The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-11-18
Denih on q Celehrnted FamaIe rrax.,le,

Denih Of n Celebrated Female Traveller,
The dsatR of Madame Ida PIsirer. the celebrated
female traveller, has bson Announced She ex.
p'red at Vienna She was perhaps the most won.
deriul woman Of the age, for she had travelled
more than any Of the celebrated men Of the Mid
die Ages or indeed Of the present, for she had not
only. visited the continents Of Europe Africa and
Asia, but America aud the Polynesia; she had
sraversed over 10000 miles BY water aud IL, 900
by land. rs
In appearance, she was slight. and rather uus
der the middle SIZE; her complexion was eomes
what darkened By exposure to weather aud the
heat OF the climates III which she had travelled
She was generally regarded as plain looking, but
AZ English geutlepau, who met her at Vienna,
said: II cannot understand hGs auy one who has
seen her while cobyersng, eau say so. Her snie
IL particularly sweet and Captivating Her soul
bt ANS from her eyes, and eau, compare her smile
to nothing less ihan the sunlight dartIng rom be.
hind a Cloud She IS very ussssumDg in her
manners; animated sud easy In her cJnversation
She spJke OF her travels III an unaffected styIe
aGd her thoughts flew in u msfaent from one TART
II the worid 10 tue opposite. Whenever she related
q story aud wished 20 draw q Contrast between
different people Sue has been where no white
man has ever dared to yeuture--a,uidst caun,i,als
Ia both hemspiieres-abd / lad three Of nv fiji
gers ia scar on the npser part OF her left arm
l. ftcted BY oauDibsl at Passg .Dia" Madaine
fielf'r Vas born at Vienna III 1877.
Wren she nat,by several years # Strict eco oaomy
amaesed a sufficient saa, she set n ou her first
pilgrimage 10 Jeru.aieIn aud the Holy Land; .or"
salI she, Il always friE the niost lnsense longing
t. treat the spot render ed huly by tue footsteps
of our KedeemeT' She Returned safe, filed y iit
delight at her success. AMI published her first
work, entitled "lbe Travels Of n tiepua Lad, Go
the Molly Lsud, work # great interest, and
bearing the impress Of tTutbIuisess In ever, line
Un-ated in her tnirss for trave. she next visited
the extreme north If Europe, Iceland, Norway
sweden ana Denmark, be rerait of her ad dveuIure
being published ib Pesh in lo46 She now Carried
int' execution pr ject OF makitg voyage around
tue word T0is she accom- piIshed during TIL.
years 1916 aud lS4S. she ief fieuua MAY l. 1916
and arrived At Rio Jaueir,, sfet stormy passage.
Sept. Is OF theeane year. Afer travelling TIL gu sh
the BiAziis, Ida went round Cape Horn, tisvei-
led through Chiie, visited Otahelte, sci sail for
China, and then went TO Iudia. Thence she weuI
up the Tgfis to visit the Interesting of Baby
Ion ard Ntoeveh, then wandered through KhoOf-
dislaD and Persia. passed the Caucssu- ard trav=
eled through the south Of Russia thence to Com
etahtiDOpe, AID tIfou-h ureece, home. hen
We remember the dangerous r.gious she traverse,i,
We are astonisbed ut the. .intTepdty of a woman
travelling alone, amidst the must savage tribes
the face OF tie earth, passing from country to
country, from tlibe to tribe, btaviug dangers. ia
tigus hunger aud thirst; and il lie indeed inpossi
bic TO withhold our admiration from tue lady who
could undergo all these trials aud hardship aud
display coutsge that very fss the opp si g sex
can boast OF But her very heiplessness was her
best protection.
In 1851 she sailed from London for the Cape If
Coed Hope, aud theLce took slip fpr Singapore
60 visit the islands of the Ipdian arc ipeago after
this she went to Sarswak, in Borneo thence
through the dangerous country Of the Dayaks to
the Dutch possessions in the Interior and en- the
west of the island. After visiting the M0uccas,
-he went to California, aud thence home. During
all her Jaurneyings she eIjoyed excellent health.
aud said herself that she possessed ''ueryes ami
sl1ews of steel . 1t should be added that she die
not travel to obtain repniatiou, but for her own
satisfaction and Improvement.