| Show interesting te resting facts on life in the orient told by mrs leslie ashton of venial vernal in a story of her trip around the orld in last seek beeks a issue of thia this paper per mrs leslie ashton told of her er trip from tie tte time she left new york ork until she arrived at yokohama una 3 miles from honolulu on this run one day january was as stricken from rom the calendar M the lost day occasioned by crossing 9 the international date line t the meridian at this point we were we passing over the deepest part of the ocean OMA it having been sounded and measured to be three miles tie deep ep on january was the final day yin in the pacific in tue t coastal water waters of 01 japan milea miles between yokohama and kobe hobe three days I 1 later we left kobe for a day days day clay light run of miles through the inland sea to the sacred island blind of Mija jims geographically thia this landlocked body of water ras a the most moat interesting of all the seas sew traversed traver wd on the cruise the most generally talked about at ald ciet t readily reay remembered its beauty could never have been greater than on the day e steamed through it for the sun shone in dazzling brilliancy and arid the water hild a score of shades in blues and greens greem while hile the land also waa glorious in a its beauty leaving the sacred island at I 1 nightfall we ve steamed tor for the yel r low sea then up thi this sea to the gulf of chii if and anchored off the coal rr ne port of continued on page elgin eight interesting facts on uie life in the knelt told by mrs leslie ashton of vernal continued from page one 1 miles from it yaji rna on the morning of february 4 disembark arg rg h arr tor for an echt cht hour train journey to pelting peking on the n r tun turn of her the alp ship left in the r n in I 1 of fromn k a steaming eti ming dan rn r n the 0 bulf u if the yellow se sea ind and ulc the emt chio bea sea ibe dea ia ok off Woo 60 miles furt ur th h er r on her wv way and ent sent the pas pu ams on a 13 mile river trip to item Sh anshil the route was wu three gh the china sf and nt the cf of formosa to amne konc kong a run of IM SU miles nik trie ne date ot of ar r ai at vui FebrI febron 14 the diance from ne nta york wt 14 US miles ir urs ilona kona marks a defaite turning point in the notrie crl cruise lor for her uie the co d rather ot of the north 1 lett left behind and one scalds on the th threshold r drahold or 0 ti t e trop 4 cs heading iron the con wn of aia on 11 hong kore kong the ship steamed mile miles rwei the south smith C ana sea to miella the she arsted on feb tir nor in vt cr or that ais int for a MAY a oi at 31 34 how from manil manila th course lav back a the carmn it i tul still in the hm nm S sea until uie the gulf ot of slam siam as reached thi is U a se sei in extent and many hours st were te to arach it ita tcp top where anchor wae was cast a n halo shallo waters tar off 0 me tl river on which orm w 25 miles rom from lt it mouth li the th city ot of the distance erwi ulu 1413 AI 1 on the WM scarring sG arring ln doati doar the gulf siam stain bound for or singapore hlen hie n be reached on 2 16 lor for i a days lair stay on february the ship pa P a ed through the tle narrow gasper straights arto the jaa sa L bosits c CO aea sits ed d the me equator and neptune helt hj inie time hon honored hond d court to ty ai 1 his hie fralin there hire ere interesting crork waters wt re the me surface ct of the sea toi far MUM vu was with of yellow domed by ret retable matter here acsai lw the flying ao 10 fish ere em aclid and aw the fin an of a cruising crul itoe shark vu vats ien amm BM tok to tol singapore the distance KM miles and 4 the latter port part of batavia w hem we w arrived on march set the was mile miles prom batata we threaded our way through the strait of bun bunda from java to sumatra where e made anchorage in cadang bay on march 7 having steamed another miles leaving cadang that same we tailed sailed out into indian ocean tw for Color golona nL 1354 1 miles away there alter after a run of three day days 13 hours 0 on the morning of march 2 resuming our voyage the big tuber cruber completed the mile trip ti in two dy and 12 houn hours dropping anchor off the gateway of india on march maj ch IT 17 here ifert passengers disembarked for tripe trips inland to calcutta calcutt darjeeling Darjee Ung benares and agra and delhi eleven eleen days were spent in bom bay from which the ship too tool ir I 1 r depart departure ure on marci 27 to crusa cross the sea to egypt there wax sas a definite feeling feel liu of being home homeward aard bound when the left bombay march farch 27 7 bound for egypt on the long run of miles to port tewfek at the south end of the siez canal the greatest part of this run aa a in the arabian sea in weather not too hot hat then came a day and a night in the gulf of aden then through the strait of babel man deb the gate of tear tears into the red sea lit la is blue not red and up that historic body of ater in cool weather to the gulf of suez at the upper end if rif which lies iles the south ea entrance trance to the sues suez canal and the modem modern ui of port lew fil fik after disembarking her camen gers at the latter port pon for the rail trips to cairo jerusalem or luxor he the ship proceeded to alexandria 20 miles by way of the canal 1 which is 81 mue long at alexandria aex the passengers re embarks embarked on april 10 and the voyage was a resumed from alexandria the course aa as through the mediterranean north eastward neet es into the aegean sea miles adles to athens en on the th gulf of aegina ae thence through the strait of messina the tite site of scylla and into the sea nil end the bay ot of naples from naples kepler the way led past the ilma of corsica Co reica into the sea se to the riviera where the ship anchored on aru aril off monte carlo and monaco we next steamed diagonally u mm the mediterranean south southwest est ard to gibraltar where ve e anchored berteen the hock nd and the spanish ura of algeciras a from monaco bilics the me strait or of gibraltar U 14 gitles side between betseen the rock rack and a the coast of africa afrim was as the last piece of enclosed water in this world arule e alence vat t made our way ay saw the broad in finues iles to ne nev w york when the AMP tied up at new york the total distance tra traveled cled amounted to 2 29 miles more than the distance of at the earth circumference |
