. 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. was soon forgotten. On the morning of their return from Molokai Doctor Bronson en-countered in the breakfast - room of the hotel an old friend, DoctorMacalister, of Cambridge, England. Their greetings were cordial, andall the more so as neither had the least idea that the other was in theHawaiian Islands or anywhere else in the Pacific Ocean. In a
. 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. was soon forgotten. On the morning of their return from Molokai Doctor Bronson en-countered in the breakfast - room of the hotel an old friend, DoctorMacalister, of Cambridge, England. Their greetings were cordial, andall the more so as neither had the least idea that the other was in theHawaiian Islands or anywhere else in the Pacific Ocean. In almost thesame breath each exclaimed, What are you doing here ? Doctor Bronson explained briefly how he came to Honolulu, andwhere he was going, to which Doctor Macalister responded, I came here on the yacht Pera; she belongs to Colonel Bush, for-merly of her Britannic Majestys army, but for several years in theservice of the Turkish Government. I am the colonels guest, and wecame here by way of India, China, and Japan. We leave to-morrowfor the South Pacific, where we are to cruise about for several months,visiting the most interesting of the island groups. We go first to theMarquesas Islands, and then— 48 THE BOY TRAVELLERS IN LOOKINU SEAWARD. Just at this moment Colonel Bush entered the breakfast-room, andwas introduced to Doctor Bronson. A moment later Frank and Fredarrived, presentations followed, and before the morning meal was overthe American contingent was fairly well acquainted with the Englishone. Conversation developed the fact that two gentlemen who had ar-rived on the Pera had left by the mail-steamer for San Francisco,having received letters at Honolulu which compelled their immediatereturn to England. Consequently the PercCs party was reduced toColonel Bush and Doctor Macalister, The partj^ arranged to meet at dinner. Colonel Bush and DoctorMacalister went to the Pera, while Doctor Bronson and the youths pro-ceeded to make farewell calls, as the s
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