The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-04-11
rnon yApANs SEALING GROUNDS.


A Seattle Mar Tells ef His Voyage aaA
japanese scenes.
A letter Was received In this city last
evening from A. o. Decker. who left this
city January Q last on the sealing schooner
Willard Ainsworth, for the rookeries of
tho Bonin islanda The letter 10 dated
Yokohama. japan, March II. and Mr..
Decker. who II one Of the owners Of the
Ainsworth, says that the entire sealing
feet has arrived ut Yokohama. except the
Penelope. Of Victoria. He writes:
'sThe ilest reports having experienced
terrible weather, which accounts for their
long passage. The Agnes Mcdonald vas
the only one that made port inside of fifty
days The w. r. Hall, OF Victoria, takes
the cake for slow sailing, seventy i've
days. The feet 10 all more or less dam.
aged. The =. b. Marvin lost her j!bboom
Cox aud the Oscar and Hattie came in
leaking badly. The Allie l. Agar, after
renting ut the Bonin islands, iost some of
her boats and came in here for repairs,
The Henry Dennis arrived at the BONN
islands without having sustained any
damage.
ITO b SURE. must tell you something
about how the Ainsworth covered the q, 900
miles between Seattle and Yokohama She
had terrible gales for two weeks after che
LEFT Cape Fiattery. With all the gales and
unfayorabls weather, however. they got to
Honolulu inside OF TWENTY-FIVE DAYS.
There she stopped three days In port and
was stocked with fruit and water. After
again smbarking more favorable weather
Was enjoyed and she arrived here on March
III, making the voyage IN fifty seven days
With the exception Of her deck ieakin 2
badly she arrived in fine shape.
The Josephine, OF Tacoma, arrived here
today. She left Tacoma December 7. The
Anaconda, Of Seattle, came in this morning
from the sealing grounds to be refitted.
The Charlotte Cox, of Victoria, returned
to port today. looking quite ss bad as be-
fore. We leave for the rookeries today. I"
Further on in his letter Mr.. Decker
speaks Of the mission Of the Berins sea
patrol. which he believes to be unjust. He
says:
'.This II lively town just now. there
bsing i've men-of-war in rort-the Ralti.
more and Marion, of the United States.
one Russian, one Frenchman and one
japanese. The old Marion left some port
In China . short time since for San Fran
cisco. bus while ous encountered . gals
ana came very near going 20 the bottom.
She put In here for repairs. She is bum
Old boat, but quite GOOD enough for
the eontemptshta business she 10 liz.
tended for this summer, which il TO
annoy and harrsss the sealing YES
sells and. perhaps. tow the seaiers 20
Sitka and there let them ros or drive then,
oui Of the business. Ii those boodlsys in
Washington City are honest aud really
want 60 project the seas, Why don't they
stop the slaughter on the frihilof island,
and declare the skins of Gil seals killed
there contrabands This would do some
good. We think the United States ourA,
20 he able by some hook or crook TO Sc,
along without the paitry sum which sac
derives from the sealing Industry. IL not,
she shoald issue hond&"
Commenting on Japan and Its people.
Mr.. Decker vrites:
This 10 . IRE country. I suppose il IA
useless for me 20 tell yoa anything about
is. however, thar ron do not already
know. ! do wish. shongh, that soss OF
eur American worsen wh1ers con lfeGal.y
taking about woGer's f1Ase aud dress
reform woasd Genre cut Aes~ for f.w
weeks and sosk about tnem. Fashion aas