Smyrna times., 1884-01-23
For The Smyrna Times.
Extracts from Letters from Dr..
Lila F. Swinney.

| AOhtO, OOU miles from
Japan Monday, November 26, 1881.
we are talking now about reachin,
land, perhaps by morrow evening 81
carry wednesday morning, landing n
loKohama. We have not seen a sigh
vi coast or shore since last "Wednesday
t"0 weeks. Truly the ocean is wide
ana we are going every minute foo
uay ana night, at the average rate ~
1oO miles day, varying according r.
favorable winds and weather. \ T 4
- AS soon as we left San Francisco
Bay on November 9TH and were fairly
OUT OF the Golden Gate" we took our
Derths Tor fear we would be sick. and
sure enough there we staid one while
9aOoath day was up on deck and en-
JOyed sitting in my "steamer chair ),
ana looking out on the ocean. after that
we mao had storm for three days and had
very rouSh time, ordinary days we
are up on deck nearly all day. There
IS long promenade and the captain
keeps urging us to be out in the omen
ar ana take exercise; what else have
we TO DO II the sea is not rolling too
much? We have had rather a rou~b
passage but yesterday we had another
storm that exceeded all others. tba
winds and the waves were in n terrible
commOtiOn and our immense shin ,yaS
tossed like a bubble. we seated onr-
serves In solid chairs or on the sofas
ana held on with our feet and botb
hahds. One gentleman a merchant
very dlgnltied and an elderly man sittin~
near me, was not holding on good and
ne was thrown entirely across the room
TO the other side, going over a mart of
Ine piano ana landed head downward
with crash; several were thrown off
tneir seats, one lady was thrown under
the centre table.
Ihen after that when our side of tho
snip was up apparently high and drv.
huSe sea even rolled over the hiGh
part and over the bulwarks and dash
ing against the door, large volumes
came through the closed door dashed
over me and ran across the room over
all tins beautiful carpet. 1t was wild
enough ABOUT that time, but TODAY the
sea Is much more calm and the sun is
ShlhlhS. This forenoon we
We're called out to see a school of nor
Polses; they looked to be about five or
SIX feet long, and were GOING - -
- I"plu rate' soon outstripping the ship. |
II-Very minute or SO they would givo a
reap INTO the air, dashing ahead all the !
lime. This was for the purpose of get
Ilhg ar, as they are like whales. tRev .
nave 10 DloW occasionally. We stop in /
Japan, IN Yokohama perhaps a dav or
more, changing steamers, and then |
nave a week more on the water before
reach Shanghai. Have nnt .
seen land for SO long l wonder how
rees and fields look. 4 Y i
Inc chief engineer invited US to see
ne engine a few days ago; we went
Town three flights of stairs. and if ison
immense affair using five tons of coal a
lay. The engines / think he said twoI
:ost S61O, 100000 just for the Toxic alone.
MS snip Is 425 feet long, the largest
nc Oh Ihe line. Besides the first class
''asSengers, we have on board go
teerage passengers, going back to their
atlve land, China. One of our num-
er dled man from Boston; he was
urled Ill the sea the next dav. II
booked sad to see the coffin lowered
lto the water with no kind friends tD =
trew flowers in the grave.
IueSddy morning, NoCember 27th-
MS we hope will be the last dav out.
Apectlng to moor into the harbor
TINS evening or in the night ,
Last evening a storm came I
p ABOUT sunset and grew worse and
'orse till half past two it reached the ,
Ilmax; you know the life boats that /;
ang outside, away above the bulwarL,s
le snip would tip until they would
'uch the water The chief engineer 4
tid ne never saw the ship roll SO. +
-lSs whitman was terribly frightened q
ld begged to get in my berth with me 6
we crowded together and held on: !
osC OF the gentlemen were frightened.
'esSed and came up in the saloon for 7
10 rest OF the night. Old ocean has
ven us final touch and a rough pas
ge on the way. x
1t seems like long time since was " y
lth you. | have been so long rock !" .
IN the cradle of the deep" that I
ther like the motion; it is sometime :,
Ie hammock on large scale. ali y
IL the storms. All! we have had n .
ugh time and not many pleasant ',
US; 1t Is not a pleasant rock. then
I Il
out, TO dress, eat or even sleep. n,
1here are no wharfs in Yokohama =,
ocean steam ships so YOU can ~
aglne us going down the side of this q:
lp INTO "sand-pan" Japanese row "
at and going ashore. h,
here we must change what gold we ~
ed to use at the bank into Japanese Il;
'ney, also go to the steamers office 81
u get our tickets. There is quite n b
npany of us, but the returned mis- -, -.
nary knows the way. ~
W have been greatly interested in :,
'tchlng the wake of the ship of dark .n e.,
5hts, and even by the sides. where NJ
see the water bright with phosphor-
;, 1t makes the surrounding water fo
k blacker still. ~ ~.
Connected with the engine is a con- T. t.
lser, IN which the ocean water il n,
ned into steam then condensed after ID
'lng first been filtered for our drink IT.
water then cooled with ice is purer p
n on land. This steamer is a busy
rid by itself. 4,
'o doubt there will be some eager ~, ~
S to see Land aho" this afternoon. p;
Hope there will be letters in De
mail at'Shanghia. -, De
"esddy, 1.30 p. M-The sailors CRY ao. n
rang through the ship. LAND tSS;
)! and sure enough the faint ont S,r
OF Japan mountains can be seen in T In-
iar distance, we will reach there to of
ut, November 9th, about midnight. 50,