letter xix.] THE " ROLLING MOSES." 187 



ing Moses " is in, and Sabbatic quiet has given place to general 

 excitement. People thought they heard her steaming in at 

 4 a.m., and got up in great agitation. Her guns fired during 

 morning service, and I doubt whether I or any other person 

 heard another word of the sermon. The first batch of letters 

 for the hotel came, but none for me; the second, none for me ; 

 and I had gone to my room in despair, when some one tossed 

 a large package in at my verandah door, and to my infinite joy 

 I found that one of my benign fellow-passengers in the Nevada, 

 had taken the responsibility of getting my letters at San Fran- 

 cisco and forwarding them here. I don't know how to be 

 grateful enough to the good man. With such late and good 

 news, everything seems bright ; and I have at once decided to 

 take the first schooner for the leeward group, and remain four 

 months longer on the islands. 



I. L. B. 



