The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-10-02
AN EARTH
WANOERER

tho world. studying. as he puts il
nthe uroaurts. climates. customs. man
ners and commerce of all the nations. >
Nakamura's card reveals the fact
that lie is exploring the world and tho'
be is a corresnondent his paper beins
tho Kokumin nj Toxic.
He has ALWAYS been traveller. Ir
1887 he went TO the States. as he says
.eTo oxnlore tho sea-coast of the Pa
c;fc Ocean ;, In Isg3 he returned tc
.Janan and started hat shop. A com
n,nrci,1 i;fo ,yos TOO duh for him how
ever and in 1894 he visited Hawaii
And Canada. poingY back to Dai Nip.
mon in 1898
In Apoust 1901. he set out on his
world tonr without money and carry.
! inc nothing with him but a change of
clothes and few minor pecessaries.
He bore with him note of intro
duction to whom it might concern, from
s Isawa n member of his country
u Uouse of Peers. bespeakinp courtesy
and consideration on the part of those
he might meet in the strange lands in
which he was going to travel.
Mr.. Nakamura started from Toxic,
going first to Korea. then through
North and South China. Siam. Java,
Spmatra Morocco. Burmah. India. Be.
loocbistan. Persia. Caucasia. Turkey.
Greece. Italy France England. Scot
land. bv sea to Eevpt. Algeria. Spain.
PORTUGAL. Madeira islands Cape Colo.
nv. Africa Orange Free State. the
Transvaal Natal the coast of East
Africa throuob the Suez canal back to
France throngh Switzerland. GERMANY.
Austro, Hungary. Seryia. Bulgaria.
Roumania Russia. Sweden. Norway.
Denmark Holland Belgium and across
the Atlantic RI New York Tn the
limited states he visited the principaI
cities of the north and east before 90.
inc r. C.nad, From tho Initial States
hn want down into Mexico tbrough
Centroi America Guatrmala San sal.
vador Honduras N;c,ragna Costa
Rica JTnitod states of Colombia Ecna.
dor peru Ro,ivia chic tho Argentina
Renubl;c the West Tnd;es Cuba then
to New ORLEANS and from thence IN
San Francisco
Tho +r,,,oIer,s fret st,n worl,,y,rd
w,s t.kan FROM tho Foot Of ,ui;yom,
.Janan,s famous mountain a most in,
sniring STARTING noint ,
n unrst Iono ,oor of+ar oo,,
mfncine his journey he had sot ne
far 40 Romhay
5Aftar loa,,;pr bero Nokamur, will
,G;s;t Now zealand Au.tral;o tbe
Pb;I;n,;na Ts,onas .n5 Eormosa and ,
will tben 90 home He exneots 70
Herm;n,te bis trove,a in about s;x
months from now
He 10 n,arr;od man and hoe q
family of one-a daugbter who was
in soIooI VIA, Ia ,os. To,,;o Sha 10
fatber 10 lool,;n1 for,r,rd 20 s.o;no
bo, oao;n u,i+h a Sroa, daal &c ,,laaa,,r
NoIamur. l. abo,,t fort, ,Iaars ia J
talks broken ENGLISH and tbonob be |
apnarentIv understands evervtbing that
is said to him he finds II ditficnlt to
exnress himself in the English tonoue
He has learned to sneak five longu.
ages-Enrlish. German French Span-
ish and Russian.
sentative of =. daily newsnoper nub
Iished in Toxic and has sent renorts of
his exneriences to that journal from
almost every point at which he has
rested His WRITINGS nowever do NOT
bring him in n fortune and oil his OK.
nanses have had to be horne Inv him
self He acknowledges. however tAat
many railroad and steamship comma.
MES have been very kind to him
The qlobe.circler carries with him ,
book-if MIGHT almost he called an an.
togranb aIbnm-in which monument in.
at every Mace visited nv him
have placed their names more in
terestinp collection of autographs could
hardly be found. The signature of the
Shah of Persia is in the book as are 1
those of General Castro. president of
Sir Gilbert carter. poyernorI
of Barbados. and Sir RI. M Jackson.
governor of Trinidad. The little book |,
nav he said to contain the SIGNATURES
of representatives of all the noteptatas
of the earth
Nakamura has had some THRILLING ok.
,eriences during his nhenomenai ionr.
pev over monnta;n rop,,os aoross soas
Jown Tho woters of arao, ,;,,ars /
tbronob swamns and deserts ,nd in
,root .;t;os
In Persia he traversed tho desert be. IL
.ween Bushire and Isnahan on horse
pack. accorbpanied bv native most.
nan. He was held up py brigands who 9