The Republican journal., 1904-06-09
ARRIVAL AT URUGUAY.
ysa1s ago the Most Rich and Pros
.. country of South America. Novel
IL. nj Landing Passengers.

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,t2rpto. URUGUAY, April 27.
,4sl our manifold experiences
eli american ports, we battered
,-.t,.At nothing more remained
'' ...rfrl in the line of disagreeable
.s. nj transit from ship to shore.
...tbem ports where vessels
,,. IL a civilized pier and dis
their passengers over a gang
..a rare as angels visits. AS a
...or is cast three or four miles
md The Iadder-like stairs are let
l.Ae from the upper deck, and
people descend to row
.t tome dancing over the bill
A, purpose. Such an expert
ruuugh in the usual rough
must spring off the stairs
-. instant when the tiny
--.i near on the crest of
aylug successfully per-
frat. be rowed through
.-en Wetted to the skin, or
..s swamped, to be fshed
....-a rdem'd, damp, moist, I'M
.- .",E.
.. .s'd we were carried to land
.s., of men: at Guatemala on
costa Rico in wagons: at
-ru III barrel: and hun
fines 1914 rocky coasts where bill
-.. noIsterous for other means,
. .oru hoisted up and swung
.H.rs. ike cattle. seated on
ol in a rough box or tub
...,z sound and round in mid-air as
.... u-y apparatus slowly perform
-.s... auG finally dumped with a
upm some waiting ,scow, or
elder,
..ue .ooked for no such trouble at
Ieo. The rich and splendid cap
-.... aosperous Uruguay, which has
aeen described as the finest
south America. Judge then of
... Generalization of unprepared
.-. a.a. -ryes when we found here the
-.- 'st method of landing we have
NE uttered, compared to which
- r, lack transit OF Campache and
.ra uf MolIendo are blessings.
made an unusually careful
on the morning that we were
utevldeo, expecting to skip,
over gang plank into the
A emerged smiling, from his
ia answer to the welcome
All ashore" But, to our
u-nt, there was neither dock
'u sight: the succeed palaces
tai cleaning dim in the dis
ai even the Stair-like ladder
u statu quo, lashed up under
-wl. What did it mean?
.. ..G ready, ladies'. said the ever
aptaiu, and there upon we
ted to the end Of the ship
.a , up highest above the water
-. 1t be fore" or aft | am
oC enough to tell you. Away
... rramiug, tossing, rocking lit
ldyanCed and receeded, the
NJ the pillows: and straight
-edmer's side dangled a lad
ned rope made fast at the
Nngng loose at the bottom
off at nowhere, far above
upon which We had often
A. sailors ascending and de-
Sd. Ike caricatures Of Jacobs
.---.. da mdryeled at their temerity.
louent nobody conceived the
between the steamer, the
tie tug; and then it dawn
. is ike blow on the head.
actually expected to Chamber
detk railing, climb hand under
Hl those frail ropes to their
ace, and cling there above
v deep till that bobbing tug
.r' near enough-then drop, and
lIovidence. Though it seem
10. DO walk a pirates plank could
- more narrowing, there was no
- 'I it-nothing to be done but
Tie deck rail and get outside of
unble ropes, with as little dis
-Af ia a breezy day at sea; say,
o.. world, adieu," Shut your eyes,
..1g tor dear life. while the ship
g- mp and down as usual till
-""al shouts 'Drop" Then you
eXpecting to fall into fathoms
~a'-1 or into the interior of a shark,
I'D '"lab and presently find yourself
Htlgultied heap on the slippery
I' 4 VI the little tug. Then you gath
- Up !oHr mangled remains and hasten
-lae your bushes (and probably
~ NJ 'raTS. if not more strong minded
''' tue average woman), in the tiny
4A OF q cabin, striving to repair dam
--+' and regain something like COM
Fs-.r While your comrades in distress
Undergoing the same ordeal.
Wy course aged people, children and
-''i.as cannot be trusted to make this
Nr-a) passage for themselves, and
''. Passengers are just picked up
-4 topped overheard into somebody's