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You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org - - -Title: Seven Legs Across the Seas - A Printer's Impressions of Many Lands - -Author: Samuel Murray - -Release Date: November 28, 2012 [EBook #41508] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK SEVEN LEGS ACROSS THE SEAS *** - - - - -Produced by Melissa McDaniel and the Online Distributed -Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was -produced from images generously made available by The -Internet Archive) - - - - - - -</pre> - +<div>*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 41508 ***</div> <div class="tnbox"> <p class="center"><b>Transcriber's Note:</b></p> @@ -997,7 +958,7 @@ church services.</p> <p>No people spend less time in public eating and drinking places than Americans. In Continental Europe they have their -cafés, chairs and tables inside the buildings and out on the +cafés, chairs and tables inside the buildings and out on the sidewalks and streets, and these are used to a large extent as offices by patrons, as proprietors furnish writing paper and ink <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_8" id="Page_8">8</a></span> @@ -1021,7 +982,7 @@ edifice. He may see in his mind's eye an imposing structure of white marble or granite built on an elevated plot of land, as most capitols are, rich with ornamentation and strikingly imposing. But, on the contrary, the building, located on the -River Thames, is rather mediæval in appearance. America is +River Thames, is rather mediæval in appearance. America is far behind some of the European countries in art galleries, good roads, docks, and splendid cathedrals, but there are features of the United States which neither Europe nor other divisions @@ -1033,7 +994,7 @@ have not seen Hagenbeck's Zoo in Hamburg, Germany, but, apart from that city, Bronx Zoo in New York is foremost of those seen in other cities; the Museum of Natural History in Gotham is unexcelled; our great bridges are unequaled; the -interior of the Congressional Library in Washington, D. C., +interior of the Congressional Library in Washington, D. C., will stand comparison with any, and the inspiring Washington Monument, also located in the national capital, stands alone when dealing with campaniles, towers, and pagodas. To the @@ -1105,7 +1066,7 @@ consul allowed to issue passports; these must come from Washington. A consul may extend one, however, for an additional two years; but the passport cannot be extended more than once. Application should be made to the Secretary of State, Washington, -D. C., when two blanks—native and naturalized—will +D. C., when two blanks—native and naturalized—will be sent to the applicant. If a native, he fills out the native blank and will have the contents sworn to before a notary public. The verified blank will then be sent to the Secretary @@ -1174,7 +1135,7 @@ ship, usually find trouble in getting off "Rolling Motion Square."</p> <p>Egg soup is a delicacy made in Lisbon. When served, it -resembles consommé, with halves of a hard-boiled egg swimming +resembles consommé, with halves of a hard-boiled egg swimming in the dish.</p> <p>The business section of Lisbon is built between two high @@ -1186,7 +1147,7 @@ district of the city. This boulevard is unusually wide, the center comprising a broad park place, with roadways of a good width on each side. Nearly half a million people compose the population of this Latin capital. Portugal was a -Roman province as early as 200 B. C.</p> +Roman province as early as 200 B. C.</p> <p>Funchal, Madeira Island, located about 450 miles west of the Moroccan coast, was next reached, being favored with a @@ -1568,8 +1529,8 @@ the same time. Immigrants from many countries have settled in this republic during the last decade.</p> <p>European customs are strongly in evidence, the most noticeable -being lounging about cafés. The habit of living on the -sidewalk and in the street outside of cafés is the same here as that +being lounging about cafés. The habit of living on the +sidewalk and in the street outside of cafés is the same here as that which strikes one as being strange on his first visit to Paris and other places in Continental Europe. One often has to maneuver his way through little iron-legged tables and chairs, used for @@ -1578,11 +1539,11 @@ from cups no larger than half an eggshell; others may be found drinking vari-colored liquids, of which there is a great variety, and many will have cigarettes between their lips or between their fingers. Still one cannot fail to note the improvement -these cafés are on the American saloon. There are no back +these cafés are on the American saloon. There are no back door entrances to these places; no front doors closed; no curtains—everything open and above board. And, as with Europeans, seldom is a person seen intoxicated or disorderly. Prosperity is -suggested by crowded cafés, for refreshments in Rio are +suggested by crowded cafés, for refreshments in Rio are expensive.