The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-17

PERTH AAIBOY. \. J., Sept. 1.-THE
schooner. yacht Norma is at this place re-
ceiying her final overhauling preparatory
n starting on one Of the most UNIQUE
cruises around the world that have ever
been undertaken. About October ], her
owner n. J. Weaver. and d party OF
e,teutific men. are 10 sail from New York
hfter sailing south and taking her final
6enarture from The shores of America at
Jacksonville. the Irst stop viii be made
~ the Berinudas and from there she viii
saB 10 the Azores, thence TO the south
r,,ast of Spain, and into the Mediter-
yanean. Places little known between
Gibraltar and the Dardanenes will be
visited. In that direction, the BLACK sea
anu ''-o SEA OF Azov
VIII be the objective points. There The
liaht draught launches OF whlch the
Norma carries two, VIII De PAL mo uss,
ana The rivers Of southern Russia VIII
,,e explored. An effort VIII be made 10
push on 10 the great SAT- lakes Oh mat
Countrv. about winch so little IS known.
ON The return 20 the Ail4nuc, snort
srons WIN be made al the wei known
cities OF northern AFRICA Upon reaenIne
gibraltar. The Nornas PROV VIII be turn
.d northwaTd. IN Engilsh waters, TIC
YACHT will be entered n ali contests 10
winch she may be eligible, ana as she
l,o,lis several iirst prizes won in the New
York Yacht cub races she may slNe a
good account OF herself. The yacht VIII
sau through the Skager Rack, ana visit
ulacos along the Zuyder Zee before pro
ceeGlng further norm ana Wal 20 later
10 ireland and the Farce Islands.
Following The west coast OF Ireland the
Nofna's course VIII be laid for the Bay OF
Biscar and the north coast OF Spain.
AfIer wishing the coast OF Portugal me
Journey viii be continued south 10 Nor
81 Hln.. nj E.F n
French African territories until the congo
is reached. The Congo and the country
through watch II hOws Will be thoroughly
explored before passing on 10 the Cape OF
GOOD hope. DouDnng Inc southern point
OF Africa
THE YANKEE YACHT
win sail up the east coast through the
South Indian ocean, across the MozamOl-
cue channel 10 Madagascar on the gull OF
Aeon. ana into me Arabian sea
The course viii then De around the
coast into the gulf of Cam5ay to Bombay.
Tie rivers ana out-oI-the-way PAGES Of
bombay win be explored. Some time VIII
ae spent in siam, and the Islands OF
Sumatra. Java and korneO. Tasmania,
New Zealand and the South Sea islands
viii aIso be visited. Then the Norma and
her party VIII visit Papua and the Phliip-
pine islands and will so TO Formosa,
Cnrea and Japan. Through the Behring
strait the yacht Will sail into the Arctic
ocean, and westward along the unknown
lands north of Siberia, going as far as
81. Thaddeus bay. Returning, the coast
or Alaska VIII be visited. Then, following
the west coast of the United States,
Mexico and Central America, stops viii
be made at PAGES OF which little Is
known. South America viii be visited
from Cape faorn to the Orinocco, then
ahe Oau0Dean sea, the Windward Islands,
The Antilles and the West Indies, whence
the Norma viii return TO New York. The
Norma is a
CLYDE-BUILT SCHOONER YACHT.
1l5 feet in length, % feet inches wide
and u feet deep. The, yacht carries a
crew of sixteen men, captain, two mates.
chef and assistant besides a mess cook
and two cabin boys. Commodore Weaver
confidently expects that the collection OF
curiosites. photographs and hitherto un-
published information which his party
VIII gather viii be by far the most re-
markabie and valuable that has ever been
brought from the comparatively unknown
countries which viii be visited. Through
out the voyage the Norma will fly the
Atlantic Yacht club flag.