The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1890-01-30

HOW THE TRIP WAS MADE.
Review of Miss Nellie BIy's Wonderful
Journey Around the World.


On the 10th day of November, Miss
BLY, was told that she was 10 start on the
18th by the Hamburg steamer Augusta
Victoria for trip around the world,
and TO push on according to an itinerary
which had been prepared. and report
back at New York on Jan 81. The main
preparation was in picking out this that
and the other thing to be left behind I'M
til the little bundle to go was the size of
a grip sack. Into a small hand bag the
few bits of necessaries did go, and with
this and a package of wraps intended
for the transatlantic trip the young
voyager was to 60 aboard the German
steamer. A couple of serviceable plaid
and camel's hair gowns, few changes
of flannel underclothing, and the outfit
was complete, with a snug fitting cap,
light plaid ulster with hood and
pair of easy fitting shoes.
The Augusta Victoria with Miss BLY,
on board arrived at Southampton on
Friday morning, Nov. 90, at 2 o'clock,
too late to catch the last regular passen-
ger train which would enable her to
make connections with the morning
trains from London to France. FortuH-
ately the Augusta Victoria had heavy
mail on board, which the English post
office authorities were anxious to get up
10 London in time for the Friday morn
ng's delivery. Through the kindness
of Superintendent Winchester, of he
London Southwestern Railway, Miss Bly,
was provided with transportation from
Southampton to London on the postoffice
special train. She arrived in the big
metropolis soon after o'clock.
The same evening she took a nights
rest, and early the next morning was off
on the tidal train for Amiens, where she
was met by Jules Verne, and became
the guest of the novelist and his wife,
Miss BY arrived at Calais in time to
take the Brindisi mail train. This ranks
with the fast flyers from New York TO
Chicago and San Francisco, except that
while these latter trains are run for the
accommodation of passengers, the Brin-
dist special is above all a mail train.
Miss BY arrived at Brindisi on time,
and took the steamer Victoria of the
Peninsular and Oriental Line from that
point. She left B.indisi on the morn
ing of Nov. %, crossed the Mediterran-
can and sailed through the Suez Canal
dTTlNlDk at Dh ANONs 50. ItOn
Ismailia her journey lay through the
Red Sea, whose water swallowed Pha-
roah's hosts. On Dec. I'd the Peninsu-
lar & Oriental steamer, still the Victoria
on which she had embarked at Brindisi
rode into the harbor of Alden. Across
the Arabian Sea the Victoria sped and
arrived at Colombo, on the Island of
Cey loo, on Dec. 8. Here she left the
Victoria to take another p. &. Q steam
ar for Hong Kong. She was two days
ahead of her itinerary but was obliged
to spend the two days IN Ceyl1n. The
steamer from Calcutta for China was
due at Colombo on Dec. O. but was day
late, and Miss BLY, did not leave the
SInghalese port until Dec. 10. On Dec.
IS, Nellie Bly, after passing through the
Straits Of Malacca, was at Singapore
half way around the world. She re-
NAMED in the P. & Q. steamer, which
stopped at Singapore only long enough
TO permit the m ills and its cargo to be
handled, and on Dec. "a reached Hong
Kong, on the southwest coast Of China.
She had her Christmas dinner in the
Chinese city, and altogether passed five
lays in shopping and sightseeing.
This delay was expected, and could not
nave been avoided. This first available
means OF transportation across the Pa