Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-06-11

obtained from the anatomy Of the deceaeed
sharks. such as teeth. entire Jawbones and
and drying the small bones forming the
backbone and afterward stringing them
on a steel rod
Fishing for Bfrds.
In tie vicinity OF Cape Horn many alba
trosses were seen. and the fishermen ngaia
had employment. as It was found that they
could be caught with a hook and line. al
though there considerable opposition
to the amusement among the more SUPER
stitious of the sailors, who considered II
unlncky to injure an albatross OF even to
bring one on board. and dire misfortunes
were predicted. They are magnificent birds,
white as snow, with an immense eNpanse
OF wing, capable OF sustaining them in the
air for a long period, and when they tire
rest themselves on the surface OF the wa
ter They DO not approach land except
during the breeding season. Although 50
graceful in the air and on the water they
were found TO be extremely awkward when
brought on board and placed on the deck
staggering and falling though intoxi-
Gated, and evidently seas!ck. on drawing
away from the vicinity of Cape Horn the
albatross suddenly disappeared - one day
aioatrosses suddenly disappesred-one day
one was to be seen. bor were any sighted
during the remainder OF the voyage.
summer mt the Horn.
The cape was rounded about the middle
"a ptaiiS Hl4i-SIIllilel III lnal lslIl-
tude; the month OF January south Of tho
equator corresponding with July In north
ern ATTITUDES. The temperature was any
thing but summerIike however. the Their
mometar registering In the neighborhood
OF 40 degrees. which is an uncomfortaby
cold temperature aboard ship. where every
place is exposed to the breeze. with no
fires except in the galley. and frequent
snow squalls alternating with dense fogs
were encountered. The hours of daylight
were extraordinarily long, as IL was light
enough to read small print late as 10
O'Clock at night and early as o'cloc X
IL the morning. We found the vicinity OF
Cape Horn very gloomy, dreary and I'M
comfortable place, and there was general
rejoicing when the ships bow was pointed
north toward home rapidly leaving tho
stormy cape with its fogs and snow squalls
far astern.
Up the Coast.
Our Passage up the Atlantic coast OF
South America was slow and vexatious
owing to light winds. head winds and
Gains. and after getting well across the
equator strong and persistent northwest
erly wind effectually barred our further
progress. rendering it absolutely necessary
to make port owing to the state of our pro-
visions. st. Thomas. a Danish possession
In the West Indies, was selected and the
ship was accordingly headed in that di-
rectlon- Upon dropping anchor in the har-
Dor or st. Thomas the ship was soon SUI
rounded by boats, and one excitable fell
low rushed to the main hatch and shouted
Hello, below there: come on deck: here's
a woman alongsider She was a washer
woman looking for employment and she
was so exceedingly black that there was
no doubt as to the purity OF her African
descent, but 1T was the first petticoat We
mad seen for nearly five months and she
received such an enthusiastic reception
from more than four hundred men thar
she no doubt supposed we were all lit
SUBJECTS for lunatic asylum. Ii required
a week for US TO become accustomed to the
voices of women and children, and for sev-
eral Gays after our arrival at ST Thomas
IL was rot an unusual sight to see a dozen
men rush frantically UP the berth deck lad
DER III womans voice was heard through
me hatch Upon arriving i'll her vicinity
they would stand sheepishly around and
gaze at her in an admiring manner but
tne roVelty soon wore OFF.
After a few days stay in St Thomas to
repIenlsh our almost exhausted stock of
provisions We sailed for New York where
We arrived eighteen days later more than
elSht months after leaving the shores OF
Japan, two hundred days OF which were
spent at sea, and having covered a distance
Oh twenty-five thousand five hundred miley
during that time. r