The Washington herald., 1912-03-03
SOUTHERN EUR OPE SEEN
BY THE HERALD TOURISTS
Story of Their Ocean Voyage to. Naples, on the
Stanch S. s. SAINT Anna, Is Told in Diary Form

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"Wednesday, Feb. s Tho wind Is blow
Ing gale ct she sate-ot ninety miles per
hour, We are stied Up at the; dock. and
the captain viii not let ary oae ashurs,
expecting, to-, leave a. any minute.
p Sr+. The Storm, st!il. raging SIN st
our dock. O'clock stu in tie. midst
OF g raging stornl and carSlot leave the
6ock. NotiGed steamer win not, leave
until q L. 7rrty goes sightseeiag, In
moving pictureI which are tlie.'s4Tne as
n washington May have to eaaain here
until O'Clock, before putting out 70, sea.
We expect to arrive at Algssss to-EnoTrov
evening or Saturday morning. We. win
be there whole day, then on 70 Naples,
arriving Tuesday morning. Il o'clock.
stIII in midst, cam. Storm rasilS. and
don't know when We wiif-so away. I
prefer ocean TO land at this moment We
hear the call for lunch. We can eat II
nothing else. 500 p m. Anchor raised.
and We are on. II the storm Increases
We may have to turn back. We can see
In the distance seyeraI steamers fi-hting
their way through the channel. Several
steamers that left earlier than we had TO
return. Just received wireless. to return
20 port Too dangerous to attempt acrose
the har5or. Wo returned. Had to remain
in port until after O'Clock.
Life ON Ocean Wave.
Friday, Feb s-we are now four days
overdue. We may not arrive at Naples
before Wednesday a N. We are on our
way to AIgiers. Leave Lisbon this q, N.
The steamer is pitching and tossing Ike
young colt I have to grab the Ink.
then the chair. and while am writing
can hear dishes rafting, doors slam
ming, and passengers yelling. trying 70
keep their feet. I am the only one IN the
writing room; the others too sick to be
seen. 4:S0 p. N. We are Just passing
patch OF rock that can be seen for miles
There is sister ship OF the Fabre Line
Just passing US. bound for New York.
We have passed several lighthouses and
steamers We expect TO pass the Rock
Of Gibraltar tomorrow morning at p
o'clock; Vessels. steamers OF many ma
tions passing US all the time and make
US feel more at home.
Saturday, Feb. i0-This Is now our four
teenth day on the ocean The past twen-
ty-four hours of travel has. been very
rough. / have had not had the slightest
feeling OF seasickness. Rock of Gibraltar
in sight Morning foggy. We are now
but four miles from the rock. but cannot
see very distinctly. came make out the
lighthouse and see many steamers. out
very little Of the rock. Nearing the Strait
shives Of Cape St. Vincent, the southwest
corner Of Portugal 4 lighthouse and
Nsignal station here are seen Later we
see the coast Of Seville, and the way ts
along the Spanish silives with Marte!lo
towers, the old signal station of the
Moors. crowning every headlsnd. Cadiz
is sighted, a white town at the water'e
Tras fol- ic T1aE a
after this the town Of Tarifa- The Afrt1
can coast IS now in sight. with the bare.
rocky range of the Jebel kebir running
ci,t to Cape Sparta, the northwestern
point of Africa. The Sparta lighthouse
On the extremity was erected at the cos:
Of the Sultan OF Morocco. and is mann
t-ined by the commercial nations OF the
world, the United States bearing its shara
Of the expense Of keeping THIS light burn
ing at the entrance OF the great sea high
way. The town of Tangier is eouspicu-
Gus farther along the coast of the strait.
a white drift about its harbors and up
the rocky hills beyond. We see some
miles farther the Jebei Musa, the Noun
tain OF the Apes, and the African pillar
of Hercules rises opposite its mating pil-
Jar in Europe. Ceuta, Spanish posses
sion on the African shive, and the place
OF noted Spanish prisons, occupies the
peninsula of Mount Acho. marking on
the south the eastern end Of the strait.
The silives on the north OF the Strait
OF Gibraltar are in striking contrast with
the rocky and sterile heights Of the Afri-
can shives. The hills of the Spanish coast
show green and gentle slopfng, with green
mountain ranges in the background. The
Rookie OF Gibraltar is seen above the Span
ish shiyes on the west OF the Bay of
Gibraltar. and. as the last point of this is
rounded, the Rock of Gibraltar rs sighted
across the bay. On the west side Of the
bay the Spanish town OF Algeciras Is
seen. a'
The approach to Gibraltar from the
Mediterranean is along the Spanish coast
OF Almeria, Granada, and Malaga, Cape
de Grata or Point de Elena, son either
side Of Almcr Bay. make the first lard
sighted. .s-
The. mountains o. Sierra Nevada range
I'll in the background with high rolling
land down 10 the prsctpitovs shives
thst are a marked feature OF these
+, from the Mediterranean. Hes out IN its
tun length. OF rock peninsula in strong
contrast 70 the low lands about IL. .s
sIEhtsceinE fn AIsiers. ..
Sunday. Tebroary H. s u,eIock-B-eak-
t fast ever. Early luaehe,n on account
OF our arrival % AiS!e.s- The passage
from Gibraltar has bes2 most enjoy
a5.e, the sea being smooth and becult-
ful. The morning IS lovely, without sign
Of q cloud. We expect 70 iand S5 Al
Gfzrs at . o'clock and, remain about so
LorTs. Call for I-nth, lf:5O. weSsee be
:3ro. Us high mountains on every side.
The Mediterranean IS a. smooth as glass;
scarcely = ripple on tie water. The sight
be4oYe Us Is beyond Gsscsiptioa.. Tie
climate is warm and balgpy. we zee in
the distance Aig1e-s, = sight once scea,
never forgottoa. Mountains On e-ery
s.6e, the Gig OF Agisrs looks Ike an
immense building with q population os
90 people, s1oo0 OF whom are Arabs.
We are now entering the port or Al
giers.- On every side we see steayners,
snail boats, rowboats and Arabs u
abundance. Il is now 2:so O'Clock We
aTG preparing to" go ashore; buying
stGnps ard prepe-iuE TO send or otr
nal. We ere Surrounded by srllsTl bcs'E
Il Turkish costume, also arabian. CQt
couse, can talk with them all and
naturally become spokssnaI3 We for
tu--ately came ;across.e very ntenisent
gs:ide, ode who has 'trSyslsd Though the
United States, and thoroughly under
stands English. we ere carried through
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