Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-27

ing IN soaring birds. The more one vs--Is
them, the more puzzled one IS % -.
them often balance themselves aloft. and &C.
make Roadway against a strong wind, w.,5,-.
any perceptible movement Of the wings 4 -
on board caught one with piece OF mea. t-,
fish hook, trailed from long line In t.- "a -
and brought it on board; but the pity NJ -,
spectators soon oveTcaTne their Cg-.-ss.7
and it wss set free. Early in the forenoon s--r'
thing Ike 8 dim cloud mountain doomed on H.,
horizon, over our port bow, developing E-r-r,.'o
into the expected land. This was San M--u-- ~
largest OF the Azores more mountainousr--ss
1t seemed, with brown and barren slopes go
gated and wrinkled like a rhinoceroS' hide D.
we advanced the wrinkles and seams he.
terraces and hedges, dividing the island 80
small farms and fields to the tops OF the u---s
aims, which were high enough TO be capped g-..
clouds. Even the fields appeared wol5---..,--
subdivided by hedges or walks. which r-.
have been designed to protect them from ~.
ocean gales or from the wash OF rains W..
looked so arid at first became a soft, oes-..-t
green, where the eye made out or COl7er---,i
orange and lemon groves, open pasture, rlrs1
of woods, vineyards Clinging 70 the cI.T,
and verdant rayineS. Down by the sea g-s.
hat-rooted houses, monasterles, Church.
whitewashed towns, miniature Portugal. rs-v
strange 70 our eyes. We passed along he WIS.,
length of the island, some thirty-tive mi les --'
distance which favored the illusion tina. ne va
sailing in space near some small planet or a..
teroid, and making the discoveries on it wis,
glass. 1t seemed to be the whole island 's7-s-I
ing day; long lines of clothes were hung c1- ~
the hlllsldes; with the captain S teleSCCua ma
could even make out the legs and arms Cf Hs-.
ping shirts and drawers.
1t was 3 summer-like day, although Ders-.
Der. No country, am assured, has mon
eQuable climate than the Azores, O. de-.
being the average temperature IN winter am
Seventy-hve in summer. The island ap-s--s
broken up into volcanic peaks, some uG,r--s
some beautifully rounded, from 100 TO I.. saz.
high; on the eastesn ends are clitfss rs.sf~-
sheer l4OO feet from the waves. It's IlHu#.r5
habitants are Portuguese, mild-manneygi srF
polite; but they are said to be vindictiye s757
people of wife heaters. We did not make hi.
discovery through the captains glass, but r=r5
it in his directory of the Atlantic iSIauIs 7
have learned since from gentleman vhg has
spent two winters the island that its c7,4s
industry is Kissing sweet potatoes and convert
ing them into alcohol, which in turn is sel-t5
Madrid and Lisbon, to be manufacture ina
wine for America.
We saw only one of the Azores. There wsrs
the best OF reasons why we did not see that one
Of them, two and one-half miles long .-lfr5
born in the month of June and persisted min
fancy. In July il had sunk again SO deep taa.a
1s0-fathom line could not find Il.
1t was wonderful forenoon to Us all Old 1rf
young enjoying the beautiful aspects 0t san
Miguel, watching the winu-miIls on the he.r-.s
the people on the peirs of POnta DeiEad4 ,.s
chief town (who were probably also watching
Us), and making discoveries and COuiec.urss
Then four more days of seemingly shora.
Spain. Our passage across the Atlantic no.
outstanding our miSgivingS at first sI-h-C
the ship, was on the whole pleasant and 9-l,
porous. / wonder why more people vuva...
from America TO Southern Europe DO not So.
directly to the Mediterranean. PERHAPS lie.