New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-09-29
MADAME IDA PFETFFER.

This Iedy. whose remark able talent for travel has
made not only her name but her face familiar in every
part OF the globe paid visit 70 TIE TRIBUNE Office
YESTERDAY having understood that it is the most com
pete newspaper establishment in the country, and
spent SOME time in inspecting ia various depart
ments. Madame P.eiher il about fifty years OF age
rather under the medium size end OF that apparently
slight build which is usually combined with great
POWERS az eudurance. Her iacc is mild aud benevo.
lent in its expression yet her Keen, bright black eye
CONVEYS the impression OF remark ably energetic am
enthusiastic nature Two years spent under an East
Indian sun have given Der almost a Creole com
plexion She j. quiet, genial GJd unasshming IN her
manner, and seems admirably fitted by nature to
encounter ell climates and make her way among all
races OF mankind.
This is Madame Pfefer's fourth great journey.
She fret visited Turkey Palestine and Egypt, and
then, after On interval OF repose, Sweden, Norway
and Iceland Mr.. Bartlett, the English artist, who
was her fellow traveller in Palestine, informed that
he had pever met with any one who bore the annoy
snces of travel with 60 much patience, or sus-
tsned BY 80 mach quiet energy and self confidence.
In June 1896 she sailed for Brazil visited the Indian
tribes Of the interior, and resided some time in Rio
Japero she then doubled Cape Horn explored Chill,
and sailed for the Society Islands. Thence she went
to Canton. Singapore, Ceylon and Calcutta; trav-
ersed the vast interior Of India sailed from Bombay
10 the PersiaD Gulf and aseended the Tgris TO B4gh-
dad and the ruins Of Eineveh; crossed over into
Persia, visited the Caucasus and southern Russia
and finally returned TO Vienna by way of Constant
nople and Athens. after an absence Of three yeas
We have seen it stated that she accomplished ais
mark able tour at expense OF less than 81 900.
Her published accounts OF her travels now began
70 attract ate nton end helped 10 furnish her with
the means 10 undertake now Journeys. Early in
1881, she received grant of $500 from the Austrian
Government, and in May OF that year sailed from
London for the Cape of Good Hope. II had been
her intention to undert AXE exploration of the in
terror OF South Africa, but she obliged to ren-
uish it account Of the expense. She then sailed
for the East In lies and after touching at Singapore,
proceeded 70 Borneo Not content with visiting the
Dutch settlements on the southern part Of the island,
and the doninions Of Rajah Brooke, at Sarawak she
penetrated into the interior among the Dyak tribes,
where no white person had ever been before her.
After spending several months in Borneo, she visited
Java, SuInatra, and the Moluccas. In Sumatra, she
spent some time in the kingdoms Of the native Malay
princes, in the northern part of the island. She
speaks Of this part of her trip as having been of
unusual interest. She desired extending her trip 10
Japan, in the Dutch vessel which left Batavia during
her residence there, but was prevented by the fact
that no women are allowed to accompany the Dutch
10 Nagasaki, or TO land there.
After year ard a half in the East Indies, Madame
Pfeifer went to Australia and after short soiourn,
saed TO California She visited the most interesting
parts of that State and Oregon, and then took pas
sage for Lima, from which place she made trip to
the head-waters Of the Amazon. Thence, through
Ecuador, by way of Quito and Bogota she Travelled
northward to Panama, and took passage from Aspin-
wall to w-Orleans. Since her landing ia this
country in July, she has assembled the Mississippi TO
ST. Pauls, sailed on all our great lakes and visited
Canada and Montreal Now, after absence Of
three years and half her long and eventful journey
is drawing to close, but we should not like to
promise that after this she will be contened to sit
still within the walls of her native Vienna. Ger
family no woman has ever sho IN greater amount
Of courage and endurance, and she seems to have
good stock yet hand for future undertakings.
Madame Pfeifier is undoubtedly the greatest female
traveller Of whom we have any record.