The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-11-13

their being along the kongo River and
in the lands of the Kongo FreeiState.
Following the coast down by st. Paul
de IIoanda, passing the Benguela coun-
try, stops will be made wherever Interest,"
ing places appear, and then on down to
the Cape of Good Hope and the conn
tries of Dom Paul and the lands made
famous by DR.. Jameson and his follow.
ers.
Then on the COAST, through the South
Indian Ocean, Norma will journey along
the coast of Natal and Moza mbioun
stopping at ietermaritzburq, Tonga
land and Sofala. From here she crosses
the Mozambique Channel to Madagascar
and on up to the Comoro Island, Zanzi-
bar. through the Indian Ocean to the
Gulf of Alden into the Arabian SEA-
touching on the way at Mombasn.
bsrava, Obiba and the Soeotra islands
ihence on to the Indus and up to
Hyderabad, stopping at Shah ban dar and
Into the Gulf of Clutch to the Katty war
country. Then on around the coast bv
Foorbunder into the Gulf of CaInbav To
Cam bay and Baroda, down to Surat
Daman' Mahim and Bombay. Following
Then the coast of the Bombay Presidency.
looking up all the rivers and out-of -ths.
way places. Cape Comorin will be round-
ed and dash made for Cey lon
Across the Gulf of Manaar to Oolom-
bo' around Dondra Head and ND to
batialoa, Norma will sail into the Bav of
Bengal to the marvellous country of
siam and the islands of Sumatra. Java
and Borneo.
skirting Australia by way of the North
west Cape. Norma will go to Tasmania
to New Zealand and north through the
south Sea Islands to Samoa. Then west
again she will sail to Papua and the
philippine Islands and on into tha
China Sea where the pirates ars. Then
onto Bormosa and the tea countries In
to the Yellow Sea. to Corea and Japap
linen out again into the great North
Paoific, into the Sea of Okhotsk bv war
ofAthe Koorlie Islands. FoIlowinp the
Russian frontier up to the Gulf of An
adlr and through the Boring Strait into
tne ARCTIC Ocean and westward tbrouyb
the unknown countries lying por,b of
siberia, taking In the Liakhov Islonds
and on as far west at ST. Thaddeus Paw
Returning, Norma will skirt the Alas.
kan coast south to the Aleutian Islands
to S1tka and the northwestern towns of
British Columbia. Then, following the
west coast OF the United States, Mexico
and Central America, stops will he made
at the places concerning which little is
known.
7 South through the Straits of Magellan
and around Cape Horn she will 90 To the
falkland Islands, up through the Raw
OF st. George to Chubut and the coaet
Of the Argentine Republic, Uruguay and
Brazilsto Portalegre. Victoria, Belmonte
and the Amazon. Thence on nm To ia
yenne, Paralnaribo. GeorgetowpEand tba
Orinoco, and on into the Caribbean Ga,
by way of the Windward Islands and the
Antilles. Then on to the West Indies
Florida and home.
The cruise is expected to occupy about
a year, and if ali goes ell letters will be
received weekly giving the experier roo
of the voyagers, descriptions of the
places they visit and such other ;ntar-
esting matter AS fall under tbe obser.
walton of the correspondents.
The first letter which the PRESS will
publish tomorrow is chiefly preliminary
In it's character, in the nature Of sn IN.
PRODUCTION to the vessel and the purposes
of the party which she carries.