The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-12-04

A ync,, Cruise IN tho West indies.

to the West Indies. O1e 81 lue lIithu' ""'
Mr.. W. =. TALHuYs. A. th'S were departing
but let him say it f1r himself:
A. srnred INTO inc can fh'' wa' 20 tatc mo 20 ne
Th!rt re- osaiz 't 10 mSn In2 =, ves % ;ynr
even Tor few months. an zoe s"u .t,r oi ~. ne
without Zee ng that e nusj or q ~ each roI,9V ,
at wrappcd ia velvet when nrst caught sight ot ne
b, s'rV %pi a aees ei,"fio in ~ ornlSs sa
Ter ioretopmast sent aseo.r aug ne man,ai ,nhnc99
m p1orSion gen5 h,pp,ns, 10 ne WA E or
here ana there with the freuds VINO had co ne TO 9d
Tortt VCu emn6us when cur other ss being dosled.
We cluspcd hmds ond parted WIN = cherr one L,f
,rcd out, "ral. Ncep Journal" have done SO
her IT Is.
This journal illustrated by engravines some
Of which with their inscriptions are very humor-
Gus, has been tastcfully published in the form
Of a handsome little book bearing the title,
"West Inuia Pickles."
In his preface the author says that " the fol-
lowing pages pretend to no literary merit In
the main, however, the style Is so fresh and
lively that the tasteful reader can but regret the
lack Of little moro care IN revising the text Tor
publication. Only a small degree Of critical
attention might have remcdied occasional CON
fusion If lenses, as is shown by tue following
examples:
At last We prepared to land but This updortak
ing We have observed the landing Of several passen-
Tearing into heavy sea rooted Gown fore and af'
We he'd day IN al respects thc oppGt, Nes.sraaa5
over Us risLt mcrry
In the course Of his book Mr.. Talboys has SUM
GENTLY shown that it could not have been n,-
bnty to express himself clearly and well that
made him construct such sentences a. these:
was wakcned At dawn by the earliest pue of half
awakened BIRDS IN the shape Of horrd row ny the i've
Il seems quite anovclty to breast the great rollers.
anI @ an , ~, rs ~, ' rr nu' irg IN w. The
| c'utchc. Of old N1 az can Only take siieiy 10
can soon lay our course WIN Vie wnd moro free.
Nor could he have placed together such words
as "hirhly smcllv," for want Of the sense of
euphony since his car seems to be well attuned
To poetic harmoucs. Not TO appear too fastd-
| ious, We pass without comment the not very
correct use Of" absorb" In the following quota
| ton:
The wretchod vave.woru ducks and hens in their
COOP forsa ard salute ths ,gn Via faint cacSlns and
! Qlackings, as they absorb their ma1uthAl corn
! The nvauaDle use of the word :" Niger " In
stead OF "negro," even in serious passages-for
MIR. alboys can write seriously ceases at length
t. appear humorous, tires as by kind Of low
| toned monotony, and begins to offend mode
| rAt"ll refined taste.
His use Of hackncycd Latin and English
qisotations and Of trite illusions Is somewhat
too free to be really entertaining.
| SUCH faults as those indicated could easily
have been corrected without loss to the humor,
and with positive gain to the amcDity Of the
book. The new acquaintance Is 50 agreeable
that YOU think 1t a thousand pities that lac is
sometimes careless Of his dress.