</p> <p>Women seem to have an easy time in Brazil, in the capital, at @@ -1613,13 +1574,13 @@ Money is on the decimal system, 1,000 reis making a milrei.</p> <p>One unaccustomed to Portuguese money is apt to feel perplexed when presented with a bill for 50 cents. This is how a 50 cent dinner bill would look: 1$500. The figure 1 represents -a milrei—33 cents—and the 500 is 500 reis—half a milrei—16½ +a milrei—33 cents—and the 500 is 500 reis—half a milrei—16½ cents. One hundred reis is three cents in American money. Only among the poorer class are coins of less than 100 reis in use. Paper bills are used for a milrei and larger sums. The coins are mostly of nickel.</p> -<p>At São Paulo, over three hundred miles from Rio, woolen +<p>At São Paulo, over three hundred miles from Rio, woolen and cotton mills have been established, and so far have proved a good investment. English money is represented in this industry. American money and machinery figure largely in the @@ -1669,7 +1630,7 @@ exhibit.</p> <p>At Santos, another coffee mart of Brazil, enterprise was in evidence when our ship drew up to a dock. This was the first dock the ship pulled alongside of since leaving Southampton, -England. Santos is also the port for São Paulo. From this +England. Santos is also the port for São Paulo. From this place we continue southward.</p> <p>Twelve hundred miles south of Rio, Montevideo, Uruguay, @@ -1733,7 +1694,7 @@ Passengers from Great Britain seemed to be in the majority of those traveling south of the equator. A greater number of men than women are always to be found, though almost every ship carries young women who will be on their way to meet and -marry their fiancés located in the interior of the South American +marry their fiancés located in the interior of the South American republics.</p> <p>Buenos Aires, capital of the Argentine republic, the New @@ -1870,7 +1831,7 @@ The best hotels line the Avenida, and the other buildings are of attractive appearance. Prizes are offered by the city for the best building designs, and the result of this municipal pride is frequently observed. Through the Continental custom of -blocking the sidewalks in front of hotels and cafés with tables +blocking the sidewalks in front of hotels and cafés with tables and chairs one often finds difficulty in walking. The park system of the city is creditable, and there are good boulevards in the suburbs.</p> @@ -2029,13 +1990,13 @@ confidence.</p> <p>"Meet me at the British Consul's office to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock," the captain instructed, "for you'll have to ship <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_34" id="Page_34">34</a></span> -as an 'A. B.' (able-bodied seaman), as the 'Act' does not +as an 'A. B.' (able-bodied seaman), as the 'Act' does not allow us to carry passengers." "Aye, aye, sir," in sailor style, was my answer to his instructions.</p> <p>"How much are you going to pay this man?" asked the consul. "Ten shillings ($2.40) a month," answered the -captain. "A pretty cheap 'A. B.'" sagely remarked the consul.</p> +captain. "A pretty cheap 'A. B.'" sagely remarked the consul.</p> <p>"The ship is the one with a red funnel, having a yellow circle around it close to the top. <i>Bertha Clay</i> is her name. Be @@ -2106,7 +2067,7 @@ said the skipper.</p> <p>The weather had grown stormy, the sea rough, and the <i>Bertha Clay</i> was rolling badly. She pitched, tossed and rolled -so much, in fact, that the "A. B." had "callouses" on his hips +so much, in fact, that the "A. B." had "callouses" on his hips through being slammed back and forth against the sides of his bunk in the chart room.</p> @@ -2200,7 +2161,7 @@ through watery Southland, save an occasional whale. Sea-gulls do not appear.