THE STEAMSHIP MAKAROA.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 6990, 13 February 1886, Page 4

THE STEAMSHIP MAKAROA.

Mr.Boucicaulf UIU6 describes this fine Bteamer:— Six gentlemen and jtwb Jadies """were all tlie~paßßengerß Tve"li7d! aboard;. So tbe rriaiden. drip of the Mararoa .appeared, more like a yachting excursion than a sea ■ --voyage. - The superb- appointments in the Baloon exceeded in refinement and stjlo anything I bad seen in any public ship, excepting none. , Tho walls were inland With costly Wood. ' Tho runsightJy"svringiDg racks syero removed. A lfirge central dome-sliaped^skylisht, frescobd in, cool, , 1 j. neutral tints,- and ; glazed, with tinted^las?, afEofded boih light and air. There was no smell of bilge, nor of kitchen 1 . The con- , ; centrated eosenco of- cabin • (every sea ' voyager will remember what I mean) wiib absent. The' food v/as simple, but excel- ■^ t .lently-, .cooked.^ r I failed to- discover my "'■^old'fne^,' that universal in which •naval cooks delight to irmnersejtheir meats; it may be called " galley " sauce. Afler, breakfast we visited the state- * rooms. Tliey were roomy ; 'each had a ;t xcntral eleetrioj ,-jtiHrx^er^ that could ,be 1 "^ "tarried off'and'b'ir by'^K tap! in tho wall; nbov.e the tap,was the button ot the electric bell. A largo- washbasin was supplied with — freehr water- by a^spring^valve. These. n ßtaterooms, like the saloon, were lined with f|j poHßb.edi.bard wjfods, maple land walnut. •£f,ln ! ii»ipo were f tf/p. portholes and 'Iwd.ventilatois. We ascertained the piffefence' of , /temperatufe jJetweeh > t ! li;Be./rbbrrjTabd"the open air on the promenade {deck. , r Tho thermomcttr registered 76 below and'73^ above. '■ { At 12 o'clock wo found the^Jnraron.-.had run ninety-seven miles, or nearly fourteen mileß per hour. Lunch at ;!, when wo i;< were pleased to find ice fjjerveel in Ameri-s " "ban. fashion. i Upon inquiry, we were informed that this articl'j was inrfiurfactured' oh board "by compression! of ! ' uir—^'a' '"naecliiiDical, process with^utl the aitl of chemicalst It was new to mje, but I' ac- • y/j e'epted theresalt! v " tlie multitude of tliese 5 > n<!winveotion« is gettingratber bewilder.- .. 1 ing for those rinoderate intelligences thu't were born during the earfy^ years of the, ceriiuryi So I took my lump of ice as I I ■ took. my pineapple; without desiring to penetrute the mysteries- of creation.' Extract from; letter pi-Pnyate .Ward, of 7 the Frontier Mounted Police,! Cape Colony, — " I- should jußt like you to see the real~j farm*lwuse Ifread that -I bake. ' The oven is one dug in the gionnd,and is just large enough to hold our dally quantum of two'lbaveg. We use flour, 1 water, sail, and Bonwick's" Baking Powder.. My bread often surprises me,' it is ■ ' so light, and white as" snow*. 'Sonic ofoiir men will insist that I have been ' injthd trade,-' and , nothing I can 'say will convince them to the contrary." N.B. — This invaluable a'rticlemay be obtained of all grocers and storekeepers in d. and 2d. packets and Gd, and Ib, paten j boxes.