The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-25
-FOUR MASTER BRINGS
LOAD OF JOSS STICKS
Square Bigger Brilliant Ends
Round Trip Cruise to
Far East.
CARRIES JAPANESE CREW
With Men Of Is Nationalities
She Had Troubles on
Outward Trip.
CARRIES JAPANESE CREW

The square rigeer Brilliant. n q four
masted barkentins may be &C called. Ia
back from a years round trip cruise to
the Far East with q mighty load Of Joss
sticks and other cargo from China and
curios and things from Japan.
A four masted barkentine 10 rarely seen
hereabout or elsewhere for that matter,
and she has been descr bed as looking
like brig towing a schooner''-that 10,
her fore and main masts are square
rugged and her mizsen and jisger masts
schooner. or fore and aft rugged.
Besides the Joss sticks the Brilliant
brought twenty-nlne Japanese sailors. all
OF whom describe themselves as STU
dents'--of the art of navigation. Only
nine of tho big vessels crew that sailed
out of philadelphia last year came back,
the Japanese taking their places. Capt.
Grant of the Brilliant says that two OF
the little brown tars were certified
mates" and two. had the certificates OF
second mates Most OF their luggage con-
sisted OF books on navigation and sea
tales from Marryat and when they were
not doing their various tricks. allow and
aloft, they were porting over nautical lit
erature.
In the long run from Hogo. by way OF
Hongkong. to Sandy Hook. the Japanese
kept track OF the ships position. The
two certified mates were made bosns and
after they had ascertained the Brilliants
position every day at noon they would
compare II with their own calculations.
and usually the little men were not more
than n few miles of the course. Willie
here they will stop In Japanese board ng
houses. going back with the Brilliant or
some other sailing vessel bound for Mp
pom.
Capt. Grant said they will have nc
trouble getting berths as officers on
Japanese merchantmen after their round
trip. He found all OF them clever and
willing workers, with ability 10 adap;
themselves to any kind OF a Job aboard
chip from cooking TO work aloft furlins
royals In heavy weather. Most OF them
are married.
Tho trip this way was in strong con-
trast with the one out. The Brilliant then
carried forty men OF thirteen different
nstionalities, men from "all the world
and underworld-taken aboard at Phila-
dephia. Ono Of them pretended to be-
come. or was, paralyzed, but the skipper
said that he threw away his crutches al
Hiogo after he had received his full
pay at the British Consulate.
The skipper has twelve pairs OF manacles
and the mate the same number. and these
were used on members OF the eastbounc
crew. A big Dane who tempted tn,
skipper to hit him was not gratined. The
skipper put the Dane In irons and In
the process the Dane smote the skippe,
in the Jaw. smashing his clay pipe and
giving him floating tooth" After hit
ting the skipper the Dane remarked
THE crew Is going to kill you. and Il
they don't will" They didn't, as al
the grumblers were paid on and dis
! charged Mt Hiogo.
The Brilliant had fair weather nearly
all the way except or the Cape OF Goo,
Hope, when a sea came aboard ant
| carried away the hencoop and q focI
| OF hens and one roo.tef. Only one Mi
| norca layer was saved out OF the flock
and she gave the skipper an egg day 70
| the rest OF the trip.