New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-31
IN THE SOUTH SEAS.
EAruRE AND Man m THE TROPICS.

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Sps4A Es i s lRchAl me sas B.
cpisiemssd, ~ a, .. WIN msgs ana ana
S Ssas siu.. %. as. scriSnef 4 wexford.
me cruise Of the Marchesa, an suxiliasy
vcrew schooner-yxcht Of aeo cons. captain ana
c~n4r Mr. Charles 7. Ketsewsil, appears 70 have
been made under the most favorable eonneons
IN every respect, and yet the dissomforts ana
even downsighs safgings endured by tbe shlps
oompxny wsrs By no means inconsidefabie Inc
chrouieler. On. Guillenard. has arranged ms
rnsterial with commendable judgement Rassing
liebtIvl over the accounts Of places already well
known shrouah the descriptions Of previous travel
Ierx. ana dvclling upon the observations o. those
p1aces which have hitherto escaped notice. With
shs exception Of the Malay Archipelago, wnicn
AZ. Wallace has 80 well and fully described, the
majority of the countries explored by the MAI
chsx3 have been cursorfly, or not as Gil, ex-
axnsned. II follows that this book contains
rruszrkably fresh and interesting narrative, ana
chat 10 sbounds with novelties. The writer Is
s.suyn1iss. ana Hike Mr.. wallace, collector OF
h.ras of uxrsfisa The collection brought home
~ the yacht was Ane enc, and the number OF
birds and beasts at one sme assembled on her
S,ok SyouM have started good-sized menagefie,
had sithe Of the creatures survived the deporfa-
tfon 30 Europa The ilnstratlons in tho volume sre
extremely good, and being engraved aifer pnoeo-
graphs they are necessarily faithful 80 many
negatives were taken that in making seecuohD
for the book much embarrassment was caused py
the profuEon Of material; but certainty ln'eo
lAnslly chosen srs beautiful enough. 30 asr %
a.rnerr roes. TO create high ideal OF the sum
4as 5x{~ IN. SVu6ES8
az sea- sixited BY the edventurezs
rormosa was the FIRST land touched an no
long stay was made there, but enough 20 opVa,n
i really wonderful view OF the ssppencous cuns
l,vhisb frown ever the ocean Of one nde Oh Sne
''sss,nd raising their giant masses from hve 70
$50, thausand feet sheer, and springing nom
81. -, level with an abruptness and precpsous-
ness vhich enhance their great height haH-was
=, ehssc tremendous cliffs the clouds SWIM con-
stautlv. and far above these shifung nocoalcns
vnnarsbodsss the grim reeiSnssses nfb baels ose
,,owerine bulk Fermosa Is o land wmch msa'
6eeer,ss ix name. according TO all trsyeiers tue
lat.st mo less than the earliest It's people seo
cmnnaratiyely quiet and peaceful, HAVING s'ssn
III III, head hunting practice to which, NAG "ao
ssr.La xbev wore formerly addicted ana oe'ns 90
q nnneved Ia fair way to ABANDON ene
.thsv unpleasaut habit Of cannibatan. ,fn
= sds FIAT only some Of The tribes are hecnseo "a
ss.s. ~ tbese uraotices, and that the Chinese ap
-, IN have tanned the Formosaps to great exoeaA
~ Kselpn9 began On experience Of paa sn'ons
,-h,.h extended all through the cruise 10 cui'-
-. NOW TN tropical countries man con'xiYes "
=. sro,,nd himself with unsaaitary oondiuons' anu
trrr IL auryfyes them. But though Tor eoLapars
tivsly long periods the union Of zoe mann eie.n
ard ths kings highway ss Dr. Ghiiiemaro pu's
~ nav uroduce 20 appreciable ~ eheet VIC nsNs
M "a study the history Of zymctic diseases 20 per
awe clearly enough that outraged nature sooner
a. iater sxacts the penalty from shose VINO e01s
~ laws Let the cholera start in the tropics ana
exery stencil OF every filthy town ana viasse VIZ
ssszn TO bear death in it. But the chlnese anu
xfer Eastern congeners can hardly DC said 70 aoaps
<hspze.ses 70 Sheir environments In creAuns anu
spcrpctuatiug the nuisances they are so expeFs IA
rroducing. Thy find nature sweet ana ciean' snu
fxey uroceed to dtfle her. Here msuncs wncn
vvosld have guided the lower animals ari gns iais'
..xf sntelrgepcs somehow Is not ready to take up
instincts unfinished work The irssus u snae ene
rin,s between tro stools, fsil to the ground
4 /. "a hs rerretted that the Mirehesa did
"a raw more prolonged visit TO the Lu-kiu
Ts,a5s for what is said Of them whets the readers
auyiositv. They are inhabited by = quiet ard
r.aes-lovfne race. 20 whom traders rum, guns, and
otber implements Of civilization are practically un-
.rnown, and whose natural tendencies seem to be
towartl yirsue rather than vice. This ia No doubt
1a,relv dne 70 the fact that the islands lie 30 lar
srozp the beatea path that they have remained I'M
porfectiy known The people. too haye been svefss
from exploration Of thsr land. They have mucn
~ the Japanese character sbout them. They are
insatssbly curious but perfectly polite and conmd-
crate. When the travellers landed thsir move
ments were impeded by the crowd which had gath
ered 90 Gee them, but there was no rudeness or
rouehuess. and sverybcdy tried 70 make room Tor
!, the strangers. They were enableds after some
trouble. 10 securs sdnission to Shiur the capital
az che Islands, whose eyclopean architecture
massive Qualifications and generally japanese
favor about the antiquities, showed how ciose the
connection between the two countries had been.
Huxpicion OF an forelgners seems to be the ruling
weakness in I1u-Eiu but IL IL not accompanied oy
tho overt hostility which in China crops out al
most everywhere beyond the treaty pcrts. The
Kin people Of the intsror exhibited the utmost
courtesy whenever they met the travellers and
nothing could have been potter or more hospitabie
than thcdr reception and trcstmens By Che author-
ties
Prom this latest Japanese annexation the Mar
chesa proceeded 10 Kamschat<a, where very diff
fexens experiences were TO be encountered. Inc
programme involyd . somewhat extended inland
tourney. 70 the hesdwatcrs Of the Ksmschatka
River, which IL was the intention OF
the party 70 6escend in beats. The
land travel was what it always is IN these
ssorthern countries during the brief summer
that Is to sag, swamps, tangled forests. mud-holes
snoeanitocs, fey rnhrjdged streams and pervadint
rawness, eheckered with blasts Of fierce heat
made up the Htustion. Tho salmon ascend ell tn
rivers on this coast in immense numbers, and o
countless thcusands are left on tho banks whea
tiic spring freshets subside, the penssrating per
fuuse Of deccnpcxng nah scented she stmcspher
ID Tie neighborheod Of oil running water, and an
nounced the spproach of the party 70 campinl
Z place when night fell They drew their supps
ont Of the swarms Of 1--we salmon which Aied tn
rivers from bank to hank, nothing but gal
being required TO taxa then Out The scenef,
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