The voyage down to the Islands lasts from eight to nine days, and even to persons subject to sea-sickness is likely to be an enjoyable sea-journey, because after the second day the weather is charmingly warm, the breezes usually mild, and the skies sunny and clear.

In forty-eight hours after you leave the Golden Gate, shawls, overcoats, and wraps are discarded.

You put on thinner clothing.

After breakfast you will like to spread rugs on deck and lie in the sun, fanned by deliciously soft winds; and before you see Honolulu you will, even in winter, like to have an awning spread over you to keep off the sun.

When they seek a tropical climate, our brethren on the Pacific coast have to endure no such rough voyage as that across the Atlantic.