Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-11-23
TO START ON FRIDAY.
CAPT. CLOUDNIAN'S JOURNEY
AROUND THE GLOBE.

I yesterday was man about i've feet tour
/ inches tall, who was dressed in suit
which resembled naval officers uni
form. He was up aud down the bay
nearly dozen times, and really had not
! time to eat. He was none other than
Capt. Cloudman, who is to start in few
| days on his long trip around the world.
| He Is a slight active little man,
| who any one would judge to have
| plenty of grit.
Capt. Cloudman and his sloop. :ne
outing, got into port on the City
| OF Macon from Boston early IN the
morning. The little sloQp was by mistake
1 landed on the wharf. He wanted her
! dropped over the ship'a side into the
water. Everybody on the wharf went up
and examined the twenty-iOur-feet craft
and passed upon her seawOrthness. the
| general opinion was that she was most
too small. All who looked at her thought
that they would rather trust to something
| little larger. They watched with much
curiosity the movements Of the skipper in
his brilliant stripes and buttons. AS soon
| as he could he bad his sloOn slipped into
| the river. The tug Forest City towed her
down below the Exchange dock, between
| Bull and Drayton, where she was made
fast to a wharf aud a watchDan was
| put aboard.
WHAT THE NAVIGATOR SAYS.
Capt Cloudman and his father are
stopping at the Pulaski House. The
Captain SAID last night: Il want TO get
away on Thursday or Friday. The stores
| have TO be looked after and put in, and
there is some painting TO be done. | will
not get all the painting doue here, nor
viii have her coppered until | get to
! EoruondIOo IanLrGnnUilln Mo ba1
| pretty windy weather coming out, and
she was moved three or four times her
| length on the wharf, so l cannot tell
| what she needs until try her. / am not
limited in time or money. Outing, the
| magazine which is sending me, is very
liberal, but l am expected TO get there.
that is over the route laid out. / am not
to get sick or give un for anything.
The boat may sink and 1t can be dupli-
Gated, but i must get around"
"What canvas will | carry? Well, you
! know she is sloop rugged, 30 there will be
the main sail, glib and gatf top sail for
| working sails. For light weather | will
carry spinnaker and balloon glib, and
for heavy weather storm glib and stay
SAIL"
THE BOATS CREW.
"But how are you gong to manage the
canvas all by yourself? Suppose you
| want to make a reef or shake one Out?"
'All Of the sails will be so rugged that
the lines for handling them viii come
down aft, handy for me to reach while
| steering. Ii | W ant to make reef will
bring her head to the wind, secure he
tiller by screw and let her lie there
while am handling the canvas. l shall
take oil along to use in rough weather
and experiment with it to keep the seas
from breaking over me. She is pretty
broad, you see, 10 feet beam,
and will be hard to turn over.
| Look here at what | received to-day"
and the speaker unrolled number Of fine
charts, a present from the photographic
Office at Washington. The charts were
very complete. They showed the Florida
coast, the Bahamas, the W est Indies, the
Windward islands, the west coast of
North America up to Behring strait,
Kamohatka and the east and south coasts
of Asia, the Mediterranean and the west
coast Of Europe.
TAKING IN STORES.
81 do not expect to put in more than
weeks provisions at a time until
| get into the Pacific, for | will be close to
the main land or among the islands all
the time," the Captain continued. "SIXty
or eighty miles of clear water will be the
longest stretch will have until | get
around to Iceland and head for Green
land. | hope to cross the Isthmus OF
farthest, which will be before the I'M
healthy season sets in. AS the summer
of 1887 comes on l will be moving north
all the time, and | want to get across
Behring strait in August. There are, how
ever, so many places that have never been
written up tor magazine that may be
delayed. You understand, must get my
copy in every month, and from ten to
thirty-tive RACES OF 1t, too, for Outing"
"Do you anticipate any trouble from
the natives on the Asiatc coastT
THE OUTINGS ARMAMENT.
"No, l hardly think | will have any
Those on the land Will not be able to
reach me and those In boats will not be
able to catch me. Besides, l will be
almost as heavily armed as the United
States navy. My arsenal will contain a
repeating rifle, a dou5le-bRrreled shot
gun, two 45-calibre ravolvers, one or two
OF 32-calibre and yacht gun for the deck.
! What am to do with it, though, l don't
know. unless | use it for sinker when
fish. A thousand rounds of ammunition
have been ordered for every piece except
the deck gun. The pirates In AsiatIc
waters will swarm around ship when be-
Gained sometimes, but they would hardly
notice me. The winter of 1887 and 1888
will ind me | hope of China and India.
| am little afraid that the summer OF
1888 will catch me in the Mediterranean.
! AS ! Will nave TO SKIRT Italy III VIII not be
pleasant to strike that part OF the world
| in cholera season for ! would be quaran-
tined the first thing OF course. | hope,
however, that / will be either too early or
too late TO be eau ,ht in that Dredicament.
TIE COURSE TO BE SAILED.
"Atter running out OF the Mediterranean
my course will be up 70 Iceland and
thence across to Greenland, which will be
tao longest stretch OF open sea | will
have. | will NOT come back to Savannah q,
but will stop at Boston or New York, as
that Will practically MAKE the trip COM
plete. | want to eat my Christmas din
ner in 1889 at home with my wife,"
This "trip was not preached To Capt.
Coudman until October, and the matter
was not finally decided until TWO or three
weeks ago. He left home, hc says, on
about twentv-Iour hours notice. His
2 father VIII accompany him TO jackson
Vile, and ftom there he will 20 alone.
, The Captain saws that Friday is mis- red
, letter day. Everything be undertakes on
FRIDAY turns out well. 81 never had an
article rejected that wrote on Friday"
he remarked, and he added that he often
starts things early In the week but,
somehow. they are never flushed
until Friday. His recent article in
: the Century magazine on the SUBJECT Of