Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1893-11-09

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each time with two men for tb1 The owners
of them receive hand some dividehds 7ucz
IL getting OF less importance every day
since the canal opened Here except nv the
railway. the means OF locomotion l. on
donkeya and the Arab boys who own these
Jerusalem ponies follow YOU all the time
and call their donkeys by all the ceiebra'o cd
names as. General Gorden. a. Lincoln, Mrs.
Lanqtry, ia Little, Gladstone etc. and the
names sound very odd and peculiar to n
stranger
From sucz We 20 down tho Rod sea TO
Perrin. why ~ Gets tho name Of the Red
sta never could mako out, asI never saw
any redness about II. n they called ~ "IIot
Sea" there might bo some reason for IT, NJ no
doubt Il IL one Of the hottest places In the
world. and Its dried up. parohcd, sandy
shores give II full Ell ct.
Little can bs seen from shlns passing
through. There IA no sign Of veReta' ion
; though coral In tho sea crows plcntifullv.
No doubt thu land has altered very much
for tn wor @ since she wa"derlngs OF the
Iaraclitca on its shores. Mount sinni cnnnot
he seen from the Red Sea but Mount 81.
Katrina IA quite close 70 ~, No one from
choice would care about travelling on the
vans every year from Cairo 10 Mecca on
their annual pilgrimage I believe Il ~ u
very tire ONE Journey IN horse or camel.
There IL not much ~ interest o. bo seen In
the Red Sea Cthough the atmosphere IL so
clear at times the ~ ountains In frira ovar
100 miles away can he dIi tine ly seem until
you arrive At Pcii islands and tho straight
o. Ia .olman deb. 80 called by the Arab,
"thc gate OF tears" on account fthe strong
winds north nr south In ~. vicinity.
The Island Of Perrin IL n British posses
sion and coallng staff ~. but nothing will
grow on T., all lava, and no fresh water
except that condpnsed from the sea and THIS
kills plants. II rains only about once IN 7
years, II has II terribly desolate look when
one lands.
The French were going to list their ntg
In y rim and the man OF war came into
Alden and the captain was Mt dinner a the
governors aud let tho Information ou.
The captain ofnn English wan OF war wns
al-o NJ diunor but he received orders from
the governor u 20 and hoist the English
0 y and TO start NJ once so when the French
arrived they found the English nag ilying.
Except being narrow place and coaling
station tits not much use to anyone.
From Perrin to tho Island OF Ceylon all
Is plain sailing and fine weather exec I u ON
iun" to oct her whom tho mon-oon 4,
glowing. ana this whom entering the Indian
ocean from tho Gulf a Alden In juno Ia
blowing hard gao with very high sea.
'sy u pas the African land ani tts nd.
jaecnt islands the wind and son graduulI
decrease. Tho ot1er months. Oot"bor to
VI y, the So 'nln't like pond except
Nnon m Tim a fhprn "a "A gv.tnn.
From Perrin IN IN, Islaid Of sumatrn.
carcely any iInils to be seen for about
$500 miles, and now that FALLING vcs.ci. ARE
gradually Rott'ng less aud less thoto are
very few vessels.
BOuhd TO Java sOUte of tho islam ut
sum ,tra ara to be seen but they nrr worry
little diner, mt from oth,r tropical lands
The first We saw Of Java was Java II,ad, II
truly nicr luNuriant place. Apparently the
vegetation growing down almot to the
"htnrs dRo, everlasting gree, one OF the
v'lcNnos close To Batavia could be easily
'een, This IL tn, mnd tor volcanoes an
arihquakus-the hot b, d OF thesr last.
We kept along tho south coast oi Java
II til arrival on the Port TIilatJ u. rhis
place IA only recognized by Its light hous ,
IN large and very high In und cover Il
veidurr. After X ttlnga pilot on tuntd VIZ
pro ecdcd Land had to keep strictly T.
marks ~ the nvlgable wa'or FOR large YES g =
l. very limited, aud you lmvr 10 keep 81 So
ntp III" Island, viii II yards the cntmnc -,
md lis cir Hppar to be- composed Of lava
M saud with trees growing almost In the
water. Att getting inside Nc uurbur is
coon achcd. o.ly about mile ON the
4 "A VT 81, L.. M.
tides aud nnrrow entrance that stiling =
sells nav" teen three ", eks getting away To
50,
There appcnr to hc several laguons urcre .ks
round 1Jil y T., aud hey nave nicc pier To
lay along side, hut n Is verS primitive aud u
hot b" d OF malarl, tvcr In IT. wurst form.
On tho leland whrri the light house Is no
foreigners are allowed to land for war pa,
poses II is breeding place Tor snakes.
'ermin and wild auinal..
Tint IL where my tig ~ came from that WIS
pros"ht d me by thu II JAN After mat Ing
last tho oniciil, In d ,e course came down L.
the shi,, ami when they found there wa,
some good drins on notrd cane every day,
Il noon when sun ON me iian, bri glng tee
down with them watch hat To cuui' % rilps
-oasc roe article. rhey had gout ION
trpin to town about ono aud IA halt mil, 4
away 10 their Uruakf st aud slosta, the day,
work finished.
Anung4t the officials who came down WINS
tho khjah. tho biggest nat,vr In tho plncc, IN
n huli ratiyu half frelnn uniform with nm
attendant caryin hi- umbrella over hun.
lle onino un board - SEQ what WIS To be-
seen, and took groa fancy To our English
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than the native fowls. W. also had several
other thugs that he Rpoird 30 had To be
given to him Il course and then hr had to
bril- z down his vito and her maids Of honor
to see tho hip. The wife is tho Il ,ulhi,r of
o cot the JayRn ~ sultins. Afterwards W,
had togo ami pay an ~ffic,al visit and wrr
received In grand rtyle In AN Immense place
covered in but open on al sides.
! We sat down, tho Il Jah and Ms snlt moss
inYs' and Ia pilot AZ interpreter, IN chair.
alta round table md drank iced lemonade
with cakes Hnd cigars. rho attendants who
arrvtd II round ctmu to u, On their knooa,
Sroh was their humility.
/ IN" Dutch IN Holland are ceiehrutrd for
thrir canal but here for the roads whicn arr
3 laid out quite straight anl lined with trees
~ that all the time you car be- In the sinai /,
AMI an Informed that they ara this wy
over most Of the lind OF tho celobrticd
road from BATAVIA to LounbAya, history
avs TINT m NY wears ago tho governor, vino
was quite des ,otic, ,a'd hn wanted u t,avrl
th're by ROAD ~ d In six mon h., II IL was
not ready. overy RtJa1 would he hehoadrd
and ure emo gh whoa he wanted ami used
the road II was really Part Of II where II
could not be- hlled In ant leveliei was held
pp by tens OF thous ulds NJ natives un II tho
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