The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-11-19

be seen approaching, and we all feared
the ship was to meet one of those terri
BILE typhoons that we hear so much
about The storm missed u.s. though,
by few miles. On the 10Th no land
could be seen at ALL The ship was far
out on the ocean, and the waves were
dashing high above the first deck. On
the 10th at IL a. m. very faint outline
could be seen far ahead. First it APP
peared to be al low-lying cloud, but as
the ship drew. nearer and nearer we
could tell that it was land-the north
east coast of the island of Formosa.
All day the ship was sailing along par
allel with the coast of this island.
The morning of the 18th found US
leaving the southeast coast behind
Formosa is a very lage and mountain
Gus island, the mountains being much
higher than the Coast Range and Sierra
Nevada Mountains of California. At
II a. m. a heavy storm struck the ship
and remained with it for four hours.
The ocean rolled in all its fury, and the
Ohio rolled with it. By 4 o'clock the
weather was pleasant again, but the
ocean was very rough. 1 was standing
against the railing in the early part Of
the evening, admiring the beautiful
waves, when 10, massive one sweeps
over the boat Say, didn't get a good
ducking? l should say l did.
On the morning of the 18th the north
coast of the island of Luzon could be
seen very easily. That was my first
glimpse of the Philippine Islands l
must say that I was happy to know
that my long journey was almost ena-
ed. All day long the ship sailed close
to the coast. A person can get a mag
nificent view of the island from the
deck of a steamer. The next morning
was the 10Th, SO I arose at . O'clock
just as the Ohio was off the heads of
Manila Bay. The intermittent light
house on Corregidor Island was flashing
her red lights far out over the waves
By 6 o'clock we had entered the bay,
passing between Corregidor and the
main land. We were still thirty miles
from Manila
The country surrounding the bay is
very beautiful. 1t would take me too
long to describe it by letter, but will
try and remember a good part of it and
tell you when / return to Sacramento
eAAiCAAOA
three miles out in the bay. In a short
time one of the Government launches
came out to the ship, and we clerks
were taken on board and were off to the
city, A small typhoon struck us before
the trip in was finished. Talk about
rain! Well, it more than came down.
The wind blew a hurricane, and the
waters of the bay were tossed as if in
a churn.
At 1920 a. m. we set foot on the soil
of this now famous island after jour
ney of forty days. Well, l was glad
the end had come, and l must say that
never again expect to have such an
adventursome trip the rest of my days.
OF course, I expect to get a taste OF II
when I return, but nothing to what !
have gone through since August 10th,
the day l left the Golden State be-
hind. l find Manila quite a metropon-
tan city, but very slow and much be-
hind the times. The weather is delight
full; quite cool at present. about like the
San Francisco weather, but there. is no
wind or fog to contend with. We VIII
have this kind of weather for the next
two months and a half, then we Will
have about two months of very warm
weather.
The climate in this part of the worlo
has been greatly slandered. especially
in the United States. In our hottest
months the thermometer does not go
over So / think will have no trouble
whatever in standing the climate OF