Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-03-17
RIVER BRETHREE MISSION
VISITORS ARE IN INDIA.
Travelled with McCntcheon, the Fa-
nous Cartoonist.

while crossing lnulan Oceun' Oul "a
pectations OF arrival at Bombay on
the 9TH will not be realized, because
of detention along the way. Leay-
ing Durham the 18th Of January, we
sailed north along the east African
coast, stopping at a number Of places,
the first being at Delagoa Bay where
on account Of the throng Of business
we lay in the bay two days before
getting to the wharf, and when GET
ting there, took near five days to
unload the cargo Of 2,400 tons prin-
cipally OF railroad iron, iron railroad
ties and mining machinry and sup
plies, as this is the shipping center
for the mining district in the Trans
yaal. The work of unloading, some
nights continued until midnight, and
part of the time four derrlcks were
in operation, and the last night work
ing all night. Our next stop was
Beira, in the Portuguese territory
where, we lay one day unloading
cargo, and taking on a few passen-
gers; this is not large place. Our
next run was for several days when
we stopped a day at Zanzibar, an is
land off the east coast, under British
protection. The principal business at
this port was to take on about two
hundred and sixty Indian passengers,
returning to their home country. As
these latter places have no deep
water landings, our vessel anchored
out In the deep and the passengers
with their abundance Of luggage were
all transferred on small rowing boats,
which began early in the day, con-
tinuing until 4 p. m. Seemingly each
were looking for number one, and we
had q veritable Babel all day. These
passengers occupy the open deck
with only canvas stretched over IT.;
they board themselves, the company
furnishing them water and coal with
which to do their cooking. They are
Of different castles, because Of which
there is an occasional row or quarrel,
which sometimes necessitates drago-
man to quiet them.
Mombasa, which is also under the
British protectorate; and the place
where Roosevelt and his party start
ed in on their hunting expedition,
was our last stop. leaving off NUNS
Der Of the Indian passengers but
taking on number more until the
boats limit of 500 was reached. A
number more were ready to 60 on
board but had to be refused. Al
these different places we went ia
shore and spent part Of the day TAX
ing some Of the places Of interest;
at the latter, the fort building
about four hundred and fifty years
old where over two hundred prisoners
are kept, and work in different lines
OF industry are provided for them.
such as basket making, spinning, and
weaving cloth and blankets, prepar-
ing cocoa fiber and making mating,
grinding grain. chopping wood and
carrying II in bundles to the town
where 1t is sold. We were to the
park, the English cathedral, took a
stroll through the native part Of the
town, through several of the mar
kets, passed several Of the thirty
five or more MOhamedan mosques,
where no stranger is allowed to en-
ter except by permission Of the priest,
and Gas our guide put IT. take his
feet out and wash them.
At this port we were Joined in our
voyage by two Americans from Chi
eago, John T. McCutcheon the car
toonist of the Chicago Daily Tribune
and Mr.. Stephenson a lumber mer-
chant, who came out to east Africa
in August and spent three months in
a hunting tour up the country, Sc
curing a number of specimens Of
large game which will appear on
exhibition in the states when mount
ed, We had a pleasant voyage to
Bombay, from Mombasa we took a
northeasterly course, crossing the
equator at ~ o'clock on the Srd. The
weather was cool and pleasant after
leaving Mombasa. Our sailing was
retarded some by strong northeast
wind, one day getting only 21S miles.
AS we came farther north the wind
abated and the daily saillngs we're
better. We had four denths on this
voyage; three we're Of the deck pas
sengers. two were consumptlves; and
the other from all accounts was dis
eased by evil practises preying on
his system until vitality and life were
gone. The other was the fourth en-
gineer who met with a serious acci-
dent fracturlng his skull, was found
unconscious and remained 50 for
about nine hours when he died. They
were, according to custom at sea,