New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-10
TRAVELS OF THE MINES.
,Unoss rHE INDIAN OCEAN.

Colombo, Ceylon. January %.
The weather gods are certainly lavor'ng the USn,
LEG - ,ho,r trim around the world. Fair winds
IA bright s,des have coued them at every step anu
,hov arrived amid the spicy breeIes' OF CcSlon as
Ignorant Of the oceans tempestuous' moous as "nop
'"oS - 80 80 The voyage from Australian shores
So s,a,rntersl nothing unfavorable than
o no' I,,o rain souall and two days OF choppy sea
,o.ordnc 10 ALI accounts tho merry Fogarty was In
,ah o,Impse of an lnhabtant Of Australia
~ stood NJ the rail Of the Vessel 10 company WIN
nr.n and pazed musngB at the distant hills seVorA
miles away. 49,, o,,.r thar. -, ~. hin.
Fog7' said Ryan. Ia. ,,noo...s ahs,s
Eyes" replied "Foge'" qui'' u"''n'0'"0u'
inst picking up worm"
In a drive about Colombo on the morning after our
,r,vaI the carriage passed along stretch OF roSu
bordering the sea for some distance Inc DSAch We"
ride and was covered with multitude Oh coal ooas'
In large space between two OF the dlngy loohns
vesse,s WIRE three little natives, the eldest not oNe'
eight wears old, engaged in game Oh soaR' luS' "
It used to DO played In the unllca sta.es many yoa1
,co bcfore scboolboys made the study OF curves
81 @tnshootss an especial course from which IT,
l,,o ,o,ar a princely income and popular homage
Tho LITTLE nlayers stood In the respective positions VI
ntcher halter and catcher The oah was a shai'
hndo ~ cord and the bat an ordinary piece OF wow
Uber the halter hit the ball he maze run ior oo-oi
tho boats as the base, whlc the pitcher picked u up
ord With Burns.llke throw, soaked' or hit th
winner with Il in the middle OF the BACK whercupoh
thoy exchanged places. heaiiL'ns luz Poseiott''
~ tho game might have been developed through
,tor.s, created by the coming Of tho American ball
ni.ysrs vour correspondent inquired Of an old man
,hetber he had ever played the game that the lads
sre engaged In and no replied, Me play same long,
long time ago, when boy
n was AT FIRST in tended to remain about three days or
the island and then sail for Calcutta. But the al
viccs received from spadngs advance agent were not
If favorable character and the trip through India
had to be abandoned. The saHcr was to sail carly the
following morning but IT. order to give the combina-
lion an opnortuniy TO make the record OF playing the
art baseball game on the famous Island, the departure
was delayed until 80 p. m.
The game between the two teams was played in the
presence Of about 5000 people on the local cricket
rounds called Gale Face and II Is safe to say that
he visitors derived more pleasure from the lovely
haraoer Of the surroundings than the natives did from
The snort II the latter experienced any enjoyment
they failed TO express IT, excepting when player SLID
To a base, a performance at which they laughed I'M
Incidentally But IL must be confessed that tho OK
hibiton was Of character scarcely calculated to ex'
cIte entbusasm anywhere With tho exception of home
rim hits BY Crane and Brown the batting was OF the
weakest possible description, only four hits being made
n the five innings played, and twelve players s'rueH
,ut The scene Of tho contest was the most attractive
eature connected with it On the right few hundred
feet away the waters Of tho ocean gllttered benesh
tho rays OF the tropical sun. On the opposite sac
aud below the outhed the ground faced streets lnod
With neat gableroofed cottages that seemed TO done
peacefully under the grateful shade OF
| rocoanuts An old church. with moss-thatchod cave
md gables lowered above them and seemed 70 ntehs
he spirit Of Isuess Is, .S gHe' 1pe,o nl ne
our sides Of the bali field was solid wall Of Oriental
| iumanity-Cingalese, Hlndoos Mahometans, hoor
| date on the side facing the sea, was substantial
cooking clubhouse, with broad veraDdas on when sa
| Inc wives OF tho military officers aud resident
| 'orelgners. Near by wero many stylish oqnipage'
rom which other daintily dressed ladies' Viewed ut
| snort Mlngling among the clubhouse people Wert
many sturdy looking Highland soldiers from the neigh
/ Eoring barracks, In sombre-hued kits and searle
| coats