Some " the authors assertions In regard to
pla,cs lying near the course followed, but which
| he did not personally visit, seem t. have been
| taken at second hand, though really offered as
If fresh and new. lie would have lost nothing
by crcuitins them to their sources, since they
| are not always correct as, for instance, when
he says II Saba leland that ait Is rather a dni-
cult place TO visit the tourist has TO be hauled
M the face Of rock I'm basket, the Inhabited
spot being nearly Thousand feet up, and lucits
a non hccndo It is called The Bottom" Very
recent surveys and the reports Of visitors TO this
island show that the tourist can land or the
beach at Fort Landing" and then walk or ride
up to "TLe Bottom;" and that from another
landing lace on the beach, called THE Lad
DER" the visitor can walk up to the settlements.
sulphur, from the sulphur mines, Is lowered ia
buckets down the side OF clid to the beach
aud doubtless 4 tourist might be taken up That
way II hc greatly desired It,
The Yacht left New York harbor on the eth of
November. On the 10th, after having gone
through some pretty rough weather. the author
expressed his feelings, or rather his faith, In
this way:
Occasionally the wash from the crest Of a wave
vets somcuodvt siirt. nni The sun shines OF SO
'Hffflif "N'i Ai ~, 90 US
i'comiort ana to MOD rate ne natural anAicte. OF
~n3'm h ~ 1oesu sen 4s any .lt SHGiu n'pptn
TN Az ! carr hcp fame, inc mat mo sailor, WHO
cipTcssoS, a. Wao sGcnd say 81 eri SIS mouth foi
roit lin ne >" Ana Andrew deserving ca c1mc Over
her quarter sS ,ouse me- r,AeTel WIN gmIs a ar
good llue.
Tn next day they catered the bay Agua.lla,
on the west coast Of Porto Rico, with the inten.
ton OF LAT ding at village bearing the me
name. Here tue ENGLISH language was not sur
f. tent for purposes OF communication and they
levied contributions on other tongues.
We had hardy dropped anchor Wien boat viii
an immensc spansn n'f ana aygry small m9p IN M
pos'aiasn; g. h,a0 % KS nc ,iGi1 =, y
considetaton.
The parry remained about two days az Porte
Rico made the run thence to Santa Cruz N
about three days staS cd there two days; thence
20 It. Thomas IN four hours were there fou
days sailed thence. passing saba Island on th'
way, to Gu4doloupe Ia four days; spent abou
thirty-six hours there delayed by a calm mad,
the run thence 20 Martinique In about twenty
four hours stayed there three days thence I,
Barb docs in about thirty-sx hours remained
p there Fix days; then, passing To5a;o, ran on II
, 1Iinid d in bout two days after STAYING there
, Pine, occuried two DAYS in the SAL to IL
guayra, in Nenczuea; visited Caracas, spending
e tllec days ia Venezuela, aud then set sail f.
B san iago Ge Cuba, where they arrived in abou
six dys. 1Lcre stay Of SIX days was made
\ tAy.' run theuce took the party to liza
vana, where the WISH lasted ten days; thence L
, Chailc ton In phuu, SIX days mora. During TIA
, outward voyage, rs well as while cruising anon
: the isl nds the yacht had encountered SOM
, pretty rough weather. ON the 1T Of February
30 as she was approaching Charleston, and begin
81 ming TO be strongly budetcd by wind and waves
O. Mr.. Ialboys thus praises her department:
Il ! must here record the admirable qualities AMI III
lAynr of the Josephine, under tlr Anir tiylnE cor
4 Uiu NJ TO wrcN t1v WINS srol 'ctci Nmle we rom
puuwnr under an "a eide, we uprtd up con
. u rltNly little water, t''A Neiy few srus over Oh
s IONS, nrh ouy one of amy npotiHrce INTO the cockpit
ird .it.,ycry r. D. ptc nud dive 90 e. scandalous
900 uHt Wos running ana hra'ug t'gei CIR from ever
qunr ~ tNe coinpfs~ she would rise and give uN
49,, .iff' rhtft NNt 8 ith hawk pt'i diVc for mn
l' Mrud lot carry anything aNa y, or part even II
strand OF ropVl
he record made two days later howeyc
al shows a different state OF things aboard:
- fcbruirg 3.-LaH night vas bcaety night II
10 "Alir,d' tC AZ the mate called o. rolled rs ABOUT ~
e sluuh the rls-ir much mat Nifl Ogh rfpd hro
10 was blowing, We tore the mninsa from the g,n sll