Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-01-05
PLANS CRUISE
IN SOUTH SEAS
CAPITALIST HAS PLANS
FOR EXTENDED TOUR
Minneapolis Man Is on Way Home
After Having Visited Nearly
Every Country on the Face of
the Globe.

who is a guest at the Moana hotel.
fitting ont small expe'
dition to the Polynesian Islands for
the purpose of trading for curios.
Beads, tobacco. bright colored cloths
will be given In exchange for trophies
and skins not obtainable through the
ordinary channels of barter. Mr..
Peavey does not expect to start on
this expedition in the immediate fu.
ture, but when he does will either fit
out a ship in San Francisco or charter
a vessel here.
Two and quarter years ago Mr..
Peavey started on tour of the world.
He Is now in Honolulu on his way
back to the States. After leaving his
home town he went direct to London
where he stayed for several months
From England he went to Trouville
In France and spent the winter
months at that fashionable resort. Re-
turning to England. Mr.. Peavey took
passage from Southampton to Colon.
DO, Ceylon, where three weeks were
spent In visiting the sights OF that
spice island and In seeing Buddha's
tooth at Randy.
Tuticorin was the next port Of call
after which Madras and Bombay were
visited. From this latter port the
train was taken to Peshawar. Here
the party went by easy stages to the
Khyber Pass, of which so much has
been said and written. This celebrat.
ed pass is open only certain months
In each year and foreigners must at
all times provide themselves with a
strong escort on account of the nu.
merous bands of Afghan robbers
which infest this neighborhood and
the close proximity to savage and war.
like tribes of the hfridis.
Benares, the sacred city of the Hin,
docs was next visited. after which
the train was taken to Agra. to view
the Tai Mahal by moonlight. The
Tai Mahal, Is the most beautiful mau
soleum In the world and was built by
the Emperor Shah Jehan In honor OF
his favorite wife Mantaza Mahal. Aft
er viewing this wonder Of the age. the
train was taken to Calcutta, from
which city a side trip to Darjeelinl
was made.
Several DAYS were spent In thi,
Himalayan resort from which tn,
highest mountains of the world are I,
be seen. As Burmah was the mex
country to he visited, the party sale,
from Calcutta for Rangoon. A jour
ney mp the Irrawaddy was made a,
far as Bhamo, which city Is almos
ON the Chinese border. Having spen
several weeks amongst the Burmans
Singapore was next visited. From
this port an extended tour OF tn
Dutch East Indies was made.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peavey were accom-
panied by Count D'Ansebourg, Barol
de Vinck and NJ. Leon Braun, tire,
Belgian aristocrats. For three month";
the party toured Java, Mokmer. Cele
| bes and New Guinea. In one or tw,
Of the places visited. the natives ha,
never seen white woman before
| Many of them wore boar's tusk
through their noses and appeare
more like animals than human beings
At Ternate the old Sultan was visited
He was a Malay Of the old school an
would not allow his three sons {
study English as he wised the Mala
tongue to have precedence over a
other languages.
While touching at the island q
Mokmer OF the New Guinea coast. tn
natives appeared to be very wilt
Police were landed from the steame
to capture a man who had run amuc
and killed several people. He ha
never been on board large vess,
before and was speechless with su
prise when he found himself surroun,
ed by scores OF white people. He wa
taken to Humboldt Bay In New Guinei
On the voyage to that port he trie
several times to kill some OF the pa
sengers, and II was with the creates
difficulty that he was finally pacific
and locked up.
After leaving the Dutch East Indie
Mr.. Peavey went back TO Singapor
from which port passage was take
to japan. From Yokohama an e
tended trip was made to China an
especiep~tQ the district near II
mouth of The Yangtse Kiang.
n, When Asked what he thought Wa