New-York tribune., 1881-12-28

an ecstasy almost worthy OF u llleViHio' "''0
a natural passion for mountain climbing anu
when am near one never allow the opportunity ~
pass unimproved. As ! grew up ! uscd-as W ash-
ipgton Irving, in his Sketch Book describes
himself as doing-to wander about the pler-headS ol
New-York watch the parting ships, ana INSPECT
those al anchor wheneyer permission was GlNGn' on
What was the occasion OF your unuei'@Nlhs ~
extensive series OF travels = IL = ool-
Iegr and the doctors ordered me long sea voNasI,
I selected that would take me i on NV ri,iu@
around Cape Horn to san lanc.sco' Fastrrn Asia
tlcrr huweVtT, my desire 10 penetrate '-'', -, i,,,
had been so spurred 10y the des ;rpJoit9 y at
the officers Of the ship on Whlch H"i D. lid
resolved TO proceed instead of retulhlhg' I'V
not suspect that would he three years % %eiu "y,st
/ reached home, and that meahNhIIG l 49," 49,"
ali th. oceans and condiments upon the gl"Pe' ,i
"Woald you object to furnish sNelch u 'i'
"Bv no means: but It viii necessarily be mercy mercy
q sketch sailed from New ork IN t!'o I ", Erey
ship Golden Fleece. my companions Io,m5 ,trs and
! Nntsn,ioh Acaus.. DID, ana his daughters az i
,,n of Enstou Mass We reached san Iahrl'IV, 81, III
IN DAYS Alter eNhaustmg California sa.ISu I'll III
the Eiwaiiam Islands IN the same sup III Nv oro
had ruauded the Horn. In Una. uIS ind.
Je pIs,ed two or three delicious lhoh'lt7, 1it
! ing tae highest mountains pehStaI'ls , ,Lo INN
! crtters and visiting every lsiah' oi wv ,Iai"nf
Iir,.n, uouoIulu went to Auckland, NeW-He'l.'in'
! i'm one OF the new line Of steamers, iAeh lJSO , o
! Ii.hrd which were 10 ply between Hah L|'l''
a' .i - Inrr I'm Australia and Tasmania pdsSeu
/ several months, making q lajhtI U'un""l NJ
across a corner OF the loIhef from IA"", w., ~ Iins
/ bournr IAa experience was ruu-h' hut ""H '''u'
/ able 10 see much OF tEC interior OI luII -i''' .""
! tincut which would Ia c Been missei. oy 4N " ",'
l n,n,-ss. Nv companion was q san lIahc'H'o
editor aud the journey was accouPhSlI' u' '.
! of laI coach steam. horseback ana Ioot' ~"
! Australia ! went in magnificent ,ihGl'sn 1i 111H
| clppcr ship, OF 500 trus burden, dHtfJ 10 ~
| cutt9-a two months voyage. hau aI ld't
! reached India. and my beautiful dream oI '"o
! Orient was about 10 be Ieaii4tI' 4-;.,
! How did it compare with the othcF Cou""'0'
@OfuIl in Asia it was the most interesting MY IN
! tcrD,.tcY VINO ,p1,e lInGOsauee, Arabic, ieIsial
! French and English, was with ne inct'sah'iE, auo %
| | have devoted tWO-tMrdS OF ono "l my ug"N',
! Through and Through the TROPICS To r'a.' i'.t- @
! nv experiences. The native pIlu'cS SI"N'i l.o
great attcui on. particularly the ltajah oi b''"ie',
! who for nearly week entertained me III ms .+'''
/ in -ulpudid Oriental fashion. From luh.I 'ooN
! passage in an English steamer TO Butmah' lthe-
| ir9trd 700 lnilts INTO the Interior aHd lhch uaN-
ccd with the Right Rev. Bishop bi-nuuet' IN. .no
! NcIr-ApOstoiic oi burmah, d,Nn thc 1'da' :" wy
! Malay peninsula 10 Penang lsfyird by Bayafd
! Taylor tnc most beautiful island IN the ""IIH'
then 20 Nalacca and Sin-ap"it from g tng n,Sol %
great Asiatic cutrrpot went TO Ba'aFiA ahu JdNd;
{ Here remained two months, having 'GtH l'NoIH
/ by The GnvcncT-GrncTa! OF DGtch India Wi'h
letters Of Introduction To thc great "d,Ne P'u,'
notably ths Emperor and, Empress OF solo, on TIE
! southern coast OF the island. :..l.,ol
ls it true that your wanderinHS also ihc'"u'"
Yes. Hearing Of the opening of that singular .i
! country, determined 10 witness lor lhENeh lho
! wonderful transformations gong on Oh NY way
| stopped only at Hong Kong, Thcie was l'''s,
! ferrcA to another steamer, the BQmhay TA.cu
number OF years ago s yoG W.n .tcmnr Gn.,a
| i'm YeGdp Bay. In Yokohama h1d tEe t'9i .oI-
| tune TO meet and to become well acquainted WIN
! Baron llubucr the Aus'r ran dlpioWdu,t ana II1
t,rIqn lie n so WAS making the tour Ui the Wui",
with particular reference. however 10 amer! -
! CHINA and Japan WITH INN was FouHE iAI'tl7"'
man Of fine culture and great wealth W.' hlu JuS55
