, 1890-01-26
The Flying Tour.

Special Dispatch to The Leader.
New YoRK, Jan. 25.-The daring
representative of the World left New
York Nov. IA. embarking on the steamer
Augusta Victoria at 9:4O:3Oa. IN.
Nellie Bly, made this remarkable tour
with no other baggage than a small hand
satcheL She left New York with but
one gown, and that upon her back. In
the satchel were necessary changes of
clothing. five copies of the New York
World of that day and e500 In bank of
England notes, besides her railroad and
steamer tickets for the entire Journey. A
snug fitting double peaked cap, a light
plaid. ulster with a hood. and a pair of
easy-itting shoes completed her equip
ment. Think of a iaunt of 25, 900 miles
with that outfit
She carried a twenty-fuur hour watch
which steadily lost time but was correct
when carried into New York yesterday.
Miss Bly, is nomlnally a day younger than
il she had remained at home.
By charterlng a special tug to catch the
fast mail at Southampton Miss Bly, was
able to reach London at 5 o'clock the
morning OF Nov. %. She was given a
reception H. the World London office by
newspaper people.
Nine hours after entering London the
ci~rcumnavigatUr Miss BY was met at
Amiens. brance, by Jules Verne and
wife and had q delightful visit with the
famous novelist. His ''Phineas Fogg"
girdled the globe in eighty days, but his
creator was not jealous of the imagiAry
Fogg living rival.
The mex stage was aboard the noted
Brindisi mail. one of the worlds fastest
trains, carrying the English mails from
| Calais to Brindisi. At the latter place
Miss Bly, took the Peninsular and Orien-
tai steamer Victoria.
She left Brindisi at 2 a. III. Nov. 25,
crossed the Mediterranean and sailed
through the Suez Canal, arriving at
lsmaila on Nov. %. From Ismaila her
journey lay through the Red Sea. On
Dec. 2 the p. and o. steamer-still the
Victoria, on which she had embarked at
Brindisi-rode into the harbor of Alden,
the ''yerdureless rock" at the southern
extremity of Arabia.
Across the Arabian Sea the Victoria
sped with its plucky little passenger. and
arrived at Colombo on the island of Cey
Ion, December Sth. Here the globe.
girdler lett the Victoria to take another
p. & o. steamer for Hong Kong. She
was two days ahead of her itinerary, but
was obliged to spend these two days in
Ceylon. The steamer from Calcutta for
China was due at Colombo on December
9th, but was a day late and Miss Bly, did
not leave the Singahlese port until De-
cember 10.
Nearly 1000 miles OF water stretched
between Nellie Bly, and the next impor-
tant point In her tour, Singapore, an is
land south of the Peninsula OF Maly.
On December Is Nellie Bly,, after pass
ing through the straits of Malacca. was at
Singapore. half way around the world.
Her eight days ride through the Indian
Ocean carried her over the ruins of cities
buried for long centuries beneath its toss
ing floods. She remained in the P. & o.
steamer. which stopped at Singapore only
long enough to permit the mails and its
cargo to be handled, and on December
"a, Christmas Eve. reached Hong Kong
on the southwest coast of China. She
had her Christmas dinner in the Chinese
city and altogether spent FIVE days in
shopping and sight seeing.
The first available means OF t~ransporta.
ton across the Pacific ocean was the fast
steamer Oceanic .ot the Occidental and
Oriental line This steamer was sched.
uicu " lSdNe LUX INOuR lOT Oau iran
cisco December %, and on that date Mel.
lie Bly, bid adieu to the Celestial empire.
Five days later she was in Yokohama.
Japan. where she arrived January 2. The
Oceanic carries Chinese and Japan mails
to the United States. 1t had to wait un.
til January 7 at Yokohama for the mail.
This made another five days delay.
Miss Bly, arrived at San Francisco the
morning of the 2lst. Her startling jour,
ney across the continent if still fresh in
the minds of all. The Central Pacifl
was blockaded and a Southern route
t~hunderbolt special at a dollar mile car.
rled the girl reporter to the East.