</p> <p>It was eighteen days since we sailed from Buenos Aires, and -twelve of these had been stormy. The "A. B." was near the +twelve of these had been stormy. The "A. B." was near the captain while he studied the chart, at 9 o'clock one evening, when the mate came into the chart room. "Mr. Jones," said the captain to the first officer, "keep a sharp lookout, as we @@ -2208,7 +2169,7 @@ should see the Cape of Good Hope light by 10 o'clock, or thereabouts." "Aye, aye, sir," he replied, as he passed out, and then scaled the ladder to the bridge. The sea had calmed as we neared the African coast. Less than an hour later the -skipper and the "A. B." were chatting, when the door opened. +skipper and the "A. B." were chatting, when the door opened. The mate, putting his head between the door and jamb, in sea manner, announced: "Flash light port abeam, sir!" It was the Cape of Good Hope light. We had reached another continent—the @@ -2243,7 +2204,7 @@ circumstances.</p> <p>We anchored in the harbor as twilight was hastily changing to darkness. "Supper is ready," announced the steward when the anchor chain was silenced. As ship food had no charm for -the "A. B." when land food was available, he hurriedly made +the "A. B." when land food was available, he hurriedly made steps for the ladder at the side. This settled matters concerning eating supper aboard ship that evening, as the captain shouted, "Wait." Soon the skipper also started down the @@ -2252,7 +2213,7 @@ dinner ashore.</p> <p>We had stepped foot on Leg Two.</p> -<p>The captain wished the "A. B." to return to the ship and +<p>The captain wished the "A. B." to return to the ship and sleep in his recently vacated bunk in the chart room that night—"the last night," as he put it—but my feeling of relief at the thought of not having longer to occupy that "cabin," in @@ -2267,7 +2228,7 @@ get paid off and discharged," remarked the captain, after we had finished eating the best meal we had had for nearly a month. Meeting at the time designated, the formality of paying off was gone through with, in accordance with maritime law. The -"A. B." was handed $2.40 for his "work" during the voyage, +"A. B." was handed $2.40 for his "work" during the voyage, but the money did not reach his pockets, as it was handed back to the genial skipper. The provisions of the "Act" had been complied with—in name.</p> @@ -2379,7 +2340,7 @@ the city and the Indian Ocean, many Durbanites live in broad-verandaed homes, shaded with semi-tropical flowering trees, perpetually blooming plants, vines growing so luxuriantly that the porches, and often the sides, of the houses are shut in by a -green and floral portière, as it were. Added to this attractiveness +green and floral portière, as it were. Added to this attractiveness are various species of palms and clusters of giant and Japanese bamboo. Some of the flowered hedges enclosing these building plots are so gorgeous in rich color and shape as to @@ -2509,8 +2470,8 @@ in the minority.</p> <p>It is only in very small towns in South Africa where a public library would not be open to all who wished to take advantage of its benefits. Durban is well supplied with public schools, -a technical school open for both day and night classes; Y. M. C. A., -Y. W. C. A. institutions, splendid library, art gallery, +a technical school open for both day and night classes; Y. M. C. A., +Y. W. C. A. institutions, splendid library, art gallery, museum; is thickly spired and turreted with good church buildings; and, for recreation, there is a promenade, fringed with beautiful palms and shady trees, with seats under them, for a @@ -3549,7 +3510,7 @@ with British officials concerning border line rules—were, in fact, in every sense, a distinct, unfettered race of people. Zululand was Zululand then. War after war, with gatling guns and modern fighting implements pitted against -their mediæval arms—the assegai, or spear—naturally made +their mediæval arms—the assegai, or spear—naturally made the tribe submissive and wiped out their border line. So long as they had a king there was always danger of trouble from Zululand. Dinizulu, the last ruler, was taken prisoner, and @@ -4208,7 +4169,7 @@ Meter gauge—3 feet 6 inches—is the standard of that country, 14 inches narrower than what is known as "standard gauge"—4 feet 8 inches—in the United States and in some of the European countries. The narrow spaces of the compartment -(6 by 6½ feet) inclined one to wish for a two person +(6 by 6½ feet) inclined one to wish for a two person seat. Two out