Travel letters from New Zealand, Australia and Africa

Howe, E. W. (Edgar Watson) · 1937

SATURDAY, JANUARY 4, 1913.—This is written in the Pacific ocean, on the ship “Sonoma,” two days out of Sydney, Australia, where we expect to land next Monday. We have been on the ship seventeen days, and the passengers and servants seem as familiar as people with whom we have associated many years. In the main, we have had a pleasant voyage, although the weather was somewhat boisterous the first few days out of San Francisco. We stopped eight hours at Honolulu, and five hours at Pago Pago, in the Samoa Islands. There was an elaborate celebration on board on Christmas day, which included a big dinner, speeches, and a dance, and we also had a similar New Year celebration, although we actually …

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