, 1873-08-24
THE VOYAGE TO PERU.
Another View OF the American
md English Steamers.
The Islands of Tobogo and Flamanco,
nnd the Port Of Payta.

10 tho Editor of Tho Chicago 1rtoHnet
61R: Evory Sunday morning, for several wcokH,
hive boon worry mitch delighted with tho lcttotB
from your correspondent iii Lima, Peru for IN
them have found trlte picture Of tile life and
customs Of tho country III which hive passed
somo Of the moat pleasant days Of my life. Ittt
/ must coilfesB TINT I wds rather aBtoniBhod
when received tho laBt Sundays Tn1nuNE aud,
in tho account Of tho trip from Now York to
Callao, Bnw how tho tiacomfortB Of tho American
steamers on tho Atlantic woro painted in tho
very darkest colors, wh!lc tho comforts Of tho
English stoamor OIL tho Pacific wore hold out In
tho brightest light. Ny experience Inns boon 80
contrary to this tint cannot help giving my
own opinion of both tho American and English
atoamory. in order that tho rondors Of TnE
TRIBUNE may SEQ two sides Of The question and
compare tLom.
havo travelled on atenmorR Of almost orory
nationality, and in almoHt oyory part Of tho
globe; but nowhere lavo found
go MUCH coMFonT
M on tue An,orcan steamers botweon Now York
and AHpinwall, In clonnlinoas thoy snrpass alf
othorB, except perhaps tho American steamers
that run betwcon Ban FrnnciHco and Panalna.
Almost oyory timo thoy aro III port, tlloy roc"iye
n now cont of raint md OH tho raBaago, every
"
morning. tho hal,tlH are occupied all day wash
ing paiut-work, sweeping decks, or drying up
any water that spray mAy hayo sent Oh deck.
As tho At1nntlo iB almost always rough, those
steamers carry no cargo on deck, and tl,oro ia
plenty Of room for proinonadirg, not only for
tho first and second-class, but also for the stcor
ago passengers; wheroas tho English
atenmors on tho Pacific tint aro al-
ways Hailing in smooth wator, haye Tho spaco
botween the main aud hurricane docks slowed
full Of cargo, and, If you want any exercise,
you will have to SO up OIL tho hurricane deck,
where you will either bo dronched with the
rain {if you nro noltI Of Guaya1uiD, or will be
acorohed by tllo rays Of tho sun, which in tho
tropical zono doscend pcrpondicularly OH your
head. The stato-rootnH Of tho American steatn-
ofe arc small, but mover saw any ateamer
where they were much larger; and, us l ncvor
pass more than tho five or six hours necessary
for sleep in my atate-room, Nave always found
thom comfortable enough. On tho American
steamers there has also boon great amount OF
care taken to make 1t as comfortable as possible
for
THE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Tho steorage, which ia roony, light, and woll-
ventilated, ii divided into Two apartments ts,--ono
for the ladies, tho other for tho gentlemon
theso arc, during the winter-months, heated by
steam-pipes. Thoro is single berth for every
passenger this IL constructed by stretching q
piece Of canvas betwcen four stanchions. Tho
storage IL washed every forenoon, and the
so seans p~s osea e sss s as g
only bod-clothos furnished for tho steerage is a
pillow for each borth). Tie table for
tho first and second d-olass passengers il
ov IN tn
meats aud vegetables arc taken from New York
On leo. never SAW any OF thom spoiled a,,l
know that, with tho rolling and pitching Of tho
yessal esas to assSt my dgostye on
did on tho Pacific, whore the soa III 30 smooth
that it Ia not oven necessary to tRko any precau-
t',,u tions TO- 70 prevent the the dlahes from
~
sickness naturally would find that tho American
steamers on the Atlantic IRE moro Uncomfortable
than the English steamess on tho Paciflc; for,
as the Atlantic is nearly always rough, such q
poraon would continually feel miserable, aud
FIND FAULT WITH EVERYTHING,
No food, however delicious, would taste well
and, after having Rsarvod for eight or nino days
on the Atlantic. for the want OF appetite, almost
perfect guato, and smiles and sunshine would
return to the fncoa TINT, only a couple Of days
previous, had boon dark and gloomy. Buch ap-
pears to have bBon the state Of affairs on board
and I eau oven now imagine his woe-begone
looks when he camo to the conclusion that mo
where eau be found moro discomfort and incon-
yenioneo than on voyage On the Atlantic from
IL.
This sooms to mo to be q hard expression, and
ono that nobody could uso except aperson who Ia
easily affected by any momentary impulse, like
somo old sea-captalnB that hayo heard OK
fa9b M" in ny e 4"Ys h1o such h,
such narrow escape in my lito!" and am por-
fectly sure that they had utterod tho same ex-
clamationB fifty times before.
I HAVE MYaELR
walked for twenty hours through desert, my
feet sinking deep into tho aand at every step.
md without, drop, Of wnter to quoueh my
thirst, which, in the, latter half Of my
Journey, m was IS ,at almost That tnt;oaorablom,
my my feet through the thin solos Of my Shoes Ii md
with scarcely breath Of wind to cool the at
mosphero a little; I have for five days and
nights sailed in an open boat on the Pacific
Ocean, with only one companion, and no mora
no water to Quonch our thirst, except what We,
in the foggy morning, could gather on tho point
Of our tongues from the boom aud sail Of our
boat have sob;snns bsSn on a.. vessel where we ran
kept on short allowance for weeks;
I haye entercd port, with a wator-Iogged
vessel. whore NO bad boon Ut tho pumps
foot, cold and woary, the Thermometer at bo-
tween 90 and so degrees below zero, and even as
low as 40 dogrecs, OF tho freoziug-point Of NOR
cury,--knowing full well that to stop. while
waa to keep on till I could reach some hab,ta-
tion to stay ovor night nj and yet cannot say
about any place that. "Nowhero can be found
more discomfort and Inconvenience" for
I may perhaps Lezeafter sec moro
discomfort and Inconvenience than I
ever did before, aud, for all that know
may end my days in some place for moro un-
comfortable than any havo yot been in.
But to return to the steamor: I think can
safely say that naaking allowance for tho rough
weather and sea-sickuosB, there ia as much COM
fort on tho American steamers running between
Now York and Aspinwall as on
ANY OTHER srEAMEns IN THE WORLD.
II tho atoamor arrives in Colon (AApinwall) late
in tho evening. tho passengers generally have to
remain there over night, and take tho cars for
Panama in tho morning.. Tho largost and
best hotel IN Aspiuwall is tho Howard
HouBe which has room enough for
800 persons. II Ia kept by Capt. Smith, an
American gentleman, who will do all in hia
power TO make hts guests Us comfortable as pos
hiplo tho cllargea hero arc 80 day in gold.
Tho ride acroas to Panama IL glorious, and, ~
your correspondent has described It fir bettor
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