New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-10-11
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. Hd, s% on the title-Page Of this 'o-
:, was written by an American qu.''
s"0 - Ceremony. The author bias au 'po
'sp. "S .d,en,ure the reckless audacity oil enter
-. t.,te for the comic side OF things ana
LINT f,r da.hipg, oh-hand description "p'cn
nube,e shown in such perfection a. III INC
..,,.,;ve, Of your genuine, fallboo1ed iaAo'
.",.,.,. The clas. % which we allude are not 'ne
regular tourists who 60 out Tor Inc PuiP0'0
making a book but The wanderers Oh INC '''' "
tho Garth. whom odd chances bring ~ contact WIN
wonderful scenes, and who are never Al ioS' 'o'
80, i.ncpaoe in the account Of their experiences.
O,,r " American il capital specimen OF this type
Of his peripatetic eOun'rymen' lie Il IA" u 'o'
,ess vitality-with keen enjoyment VI nV'e'
.;,n.,;o,s--mekiDg himself az much Al nouio az
a, ...;,odes a. IL he were 20 the manner
horn not bsmpered by any stra ghtilced fur
.a,ie scruples-facing danger and deatn VIII"
6ee.and-easy northumberland WIN ho
sions 10 the art Of bOok-mahng' rei'tl"s
uloits and endurances in a colloqmai ana conudins
manner which prevents you from ever turing al
bic company.
We Gall in with this enterprising American, for
the first time, at Hong Kong, in which mlscellane-
nm. etv he was solacing himself after the fatigues
oftravel when he was surprised by proposal TO
accent the office Of surgeon on board OF one OF the
Honorable East India COmpany's steamers, then
living in the harbor The negotiation by which
This arrangement was effected is pleasantly related
AZ follows:
Her snryeon returning from dinner party on board
n,o tai
. darn night had slipped overheard and was drowned.
Capt Nebtt had large and sickiy crew. lhe WIS
for a protracted season OF hard WORK anu pfNauon'
His orders from the Admiral were imperative, not W
n,oceed without A surgeon Although there were
several English men-of-war in port the sanitary conan
ton of the squadron required the constant attention OF
oil it's medieval officers consequently none e|S,u Ge
had been beating the town in the hope o finding some
starving 'poticaTy willing To be Il COmpanys servant
for the noDce for the ecstasy OF being hrs own MASTER
thereaf,e-or some errsc SawbODes, like myself with
turn for travelling and no care for the morrow. II
this lsst would suit him. his man and 80, indeed
INV fame Ind gone abroad, for DIR. Barton, whoever
be was, had sent the Captsn, in bis troubles TO me-
a. On uptO-anytbing crcumnavl5atDg me gioDe'
WAS a physician'
81 was"
"And a surgeon also 2
Had ship-boer experience D
II had"
Was prepared to join and enter upon 10y duties
a. 0nceT
"Yes"
at was then o clock; should have 10 report my
self at nine; be would sail at daybrc for Calcutta
So much the better
"Then II was bargain
Perhaps But softly, Captan-you will require to
know who an"
"Of course, some form of ntroducti0n; you will
give ire one or two good naDes-or we shuD presently
meet of your fneuds-Or We viii call together on
some merchant OF Companys servant. VINO do you
know
mo one"
All! in Hopg-Kong-but in China =
" Not a SOUL
How You are English =
"No"
What then p
Yankee"
"Ah, indeed. Sir-happy to make your acqdaint-
ance--greatly Obliged for the prompt otter oil your
valuable services But the case Is peculiar. can re-
member 10 precedent for the appointment OF your
coun, 10 surgeoncics in our seryi e you WIN al
how me 10 get further instructions from The Admiral ".
course you have hand the highest test nonals OF
professional qualification =
Not line.'
"Your diploma y
when last beheld it--about three months after ]
came into possession, in due course OF huEnbug OF that
costly piece of parchment-a Niger baby in Virginia
was playing with the red SEAL aud had taken the blue
ribbon to dress up hr kitten with.
Extraordinary people Really L N quite at loss,
Sir. What have you To propose y
Enough hope, to extricste you from your dileIn.
ma. Being two chivarous AngloSaAons, we will
galiantly waive the nanOnalites and dispose OF the
American part of me by brave stroke OF courtesy.
BY a like argument you will take my gentleman
status for granted and for the professional attain
p,ents 1t will be- the easiest thing for the Admiral to
convene Board of Examiners, composed Of his own
surgeons, aboard his ship TINS afternoon will meet
them promptly and they can try my medical pre'en-
sons of HAND"
This proposition the Captain pronounced highly
American Whether he meant compliment or the
reverse he forgot to explain perhaps was the enter
prise he meaD-perhaps the unpudeuce; at all events
he hurried oil to lay this highly American plan be-
fore the Admiral.
some English officers were knocking the balls about,
aud at the first table i'll hand, recognized senor
surgeon attached to the American Japan Expediuon
He was waiting the arrival OF hS Commodore, and
had lust come down from Macao, in the mex of tune
to answer for me- for though not personally acquainted
with each other my connections and anieccdens Were
not unknown 10 hun. On hearing my story, he kindly
dispatched a handsome note TO the EugIsh fiee
Surgeon, adding to mine his request tor an exam
iuabon.
At dusk Capt. Nebltt returned, bringing my ap-
pointment TO his ship the Admiral dispensed with pre-
lminaIy forms. Before o'clock had reported NY
self on board and gone the sick rounds.
The next day the weasel weighed anchor aud set
sail nomnally for Calcutta but really with the in
teation Of taking part in the campaign for the
'coucihation" Of Burmah. Moulmein was soon
reached, and Of this romantic town We have de-
scrption in the characteristic style OF the suthor
Mouluaen is q picturesque place; but are all
Burmese villages, and in their prominent features they
all alike. Select easy rolling slope with knolls
and tangled thckets, gently declining from range of
heavily -tmbered hills. Flank it ON either side with
inter aiinabie jungle, affordng for the
forest lite. ln front OF ali. train WIDE rapid,
darby dscoiored stream abundantiy stocked with ALL
gstors and other such hshy game and fill up
your back ground with teak forests and remote noun
tsin,, with here and there some paddy helts between,