Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1893-11-09
MISS BESSIE MOORE.
Extracts From..a Letter TO
This Office.

cicaba, Brazil, will prove interest
ing reading to her many friends in
this section:
Aug. /, about 10 o'clock, Mr..
White, with whom | stopped
while in New York waiting for my
vessel to sail, escorted me to the
Brooklyn Ferry where the Str.
Wordsworth lay, and helped me
on board, where he bade me
goodbye. / shall never forget
his kindness to me.
All was excitement on board
when the steam tug came to pilot
us out of the harbor. There were
twenty-eight irst.class passengers
aboard, and we stood and looked
toward the homeland until we
passed the statue "Goddess of
Liberty" and gradually every OBJ
ject was lost in the distance and
we were out on the mighty deep.
The first afternoon and night
was cold; after that the weather
was very pleasant until the
last day. We had a nice stiff
breeze when near the equator
where usually the heat is almost
unbearable. After few hours,
one by one, almost all the pas.
sengers were overcome by sea-
sickness, and oh my! didn't 1 pay
Old Neptune, the god of the sea,
sufficient respect for few hours
however the officers called me
good sailor. After that l was
so well and was told that l was
the picture of health at the end of
my voyage. There is a great fas-
cinatiOn about the sea. We re-
sorted to various things for
amusement; read, played simple
games, fished for seaweed, told
stories, had music, watched for
whales, porpoises, etc. The stew
ard gave us a magic lantern enter
tainment one night, after which,
all who felt disposed contributed
to the Home for aged seamen at
Liverpool. We did not see land
and not many vessels for eighteen
days. How glad we were to see
the lights at Pernambuco, and
how cheerfully we arose as soon
as daybreak to see the land! Our
ship cast anchor about three
miles out, although it did not look
like one half mile. This harbOr is
said to be one of the most re-
markable in the world. 1t is
formed by a long straight coral
reef about 700 feet from the
shore. This is heightened and con.
verted into a perfect breakwater
by wall built upon it the entire
length. AT one end of the wall is
an old Dutch fort. Within this
reef vessels find safe anchorage
in 1S-foot water. The city looks
very picturesque, and is called
the "Venice of South America"
The sea was so rough, Capt. Hair
by advised the ladies to stay ON
the ship, so we declined Mrs.
Porters Ia Presbyterian mission
ary's wife) invitation to 60 ashore
with her to her home. A number
of gentleman went ashore and
brought us little mementoes of
the place, mine a toy cantamaran
or changada Ia fishing boat only
used in this locality and at the
mouth of the Amazon. We stay.
ed two and a half days discharg-
ing cargo. Here we saw the Bra.
zilians and Portuguese for the
first time.
Aug. %, | arose at 5 o'clock to
see the entrance at Bahia. II
was indeed grand, and to enhance
the grandeur the sun was rising
Words fail to describe it. Quite
a large number Of ships were in
the harbor, also a Brazilian man
of-war. The sea was very smooth
and we went ashore in our boats
1t was novel trip, gliding in and
out near the foreign vessels and
the boats from the shore filled
with natives with various articles
for sale. I was one of the party
of the U. s. Minister Thos
Thompson, and 1 will say here
that | think that he is a true gen
tleman worthy the honor conferred
upon him. | found all the mem
bers of his family very pleasant
The Dept. American Consul a
this place took us in charge an(
escorted us over the most inter
esting part of the city. Whel
we landed in Lower Bahia We
quite agreed with the author tina
distance lends enchantment,
everything was SO dirty an(
filthy; but after ascending 325 fee
in dark and crowded elevator
we emerged into Upper Bahis
and were charmed with the lovely
street car drawn by funny little
mules and went along some nice
clean streets, past lovely houses
Everything looked so strange
nothing familiar greeted ou1
sight. The yards filled with bril-
liant flowers and the foliage o
many of the trees and shrubs
looked gay as flowers. Everywher,