOKO as the 1 Htcamur leaves the port he wonders why H bo niuiiy are ill. A iriend to .ill; ho isr H talkative and liia first me.il is thoroughly H enjoyed. But behold ; wo sec him now IH strolling iiimloialv on tho deck. You 3FH begin a pleasant conversation but he hLmS Beuma to avoid you. "How are you H "V now?" AI1 O. K." ia tho answer, but H this is all. His fnco grown pale and wc H see him leaning against a spar, He 1 -appears sad and melancholy, but is H . .brave and will not lotiro. Tt.adinner H 5jc11 rings; he nobly takes his sear at tho 1 .table rud gives his call, but again be- H diold ! ii something in the steaming food reminds him of a something on deck. H' He icturns no moro to that meal and B Jioxt )ou may hear hiiv murmur, "Oh 1 V if this ship would only stop its rolling.'' To a person leaving snow olad peaksf tossing on IiIb first voogo through the usual waves of adversity, and landed at Honolulu, ho thinks paradise hns been found on earth. Cold is turned to warmth and sunshine, barren fields to luxuriant gardens. Foliage and flowers bees and birds of the tropical clime now cheer your eye and soul. As we cross the equator canvasses are stretched to give us shade. The ocean water iB warm with the exceseivo heat. Shoals of tho shining flying fish are seen near this latitude. Wednesday morning wo nro told that by night wo will reach ijouva, capital of the Fiji islands. We.' arrive thnt day but it is Thursday night .there. One day iB lost to reckon time. My dairy says: "Now. indeed, I have been u good boy for one day." Sonva is hot. Flies, misquitocs and their kindred are the first to bo noticed. Here nature seems to exhnustin luxuriant growth. The native is a solid specimen of good nature, lie is a very dark copper colo His clothing consists of n yard or two o f calico around tho waist, which to all appearenccs is the extent of his ambition after obtaining a little hut. Nalmc has given them food in abundance. Cocoa-nuts, Cocoa-nuts, a cents each, and 12 cents for a basket of oi anges. Their pride is the hair. Tanned to a reddish hue by saturating it with lime it stands from 4 to 8 inches in perfect pompadour Btyle, thick and curly as' Merino wool. Nearing the harbor of Sidney we see the porpoieo playing around theship. Ibeir locomotion is wonderful, exceeding exceed-ing our fastest vessels. A week-atnong.th'e wonders of Sydney wasinta only tho sights of a city with nearly 500,000 inhabitants can be eeeir by a Utah boy. Another 5J days (1200 miles) on the briny deep. and we are in Auckland. Kind greetings from brothers make- us comfortable, and soon our beloved president, Bro. Wm . Gardner, tells us where we may best develep our latent Moari. I arrived at NgamaWabia the headquarters of the district, May 9, 1896. juBt 45 doye after leaving home. In my next I will try to tell you some thing of the Moari or Moaridum. FSAMCIS W. KlBKHAM" Ngamawahia, Waikato, New Zealand. Oct. 27, 1890. |