Show AROUND THE WOULD A trip nearly blosl on nn island with a lady some of nature NEW YORK june 29 mr amedee simond son of air fred crick Sin iund a banker of england left that city october last for a pleasure trip round the world he started in an easterly direction and reached this city a few days ago completed his trip in conversation with the post dis patch correspondent simond said 1 I have had some queer adventures since I 1 left home some of which I 1 other tourists traveling around tho globe have not experienced for instance when a passenger on one of the oriental line of steamers after passing through tho suez canal we stopped at a small island for coal one of the lady passengers and myself started aut to explore the island while the vessel coaled up we penetrated the heavy forest of tropical trees and had hardly been from th eves e ves sel half an hour when we dincov erad to our dismay and surprise that gewere lost the forest was very heavy so much so in fact that we could not see the sun although occasionally its rays could be seen playing about tha waving branches we walked first ono way and then another but could not find the beach although the roar of the waves could be heard in whichever direction we walked the ground was perfectly alive with snakes and very lovely crabs the former seemed to rise up from under our feet of course my companion was terribly frightened suddenly 1 thought of my pocket compass and by its aid we found the steamer jut in time to get on board as she was ready to sail I 1 subsequently learned that the island on which we were lost is only one mile long and one and one half miles across it is one of the chabus archipelago in the indian ocean ay iy A acine at ballaran ballarat Ball arat australia I 1 had the pleasure of visiting the gold mines in an old costume I 1 de bended feet below the earths surface where after crawling through a number of small openings I 1 saw the miners perfectly naked working the mines the holes leading to the mines were so small that it was necessary for one to lie down on the ground and slowly work through the apertures aper tures at new zealand our party was just in time to get passage on a vessel chartered to visit the west coast sounds this was the first excursion party ever taken to the sounds the sights were remarkable everything is wild in the locality the mountains rise straight up from the water in some portions we found a little beach but any beadli at all was a rarity we saw large number birds and boals the birds settled on us by the score and did not seem in the least afraid in fact it ap feared as if they thought us a of tree on which could rest without danger we visited the lakes of new zealand where we spent many happy licurs liours on one occasion a large whale came near upsetting our boat by shooting under us mcall thought there were several whales near us but our boatman assured us there was only one day accompanied by a small boy I 1 started to a point about six teen miles in the interior we ar rived at a little hut with only three sides standing and attempted to sleep but it was a vain attempt rats mosquitoes and sand flies surrounded us by hundreds while there we ascended a mountain feet above the sea wo went far above the snow line from that point I 1 could see hundreds of snow capped peaks thousands of small lakes and could also get a glimpse of the ocean later a small party of us coached miles into the uninhabited wilderness we reached a point feet above the the sea in our coach we went through the orlien gorge much resembling valley and we also crossed a deep river tween two mountains the manner of wasa basket track or line tho distance was feet on the other another coach and visited the immense sheep ranches at wellington harbor we also visited the maori savages these people are very kind but easily boiled roiled and when bo are dan berous ge rous they looked very fiercer and hideous with their bodies tattooed all over their country is wonderful abounding in geysers and hot springs and boiling mud wo saw a staircase of boiling water basins we have visited all your principal cities and places of interest iho rocks mountains beat anything I 1 have ever been wichita falls niagara falls tho Yng emite valley and ft thousand other points we visited arc wonderful in texas I 1 took a hand in rounding up cattle and branding and cutting them so for I 1 have traveled miles when I 1 get anck to london I 1 will have traveled miles giving me an average of miles each kiy since I 1 left home cor dispatch miss utrice i 1335 southall street louisville ky states that she dered fuer years with rheumatism in her and received moro beliet from st jacobs oil than anything eho over tried |