. The boy travellers in Australasia : adventures of two youths in a journey to the Sandwich, Marquesas, Society, Samoan and Feejee islands, and through the colonies of New Zealand, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania, and South Australia. good-by! ilia, or continue with the Perawherever she goes. BeyondFeejee I have not formed myplans very definitely, as theywill depend somewhat uponthe letters I receive there,and upon the state of thingsin the New Hebrides, theSolomon Islands, and otherof the groups to the west ofFeejee. The heartiness of the in-vitation, the opportunity thevoyage
. The boy travellers in Australasia : adventures of two youths in a journey to the Sandwich, Marquesas, Society, Samoan and Feejee islands, and through the colonies of New Zealand, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania, and South Australia. good-by! ilia, or continue with the Perawherever she goes. BeyondFeejee I have not formed myplans very definitely, as theywill depend somewhat uponthe letters I receive there,and upon the state of thingsin the New Hebrides, theSolomon Islands, and otherof the groups to the west ofFeejee. The heartiness of the in-vitation, the opportunity thevoyage would give for seeinggroups of islands not on theregular track of travel, and thefact that he was not pressedfor time, settled the questionwith Doctor Bronson, and heaccepted at once. He ex- 50 THE BOY TEAVELLERS IN AUSTEALASIA. cused himself shortly afterwards to inform the youths of the change intheir plans. Of course they were delighted at the opportunity of making an ac-quaintance with the islands that were included in the Perots proposedvoyage, and earnestly congratulated themselves on their AT HOME ON THE PERA. The baggage of the party was sent on board in the forenoon of thenext day; the travellers followed it, and a little before two oclock inthe afternoon the Pera steamed out of Honolulu and headed she had made a good offing her engines were stopped, the fireswere putout, and the yacht proceeded at a splendid pace with thestrong trade-wind on her port beam. Her course was directed to thesouth-east, so as to enable her to cross the equator about longitude 140°west, and take advantage of the south-east trades in making the Mar-quesas. Frank undertook a journal of the voyage; but like most works ofthe kind, it abounded in repetitions, and our space will not permit ex- LIFE AT SEA IN THE TROPICS. 51 tensive quotations. One day was so much like another that the young-gentleman admitted that his narrative would make very tiresome read-ing, and
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