The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-11-01

were as mongrel crew, as motley crowd,
as villainous horde SIS any semi-tropicsl
seaport ever yomited forth, and their bag
gage resembled the owners. Each division
and subdivision of
THE FOUL BROOD swARMED
over and around wharf, pier and boat
their end of it), seeking some particular
box, bag or bundle that ever seemed to fly
their hand Swearing, fighting and
scrambling as 1 saw them they never would
have got their ''duds' aboard had not the
purser sent half dozen stalwart Irishmen
TO aid and direct. Their chattels seemed
to consist of little of everything and the
rest thrown in. Now and then bundle OF
American hoes would appear; two old
pitchforks were tied up in Chinese char
acters yard long, bent and battered
crowbar was raised on board with yells OF
delight. at o'clock we steamed out
toward the Golden Gate. Handsful Of Joss
paper were futtering from the steerage
port holes over the tumbling waters OF the
bay and that reminded me not TO be out
done in folly by those heathens. l walked
below, ordered Matsaada, the cabin boy,
to bring bottle Of cliquot and poured out
a libation to that other pagan God, who
still shakes the hard earth with the rolling
sea.
The American coast was sinking in the
horizon, the passengers, those not already
acquainted, were stealing curious and
furtive glanceS at each other, wondering
perhaps what manner OF men their fellow
Voyagers were, and how they would wear
on cruise Of nearly seven thousand miles.
The Belgic is well officered, the
discipline perfect, the crew Chinese, the
table good The servants are Chinese,
with a mingling Of Japs. The latter,
thought, gave better service, but Mr..
Gaskill. the purser; tells me not; the Japs,
he states, frequently expect an order to be
repeated, while the former do not. State
room No. 20 on the Belgio is eight feet
square, finished in China white, marble
and brass, contains q stationary wash
stand, neat bed, rattan sofa, Brussels
carpet and an incandescent light which
burns all night unless turned down by the
occupant. Inquiring in the gangway for
attendant on the rooms, young coolie
points to an electric call near the bed
heretofore overlooked, announced himself
as Ho Ling, says when any service is re-
quired to press the button and he'll do the
rest, or words that effect, and all this in
broken English, which is worse than
broken China quote from the diary:
October -, 8 a. m.-'Sing (ayeI) want
bath" He evidently thinks so, too, for
in five minutes everything Is prepared and
l am shown into roomy well ventilated
compartment, where the bath-t tub, floor
and wainscoating are marble, and the
water, by some unseen arrangement, flows
in from the sea beneath. There is also q
steam attachment for artificial heating
when required but as we are nearing the
tropics, the sea water is "a deg. f., and
that will DO. The bath over and breakfast
eaten, q stroll on deck is taken to look
about There is q whist party in the
smoking room, a flirting party in the shad-
ows of the main sail. Two missionaries
and civil engineer, returning to the Pearl
river, are walking against time, eighteen
laps to the mile, q few are leaning over the
aft rail watching crowd of Sampan coolies
gambling and smoking, but by far the
greater number of 1.-The whites'' are loung-
ing, sitting or lying under the awnings on
the wlndward side. One day is the reflex
of many. Reminded of something personal
in the bellying sails, cease regarding
them and scan the horizon of the port-bcw
where the Hawaiian group is slowly rising
from the sea. We are nearing Honolulu,
and couple of hours later will be lying
outside the reef. q. II. SMELL.