Show MID OCEAN LETTER VERY interesting ISS PORTIA OLSEN WRITES OF HER experiences WHILE IN MID OCEAN continued from last week well I 1 have just ben been on it a tour all allover over tit alii boat I 1 was writing away and the kaptain capt aill up and sold said do you want to see the lower leeks decks and I 1 went with about tun ten other deop first to the second class lining dining room then down where the cooking is done everything g is in perfect order and very clean cakes all ready to servo serve separate bakery where all tile tho broad bread is in made about afif fifty ty turkeys in ill one place all roasted and dressed everything in ill pie order then w we want wt ab nb to tile ice room and I 1 think tile tho temperature is about 25 degrees in ill there L it is so cold that there ir frost formed all over tile iron pipes we picked it off and had a snow fight then we went in to tile the vegetable room where it is still snowing so to speak and the temperature is about 30 degrees the tit meat room is kept at about 25 degrees tile egg room is the OIL same as aa the vegetable room it was till all vory very interesting and I 1 came back ol 01 on deck with my lands full of snow it is wonderful how nicely they keep everything and how big this boat is it look so largo but it certainly is accamo dating a vast of people and an a lot of i ight I 1 went up on oil deck awl found that we had aich anchored ored I 1 walked around tho deck and saw tit the e lights from guane in tile alio distance the file next morning I 1 got gob up tip early and went up ill on deck and saw ono one of tile prettiest green islands one could imagine on 01 one slide side of the island we could see a pretty little town at regular intervals intervale were beautiful coco cocoanut anut groves lite hie island is completely covered with vegetation not it a barren spot anywhere the sun was ivas shining beautifully and all it mado made it a pretty picture it surely looked good to tile me talo first land we ud had seen in twelve days except rota island which wo we passed the day before we ar ived at guam Clu atit rota kota is a very small smal island only by natives it i is s beautiful and green we passed within eight miles of it so we ve got get only a birds eye view everybody was hustling around and excited about getting to shore we got gob a boat over until about noon you see there is no landing at guam griftin our boat simply anchored itt in the harbor and little steam launches laul lell cattle came out and took tile passengers to shore the island forms a semicircle semi seini circle where wo we anoli anchored ored and a beautiful coral reef extends for several miles front from ono one sido side of tile island forming almost a to tile roof reef takes on oil different colors of blue purple and green arcon tind and reminded tile nio very Cl of the water in lake taboo wo vc landed and went around on tho the street mid and were very much surprised to find an all automobile waiting to take gors gers to agana tile capital and largest town we ve got in ill lid ell enjoyed joYed a beautiful hye five anilo ride on a well built road which wits was t graded Il laded smooth and hard to le be c knicl tided |