The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-20
THE FOREIGN LAND NEAR By
~ THE THRILLS o. TRAVEL
~ RIO DaIS lOl tGE.
"trip /" Itrrmuain Ilttle Tourney Abroad
Traveller t.Oes Through Nu the
Motlons Of Arrival ~ u European
,.-' = and % Pleasant CsaFtesy.

th'n the fringe OF outiy'hg reels the
water Is mot''ed ny the nnis oi the lodges
"n" "eh CROWNS hsneath u. Inns Opal
"n"C' comprises All the water imin'uiateis
t'rounding tue crescent shaped CHAIN OF
Isl mus.
seen from one OF the heights OF the
ISLANDS bermuda Is an intagiio. Tor az
rom every height surrounded 10y the
sea the water at little distance looks
hhxher than the land The hhta giio
seems carved with picturesque irregular
ny.
nerfnuda In one OF the cieanest lnhab-
fea spots In the world There Is no level
ground there. every shower Pushes the
'<iands into the hays and the outgoing
uaes carry the rain swsepingS 10 sea.
he dust In Bermuda Is mostly pulver-
iHed coral rock. 10 ~ 40 heavy that
except IN stun breeze u doesn rise
~ hfgh M the roofs ct tire low huficrnss
and IL never reaches the higher grounds
where SAT the picturesque Siiias Oh the
winter residents
rhere are n" iresn water springs IN
Bermuda. The islands depend Tor drink
ing water upon ram caught on the roofs.
~ 10 as clear as spring water ana u never
zee frozen ar''hc'any from the ram wafer
" Use" 'feey IN the water drunk Tor
Is clear AS LIE ram iiseh'
inc cement roo's Tor catching water
are '~ature OF bermuda Almost every
on'iaihS mas one Ihey show as whit"
p"'"her anna the Serdnr- OF the h'''s'des
an" and 10 the cameo IKE appearance
81 the 'owns ana Their surroundings
Even tne roofs OF IN" churches are de-
s'sn"n 10 catch water,
ne sea a. bermuda ~ approached
"S"s ON hght indigo hih" tint. Many
passengers on ths-steamHhip speak OF 1t.
why. the water IN getting hi'ier and
DUET sa'o an interested tourist girl
sah"ihe ny IN" ran OF steamship near
ing w" heaniahns III a seaway that made
VII" snip DAT unsteady y" am L. re-
Spo"d"o an elderly man leaning over the
sam" mii' and ! want to get on shore.
IN" steamships running between New
iors and bermuda 90 in a Decline. Pas
s'ngers who go back so the after deck to
consult the h'rnacie see the card standing
a. the same point from the time tho ship
to clear Of tho Jersey coast until il nears
the hortheriy headland OF the Islands.
save slight holding against still wind
or against the current OF the Gulf Stream
y II happens 10 he running with percepti
'" force. Going the other way the card
ia simply turned half way around. II
\" like crossing the Brooklyn Bridge on
"-e track and coming back on the other.
The Bermuda steamers leaving New
York are soon out OF tho track OF all other
liners. They split the angle between the
route taken by ships bound down the
coast and for the West Indies and that
taken by the European liners. tramp
steanship out OF some Southern port or
bnshd for one is likely to he the only
vessel sighted in the two days run. ex-
cepting another Bermuda Steamship
Residents in Bermuda tell tourists that
there is not anywhere on the globe an
ether small yet important island colony
that is so far from any mainland II is
about six hundred miles from the nearest
mainland. the South Carolina coast
There is submarine cable communication
now between Bermuda and the American
continent. and the United States could.
II il would. get from those islands warn
Ing Of such storms as that OF March. isss.
the great blizzard that cut in on this
coast near Cape May. buried the metro
politan district about New York city
under something like five feet of snow
and whiried out To sea this side of Boston
In the Office of THE Sun on the night
following that blizzard no news could he
got from anywhere further than an able
bodied reporter could wade through the
drifts from the ONCE steps excepting by
way OF the transatlantic cables. A
cable can was sent to London requesting
mat Boston be asked II IL was getting
the news OF this country. The reply
came back from BOSTON by way Of London
mat al the wires In this country were
wofkng except those In the crescent
shaped bite the storm took out OF the
coast. with view York city mn its midway
point. The London Office was instructed
TO GET tho news OF the North American
continn0t ~ cable from Boston ard cable
II back 10 The Sun This service twice
across tho Atlantic was promptly begun.
and had bccu continued for some time.