Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1913-07-23

"n's Shpt' Searles came on deck, we took
all sail OF above the topsails. 1t is my
impression that Mr.. Searles had taken
lessons from his fathe ON sail-carrying.
We sailed in company with the Var
rington few days, but took the lead at
last. north wind blew for three days,
and both vessels found it impossible to
get through Doro passage. We lay by
under short sail, waiting to get SO slant''
through. The Warrington had tried two
nights to give us the slip under the cover
OF darkness by making sail and beating,
but in the morning she would be two or
three miles to leewsrd.
After dinner OF the third day the gig
was ordered lowered away, and our cap
tain visited Capt. Brady, otthe Warrington.
went in the gig for one to man the oars,
and think win Conway. OF Newbury-
port, was the other. We had a nice call.
and when we left, Capt. searles asked
Capt. Brady II he was going to try it
through that night. He said he did not
believe he would.
just before shutdown we wore ship and
let her head over toward the western side OF
the passage, close up under the land. BY
heading the way we did, it brought us we'll
to windward OF the Warrington. The
wind canted a little more westerly, and
every stitch OF canvass was spread, even to
the skysails, and by close watching, the
Race Horse slid in through. The next
morning the Warrington was nowhere to
be seen.
AT SMYRNA.
Having passed by the island OF Scio, we
proceeded on our way towards the bay OF
Smyrna. Entering the harbor in the
night at ii o'clock, we anchored. We
could see the lights OF the city, but could
not distinguish one building from an
other.
The next morning I arose early to get q
view OF the scenery. Before me was q
very large city, situated on the side of a
hill, reaching from nearly two miles back
down to the shore OF the harbor in which
our vessel was anchored. The place
seemed divided through the center, the
buildings OF one half being very much
different from those of the other. Upon
inquiry, learned that part of the people
were Turks, and the others were what is
called Smyrnaotes, and embraced Greeks,
Maltese, Italians and Siciilians, mostly
engaged in the fruit trade.
HoMEwARp BOUND.
We laid in port nearly two months,
waiting for the fruit crop to come of
namely figs and raisins during which
time our sails were thoroughly repaired
and our rigging put in hrst-class condi-
in what was called the saii-makers gang,
with Mr. Searics for boss, making four
all told. OF course we were more or less
envied by others OF the crew, who were
tarring aud painting.
One half o. our crew would have liberty
to go on shore one Sunday, and the other
half the next. You will remember, in
reading OF the aseven churches of Asia",
that one is in smyrna. Buildings, said
TO be the same which stood there in st.
Paul's time, are used by worshippers to this
day. Some of the people are Jews and
some Christians.
Wishing to visit this ancient church
one Sunday, eight OF us-four OF our crew
and four from the Ysrrington-each pro-
cured a donkey, used as commonly as
horses are here, and with guide, set out.
Our guide had his donkey, but he ran
nearly the whole way, switching one
donkey and then another, as all we seemed
to desire was for one to outstrip the other
in the race.
Our feet nearly touched the ground
when we were mounted. One sailor, to
urge his donkey, took his knife and
pricked the beast under the saddle. The
animal started straight for a stone wall
and scraped Harry of his back into the
gutter.
The vessel commenced to load as soon as
the fruit was ready for shipment, but 1t
was nearly four weeks before the last of
our cargo was aboard. As soon as it was
all out OF the lighter, we weighed anchor,
and the bow OF the Race Horse was
turned toward Boston before we stopped
to store the last lighter-load of fruit.
We had a fine run down to Gibralta, and
there, taking head wind, it was nearly
two days before we could get out to the
broad Atlantic. We had 1t quite favorable
until we had passed the Western islands,
then met a succession of westerly gales
and were obliged to keep our vessel under
close-reefed topsails most of the time. AT
one time we had two feet OF water in the
hold. The order calling all hands to the
pumps is very unpleasant sound.
But this case was not so bad as it might
have been. Between the top timbers on
each side were brass ventilators nearly
three and one-half inches across. These
were unscrewed in fine weather to air
the fruit. The weather had been fine
through the day, and the yentilators were
all open. The wind came on TO blow and
the ventilators were screwed down, but
one was missed, and let in larger stream
OF water than the pumps couIdiclear.
We made a northern passage, coming
near the southern edge of the Grand