. Wandering words. Reprinted, by permission, from papers published in the "Daily telegraph" and foreign journals and magazines. By Sir Edwin Arnold. With illustrations from drawings by Ben Boothby and from photographs. WANDERING WORDS AN EARTHLY PARADISE. It is good to be able to datea letter from Paradise !Would you like to knowthe exact locality? Youmust sail south of westfor 2IOO miles fromSan Francisco, or southof east 3440 miles from^? Yokohama, and then youwill arrive at the beautifulHawaiian Islands, where weare anchored at present in thesteamship JBelgic, of the Oc-cidental and Orienta
. Wandering words. Reprinted, by permission, from papers published in the "Daily telegraph" and foreign journals and magazines. By Sir Edwin Arnold. With illustrations from drawings by Ben Boothby and from photographs. WANDERING WORDS AN EARTHLY PARADISE. It is good to be able to datea letter from Paradise !Would you like to knowthe exact locality? Youmust sail south of westfor 2IOO miles fromSan Francisco, or southof east 3440 miles from^? Yokohama, and then youwill arrive at the beautifulHawaiian Islands, where weare anchored at present in thesteamship JBelgic, of the Oc-cidental and Oriental Line,Captain W. H. Walker com-manding, bound by way of Hono-lulu to Yokohama. We are comedown to this archipelago out of theusual direct course to Japan, having 600 Chinesecoolies to deliver, as labourers, upon the sugar plan- KANAKA GIRL. >/ 2 WANDERING WORDS tations of Oahii and Hawaii. They were taken on toSan Francisco last month by the steamship Rio deJaneiro, because small-pox had broken out amongthem before arriving here, and now, having beenduly purged in an American quarantine, the un-lucky Celestials must be brought all the way backagain, and we shall disembark them to-night andto-morrow. It was an unpleasant cargo to carry—these
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