New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-07-20

into a fixed mild smile, that began on his thln ups
Illuminated his bare brown face, and shone WIN
subdued mstro. over his shiny, shavon head. Vur
bedroom. which served also the purpose OF dining
room. WAS neat and clean. Over Que wal was "
large scroll with writing on it. thought thls was
what j. known IN japanese hOu-c-furnlshlng ~
uoemv But Ito explained that it was an lnJunc-
tiou TO temperance " It you drink lto H'c''"S
translated H. Won viii miss your hairs poeI'c"'
fancy which seems TO require some tliiilAu'B '''i'
n preliminary to cOmprehcnSlon'
We started from Omaya to eaten, the steamer
-, Koca in the iinrickshas, our men trotung
rncrrilv along as if they had been resting through
the earlier DAYS of the week. 1t was again br gnu
F,g,isb Nav m,rning 40 clear that among tho
cl,nls IN the horizon 10 the left we could dIsilh-
cnish the white cap of Full. We had desperate
RI al 70 catch the steamer, and would nave ial'"
hut for a stra 'cgic movement on the part "' i'"'
Taking on a fresh cOOe he went III advance d'u
reached the pier just as tde little steamer nau R'U
ont into the mid lie Of the straa H. and was heading
Toxic In obedience to Itos signals the steamer
ohliringlv put back and AWAITED our arrival. III
also waited TIL Ito had cOuclud II pdrchl'S OF
crockcrv for we were to lunch on b71rI ana
plates are not included in the cd property oil
river steamer II wlsa curious little crtft WIN
r,1Ilo,vheel, md a hurricane deck on which pass
stepped
cabin made pcrllous descent on TO the bu'warks
C.ptop officers enrincerand crew. about seven all
told were in q condition of wild excitement on
discovering the nationality Of their pass
engors As far ~ they wsrc concerned, Ito might
have fingered ~ buy m al the plates IN koga so
long as they wcro permitted 10 revel among our
belongings Our coats, our drc's, our pipes and
orr boots were in turn tho object of their curious
regard. But the great object OF interest was
pair Of ar-cushions, which. by the way, persons
about TO mako journey in inricksha should
never be without. These puzzled them he
yond measure. tl the captain. observing the brass
nozzle. vcptnred 10 blow iIto IT, TO geo " rradu-
ally initiate filled them with unalloycd delight
Tho frat mate. who had apparently been having
his watch hollow. aud. callcd 40 by sudden alarm,
had forgotten 10 put on hstr crs, seized upon tho
second cushion md blew int, It tin was obliged
to take II from him. Another blast and II
would havo burst All tina time tho crowd on tho
beach had boon gathering. including largo c1ntn-
cent of tow. headed children. There was some
fear that wa should ucyor got away bat Ito
having como aboard, nni a doputation Or two
Iinrichsha men having come down to bow thrir
acknowledgements Of little present made In re-
cogniton Of their mlnfnl work, the engineer who
had not been able 10 get hold of one of tho air
cushions, spItefully blew his whistle, ropes we're
cast oil. and we moYod out again into tho eddylhg
yellow stream of the rOnegawa
We passed onward through level and sparsely
populated country. The banks were thanked with
willow trees, and now and then, from under their
overhanqine shadow, we disturbed a flock of wild
ducks. We steamed past several junks floating
with the current, and by many men fishing out of
pnnts Our young gentlem1n from Glasgow was
at this stage of the journey the most interesting
feature III the Ian Escape Seated on the deck. his
boots at time an appreciate object on square
acre of ground, cane into full and prominent view
They were shooting boots made to hi' orIar, with
exaggerated sOles spreadin beyond the uppers and
the tops lacing well above his ankles. The bare
footed japanese crew regarded these nonstfosItleS
first with awe, then with an Oyernastcrng curos-
itv that brought th,m at whatever risk. 20 group
themselves on the decl, around the boots. | sup
pose some one was steeri ng the steamer and !
couid see the anxious engineer with his body thrust
upward through the circular hole that cave ingreSS
TO th- eugine-rOOm. But declare there was no
lookout every other man OF the crow from the cap
tain downward being seated round the young gen
tleman from Glasgow cXa 1lnlng ma piPr, lceilHI
the texture of his Scotch tweed and running tIeir
fingers over his TibbcI stockings, or gdIcing sldt-
,y.V. n his boots He on his part, freely entered
into conversation with them, having great faith in
the English language when slightly improved bN
use in Glasgow Moreover he had a small glossary
of Japauese words. With this ia ms hand ile man
aged to conduct conversation "l h"cH ichs'li'
though of doubtful meaning; When n IN' ana
having slowly rcpeaicd svllahi" by SNhabie What
he had 10 say i'm tho English tongue he many put
his mouth to the of his interlocutor and gI"'d
the words over again. rs If deafness naturally dr-
counted for the dl 1irultV Of comprehension. At
length the united efforts of the captain aud crew
succeeded IN making clear that they wanted hun To-
! take hs boots on. One naturally -upp@sed t"at
| thr steamer being small they wanted TO tIlm
| her Bat rs thew left the boots together
ON the same side of the vessel th'N
or The nail, mon their deck. When the excl cmaut
had sub>deI and he crew returned to their posts:
/ saw the captain heJvo alongside, take up Que oi
tine boots. gale re ectyciy upon ia broad, spike
studded sole. pnt it gently down. and 20 away.
After few more turns he would stop, take up the
boot again, TARA lt'Oycr ma hrs hand, ana replace 10
In the "a afternoon, coming on deck alter luncheon
we caught the first mate lst without ms troussis'
III the act Of trying on the boots &c.,
Right away M the stern of the ltttlo steamer.
| only apprOJchable with infinite perl OF iuuphn2
| oveiboard was minute cabin registered Tor the
| conveyance Of Xt.en passengers. II the sixteen
had hceu hcrriues they might have been packed IN.
passenger could be 40 dealt with. Nevertheless, II
we wanted deiiycrance from casual PASSENGERS,
! in the end we did, the total amounting
| 10 a little less than g. Forward Of OH
cabin. separated from it only by sliding
| plncls with glass windows, was another CAbn
| There was no one in II when ws went on board, but
presently it began to fll and onpbcf9re we he'd
Toxic We had ceased 70 regret th" llliIe eNtfaYa-
| pnce i'm the mltfor Of private cabin. An h"ul
out sc hcpau + pick Mp passengers ana lhrF cam,
| and went on crowded wharfs through miles aud
miles Of country gradUIllF increasing III rIEu@ ol
| liz and nhor The steamer did not always stop IL
| Le rnnoted at the wharf Ont from some little ferry
| would shoot punt with solitary passenger or
| board the steamer slowed hnt did not take the
| trouble to cast out u ropr Whom The punt gpt
along side the passenger taking of his clogs throw
| them on board then jumping on himself lh'
| steamer punod ahead. aud The punt 5000 faded ~
| lhp Distance. Al the nAtiso passengers bcion
touching the apolcss deck Of the atcgmrr topl' ui
| ihsif rlops. One Of tho crew of posshy It wa ~
pntser. handed each weoden cbo"h . correspond
Ing ono WIS tied on Tho clog Hnd 40 ia" ppasruR"r
| drputtr Il the clogs wftt claimed,
81 a place called snG tho fivrf filrs, md ihi
| little steamer wont through u dillcult and daugr
0ns paHangt a. reach the btinohthIl toad 10 l0Aip
| what had frequently been threatened orcu'Wl
! nad she ran aground. After detprthtr ttfu .Ri'
| she was pushed oh and safely reached the prf %
Sald, where "A great crowd Of passengers hWaitc'