Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-13
WITHOUT SHIPS.
A Journey From London to New York
by an English Traveller.


by an English Traveller.
An Englishman who has already done lot
Of travelling in out-of- the-~ay lands has
planned novel journey, nothing less than
that from New York to London-by land At
be made without the aid of any vessel, and
that comes to the same thing
Really, his trip begins at London. as we'll
as ends there; but as he has to cross the
Atlantic to this country in the ordinary way.
by steamer. here the enterprise begins, and
Mr.. Harry De Windt--whch is the adventur-
Gus PERSONS name-will start on his long
jaunt. He expects it to cost him Is, 600 and
to take two years.
In talking with a representative of Black
md White in London, Mr.. De Windt said
that last year while in Siberia he met Capt.
James Adair in command Of American
sealing schooner. In the evening we dis
cussed my former journeys: and when con-
versation turned on what was the greatest
land journey possible, he remarked: I have
crossed Boring Straits seven times the
Ice-for our purpose let call that land
and if you could go from New York to Lon
don or Paris by that route you would per
form about as long journey as you could
find
The idea struck me novel. ard I ask
ed: Can you show me the way?' Yes he
replied. with alacrity, I will accompany you
from Vancouver as far as Siberia, where you
will feel quite at home. and then return We
shook hands over the bargain and the thing
was settled. That's how 1t came about
Capt. Adair will join me at Vancouver
and accompany me across the Boring
Straits. My servant. George Harding, will
join me a San Francisco, whittier he will
proceed by sea, taking with him all my
stores and other impedimenta. Harding has
been with me over twelve years. and travel
ed with me in Siberia in 1887 and 1890, and
on my Pekin-Calais journey. This will be
my most prolonged, most hazardous trip.
All the others are insignificant compared to
it. I shall cover not less than $1,000 miles.
LAS to my itinerary. as the journey has
never been made in it's entirety, the dates
must be vague. 1 shall leave New York be-
fore the end of the winter and proceed slow
1y to Vancouver, where my expedition for
the first difficult stage will be organized. Ii
is to be under the direction of Capt Adair,
and number some thirty Indians and half
breeds, all Well armed The chief danger OF
attack will be met in Alaska. and more par
ticularly at Cooks Inlet whel we shall be
specially watchful. Once l get into Siberia
l shall be in clover, as far as the natives are
concerned, and I have nothing to fear from
the Tchuktchui tribe, which is kind to trav-
elers.
Il shall stay in Vancouver for three weeks
and then go right away by the end of
March. Leaving Sitka and passing Mount
st. Elias, shall penetrate the unknown por-
tons of Alaska, and after reaching Nulato.
300 miles from the Prince of Wales Cape.
Nli'e must westerly point AmeFlca,) noun
irs can possibly be heard of me for eight
months-that is to say, until l have ira
versed Alaska, crossed the Boring Straits
on the ice to East Cape the most westerly
point of Asia,) and reached Yakoutsk, in
Eastern Siberia-a distance of not less than
5000 miles.
During great portion of this section of
the journey shall have to live underground.
The windstorms known as pourga will be
a serious danger, because while they last
there is a chance of the traveller being
buried. The cold, too, will be terrible. l
shall have four months of darkness at An.
adyrsk. in Eastern Siberia, point two
months journey from Boring Straits.
leave civilization at Sitka, british Column
bla) and return 20 it at Irkoutsk, six months
journey from Boring Straits, and within 300
miles OF the Chinese frontier.
I shall cross the Boring Straits on dog
siedges. This will take ten days or so, as
the going is difficult many of the ice hum
mocks being 300 to 400 feet in height. When
| was In St Petersburg the other day
French friend at the Russian Geographical
Society told me that on this part of my
journey l should meet III Andree who
would by that time be crossing the Straits
IN his balloon, en- route for the north pole
This may be possible, but3that is all one can
say on that score =. =
The Journey will cost f5,O0e. and if all
goes wei! | shall reach England in the au-
tumn of 1897"