Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1911-01-18
From New York To Cape Town
Canary Island, st. Helena And Items Of Interest
On The Voyage To Cape Town

water in the harbOr OF Jamestown is
light indigo in color, and extremely
clear. jamestown lies in valley be-
tween two beautiful mountains OF Vol
canic origin. The houses were sirni-
lar to those at Las Pa.mas. There
VISA a wall be. ore the town. SO we had
to pass through gate to enter it and
the valley We saw great many ne
groes here, probably because we were
near Africa After entering the town
we came into large square where
the government buildings were, and
sa wthere an American Consulate sign
on a door. We walked up the main
street, which gradually ascends as you
go through the valley We branched
off at one OF the side streets, and took
road that went up alono the side OF
the mountain. We soon reached the
top, and walked for few miles until
we came to Napoleon's tomb. Here
we found a small piece OF land owned
by the French 1t was situated in
beautiful spot down in a hollow. Here
we found large stone sab without
any inscription on it, and surrounded
by an iron railing. There is lovely
spring on the grounds with plenty OF
lilies growing around The whole
place has trees all over it, and the
grass was beautiful and green. We
registered our names in book at the
guard house, and returned On our
way back we stopped at a farm house
where Napoleon is said to have fire.
quently visited during his exile, and
here | bought an English pheasant
.or a souvenir We secured Our lunch
at this farm, and found the people very
hospitable.
In descending the mountain, one is
struck by the beauty of the surround
ings. Down below us was the valley,
and the only thing that broke the
quietness of this Sunday afternoon
was the singing and beating OF the
drum of the Salvation Army. On the
left, we saw a beautiful waterfall. 1t
| is only narrow stream, but as it falls
to one hundred feet below the wind
blows it into spray. 1t then collects
at the bottom, and flows merrily along
through the valley. The mountain on
the opposite of the valley is COM
posed OF curly rock OF various shades.
10 the right we see the ocean which
seems to change itself into clouds, as
it is hard to see where the sky meets.
| From the front OF the town flight
| OF 6oc steps ascends to the fort above.
and is called Jacobs Ladder
We went back to the boat and were
soon on our way again. We now
struck the trade winds from the south
west, and the nights began to get
cold.
| The night before reaching Cape
Town we ran into dense fog, and
were obliged to wait until it cleared
We were surrounded by number of
seals in search Of food; also numerous
duikers. When the fog cleared, we
| found we were just outside of Table
| Bay There before us was Table
Mountain lowered with clouds, which
looked like a table-cloth covering it.
Shortly after this | was sitting on
Table Mountain with my legs dangling
over the side, and | looked down
upon Cape Town quite a modern little
city, and while it is situated in a ra-
Their hot climate, the sea breezes made
things comfortable for us. We took a
stroll along the beach, and climbed
over the rocks and watched the waves
dashlng themselves to pieces on them.
we found geraniums and lilacs grow
ing wild, and other beautiful wild flow
ers. We visited the Museum and b.
tanical Gardens, and saw the animals
and plants of South Africa. The fam
Gus hunter-Selous, had fine collec-
ton there as a result OF his various
expeditions We found quite cos
mopolitan population at Cape Town
We saw number OF Malays carrying
pieces OF b.ubber, and we learned that
a whale had just been caught.
While Cape Town was our landing
place in South Africa, we were going
to johannesburg, about one thousand
miles inland, which meant train jour
ney OF forty-eight hours Leaving