The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-04-11

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the Same spot, and has q beautiful Wow.
"Montsorrat was the next point for which we
| weighed anchor. We had n time there. The
steward had gone ashore to get something.
| While he was away q note came to me from tho
Consular agent saying that the only physician
In the place was desperately Ill with n fever, and
begging me for some leo for him, as there wasn't
| a pound In tho place. i asked tho messenger
what kind Of fever tho doctor had, fearing that
It was yellow foyer. He said 1t was typhus. and
rs soon rs he got Oft with his ice l began to tako
n look around at things. Presently I saw n
funeral procession winding down the street. In
q few minutes another one came along. and be,
foro that had hardly finished passing a third
came in sight. l sent for tho steward, telling
him that a case OF typhus and three funerals In
sight at one time yvns more than we could stand;
was thoroughly fumigai ed, and we sailed away.
where did we 20 from there I've f1orEo d;
ten ton los sat" E1o Miss az pay y:s We" ys w mS ta tx D e ,1Gf az
the most beautiful OF all the Wost Indies. We
stopped at Portsmouth and Rosoau. There arc
no carriage roads in either place, only Birdie
paths. Tho vegetation Is, gorgeous. One day
!Mo rode, thirty rmllos. going up about there
vegetation. 1t rains there every day. Masses
of palms, tree ferns, manages, and SO on line me
trees trees int IN the enc Greatest fTxstT prof uion.' The H%sf mountains
seem to rise directly out OF tho blue water, and
the sky and clouds, cannot DO described. II is
much OF IL. Dominica has actually started, an
enterprise. which Is almost an unheard OF thing
wore citric acid is being made from lines.
AS we went down Guadelonpe was under
a fsvsr' so NC 9 Went back sS The sbe Pres tro@ 9 81 SiSliiS%
Guadeloupo is French, and there has been a
great deal of wealth there. But tho negroes
work they must have; so things have gone down
there. too. The negroes know that it takes very
obtain Hbtid '0f w hat" IS So n nsses ea; enu without tho tn' WORK Saa
This may be all right from their standpoint.
but iSsn # t. n is hard I, ON nt those ms, who jmroT dsPeFndft e ON
many Coolies are there, PointS a Piire Is a great
for carrlaEes. but were told that tho carriages
were all being saved until next day. by order of
the Governor, rs the first execution TINT had
A man really was bahoaded eleven miles from
town: So we had to SEQ Pointe q Pitrdon foot.
there. An American circus had taken out a
license to play for a week. Business was so
anogro, for license to run another week. The
Mayor tl9tly refused, saying that he was taking
it too poor. The American Consul put in a plea
for the Snowman. but the Mayor remained OBJ
durate. We wanted to go TO the circus, and in
Concul knew this. Finally he went to the Mayor
and told him that We had come all the way from
purpose OF seeing that circus. and no thought 1t
would be dreadful to disappoint US. The Mayor
one night for our Special beneft, and he 1e did.
The circusf Oh, it wasn't 30 very bad. The
darkios in the audience were the biggest part Of
OF the negroes, and that is that they arc always
courteous when you meet them in the streets.
to st tfi Enc lifH''TP Fiat aq Is Sn ihser ws iageP PPoint a0E for
there tho battle between the great Admiral Rod.
England the naval supremacy Of tn; world. was
fought. 1t is a run OF ninety miles from st.
Lucia to Barbados, and that was our next
speak OF calmness! I've been to sea a great deal
In my life, and never before saw such high
mendous height from, this constant blowing
an oT t aSso Tind' MYTH The e The ywi sSptb biaW f ssss Hye
miles an hour for TWO weeks at q time. and the
whole sea e seemed to be pr, pressed through those
hot, and ono felt il the moment one got out of
the wind. But It isn't the kind Of heat we have
here; # Isn't malignant heat. One can stay out
Excepting Jamaica, Barbadoes is the most
thriving of all the islands. There is an excellent
this Is rather a relief after seeing the everlasting
mountains so long; 1t is also an important sea.
orders, and It is the headquarters Of the Royal
coal. We intended to 90 direct from Barbados
sick; and and a | had ad mo- no n otto g q setting e far
ships couldn't lower any Of their boats for sew.
Not the slightest. The Scythian has never been
in any danger SINCE l owned her. SO far I've
had no thrilling. hairbrcadth escapes, and, as
she is "a trustworthy boat, perhaps l shan't.
rh "After a fey Y days days. we soo went emit. on to JSmai ,%,
saw moro white people there than anywhere
else; It is a charming place. There is a great
deal OF country life, and many ofthe out-of.town
and there had been no rain since December, and
none was expected before May; so everything
was looking pretty white with dust. The heat
WIS the worst we encountered. Strange To saw
it was much hotter than we found II further
south. The sea breeze blow 50 furlously for
several days that one couldn't get ashore
ana through: One Of the most inter.
be a great place for pirates: Sir Henry Morgan.
S SaS OF 1as Of %G Is. island. 2 Sf %ll t H4!6oeo'S q 'G ssSeme
ment vessel captured a ship load OF sea robbers,
b but n nowhere re could the Evl pagers ProSingh them n to
they could be brought to punishment. The
ilnement the crew OH the very Government yes
sci that had captured them caught a shark.
papers that they'd searched for SO eagerly. Tho
pirates had thrown, them overheard, but, like
the proyerbial bread cast on the waters, they
Port Royal: and these eat6entieated papers ore
THE people in Jamaica arc worry proud of the
mongoose. 1t is an animal which they imported
ana winch mas Ireeu ali the lBlan0S, except st.
Lucia and Martinique. from snakes. 1t looks
like a ferret.
oh, l forgot all about our visit to San Domin-
go" exclaimed Miss Day. her face lighting up at
p 1hs ss sad re e lad Il a "b besat L t HS5s iHTiss s P.ssEF!
dent Ulysses Heureaux. was most courteous to
us. He gave me an afternoon tea and took US
aboard all OF their warships, and tho next even
ing ne dinod on the Scythian as my guest He Is
man OF immense dignity. and is entirely self
made. He speaks English quite well and Is an
autocrat OF autocrats. That ono man makes the
difference between San Domingo and Haytt. He
Is strong enough to quell everything around
him. One OF his sons has just passed his second
bar examination in Paris.
" From Jamaica we came up through tho
Windward Passage. II was ~fearfully rough. but
up near Cape Maysi, on the east point OF Cuba,
it became quite calm, Suddenly, out of the quiet
sea, a tidal wave thirty-hve feot high rose right
up. The vessel was going nine knots an hour,
and the wave was on us before we knew IL. Tho
water came up to the pilot-house windows on
the upper deck. but not one thing was broken.
he said he was glued to the mast against which
he was leaning. Was / frightenedf To toll the
truth. was sound asleep and felt really injured
to think that l missed the fun. I've never seen