! cn"IpIrtcj a fourteen months tour ol the United
States | was solicited 10 join these G'llciHcii' anu
after eXhau,tIng the objects ui interest ~ 'APh'
| and visiting all the important town. ana c:ils- 'u
! fine empire, .aYe Iakuda4, Iu lles"' We IeIJ I"'
| Shanghai and inspected Cheloo. llcHt''h an" 'Ilo
/ Great Wall, and proceeded doNh t"c II",t W
! H,up Kong Here We parted from Baron iiuhh'r'
| who continued on his way home 70 vienna va
| Singapore. po!nte de Gale, Alden ana "a - haNuI
! made what the Austrian Minister 10 iehln4 c'I'I
| Il grand trIumphal tour of Japan ana emma. IL
| this be so We. who were in his company, owed cur
/ share 10 the rank and fame Of Baron liu'her VINO
! was everywhere received 10y the native authorities
! and foreign diplomatic representatives WIN III"
] greatest respect, and who was peimi'leu ~ - ~
! anime many things inaccessible 10 the pIuIIdly
| traveller Among pcr-"nnges Of note with whom
We had interviews were the Mlkddo ana lrlu'e
By this time you were, Of course, prepared to
| return home = " d.. l
| Co,nbo'ia were s,iil before me- But it WIS nrcss-
sarv first 10 cross Manila. and mahe tour "l the
Philippines: These Islands You are a"S'S, s,,,nr a."
| toborcO and hemp. Manila Isa "uronS ola SPaul-h
| city of about 2OJO0O inhabitants, and M ih%.iSh
friend and took great pleasure IN tamillarHnF
ourselves with all It's eccentric hooks ahd ny-Pia5ts.
Whpu we had seen everything there, we returned TO
Hong Kong, and went thence To singapore, whtie
| we parted, he going to Calcutta and starting Tor
! Banrkok and the exploration of Eastern Asa ana
J Caubodia But since this Is all dctaIed ia my
frst hook viii say nothing more aDOut #. 1t VIII
| sulice to add that my rOute home was somewhat
! circuitOug Leaving Saigon Tor SlngapoIe' ana
UayelIIng Theme 10 Pointe de Galit, iOuncyed all
over Ccylon reached Alden. went mp the Red Sea TO
| Suez through the Canal, meeting NJ de Lcs.rPs AZ
Jsmaia, around to Alexandria, inland to Cairo, mp
! the Nile back to Caro- again and hn6IlY through
, italy. France and England, home. hus endea =
not badly planned and not unSucccssluiiy executed
tour of the globe. 1t covered $1,000 mics. occupied
cnuutTIcs of Asia. Il gave me tie oppuUILli ~,
Whenever | chose, Of living with the natives IKE
one of themselves, and gained me- interviews with
five kings four rajahs three cmpcroTs, three wee
I ! rows and two princes
have frequently ENGAGED an Interpreter pcrma-
nentlv but not rarely my iingual knowledge has
spry ed me- in good stead understood only t'Ee+k,
Latin French. spanish and English; bot nave "A
slight acquaintance with hauaka, HlnGOsianec,
( | Malay, Arabic ana Norwegian; .,
- Have Won seen Europe as thoroughly rs AslaF
} More So ! have been four time, over Europe,
have visited cvery capItni city ana my routes nave
S extended from Gibraltar 10 North Cape and from
Ireland to Siberia. | took particular pleasure ~
irlternzng with the Norsk, the Lapp and the
Finn" ,,..,.... ......,,...,
who neglect their own country and contInentT
think not, seeing that have visited every
portion OF the United states and Canada, ana IN
, lend this winter TO travel through mexico
a (which part oi the world DO you pIeicrI
! | had rather live IN NcW.1 olk lhah any othef
city the United States than any other nation, and
u America than any other continent. IleIe II no
yyore elz, such business street broadway, such
a n9lace line as Fifih-ave, and such park as
Central Our hOc.s, theatres, schools. our ahyIumS,
no pltas and benevolent tntions, our elevated
railwavs ire department and seaside resorts are
r. unparallcled Though the cost Of living Is greater
= here than in most European cities You can get
rore of those comforts here which have become 10
r ms necessary luvuries than you can eloewherc' -
viii your travels end with the Mexican trp1
That derenis The ideal lite, for bachelor, Is
IN sneud two wears in travel and three years IN re-
coyeung iron. it, until Old age brings IN view that
longer Journey of which no one las yet written the
history b-and resting his eyes thOughtfuly upon IN
| Al. fn-' f,pi