of a filled compartment have direct access to a window—the two passengers whose seats are the outside end ones. Most travelers have seats reserved, in some instances a @@ -4894,7 +4855,7 @@ in America, kept going into uninhabited parts, stopping only when they believed they had gone beyond reach of everybody, where they could live their own lives in their own way. There were thousands in the Great Trek. In 1852 a government -was formed, and M. W. Pretorious became the first President +was formed, and M. W. Pretorious became the first President of the South African Republic. In the early seventies there were about 25,000 Boers in the Transvaal. In 1876 the republic practically collapsed, when England assumed responsibility. @@ -5046,7 +5007,7 @@ Dutch; Johannesburg cosmopolitan.</p> <p>Some 40,000 people were living in this attractive place, and the population is increasing. The government departments were removed from Capetown, one after another, and with the -reëstablishment of each Pretoria's population naturally increased +reëstablishment of each Pretoria's population naturally increased as the government employes followed. "Civil servants" is the term used to denote government employes. An increase in salaries was granted to employes when brought from @@ -5340,7 +5301,7 @@ in the heart of wildest Africa. We find here splendid streets, as wide as those of Salt Lake City, fringed with trees, with monuments erected at convenient places in the center; a good public library, containing 5,000 volumes; hospitals, parks, -a botanical garden, zoölogical park, museum and art gallery, +a botanical garden, zoölogical park, museum and art gallery, schools, churches, business buildings, daily newspapers—all of a high order. Bulawayo, nearly 1,400 miles from Capetown, has a population of 5,000 whites. It is the largest town of @@ -5770,7 +5731,7 @@ City.</p> <p>"You haven't been in town long?" a Kimberley policeman addressing me, remarked, as he stepped in front. As a matter of fact, I had only got about a hundred yards from the railway -station. I surmised that I had been taken for an "I. D. B." (illicit diamond buyer), having been told a bird can scarcely +station. I surmised that I had been taken for an "I. D. B." (illicit diamond buyer), having been told a bird can scarcely alight in Kimberley without coming under police surveillance. "We're from the same country, I believe," the officer continued, when I felt easier. "My native town is St. Louis," he added. @@ -5914,7 +5875,7 @@ was playing jackstones. O'Reilly's eye being attracted by a bright stone among those with which the boy was playing, he told the boy's father he thought that particular one was a diamond. O'Reilly's judgment proved to be good, as, when -weighed, it was found to be of 22½ karat. The stone was +weighed, it was found to be of 22½ karat. The stone was sold for $2,500, O'Reilly and Van Niekerk dividing the money. <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_133" id="Page_133">133</a></span></p> @@ -6926,7 +6887,7 @@ food, and then only for soup.</p> <p>A story is told of an English woman who became engaged to a native Australian. She started from England to meet her <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_160" id="Page_160">160</a></span> -fiancé at Adelaide. She had told her friends she was to be +fiancé at Adelaide. She had told her friends she was to be married to an Australian native. When she reached the end of her long journey and came ashore friends in Australia who met her, pointing to a kangaroo close by, remarked that the @@ -7259,13 +7220,13 @@ over them on coming out and going in.</p> <p>The difference in railroad gauges is proving a source of much inconvenience to transportation. In New South Wales the -gauge is standard, 4 feet 8½ inches, and in Queensland the railroad +gauge is standard, 4 feet 8½ inches, and in Queensland the railroad is narrow-gauge, 3 feet 6 inches. So, going from Sydney to Brisbane, passengers, cars and freight must be changed; also in going from Sydney to Melbourne, when the Victoria border has been reached, a complete change has to be made, as the Victoria gauge is broad, 5 feet 3 inches. The width of South -Australia railroads is 5 feet 3 inches and also 4 feet 8½ inches, +Australia railroads is 5 feet 3 inches and also 4 feet 8½ inches, but those of West Australia are again narrow-gauge.</p> <p>One not familiar with the population of American cities @@ -7677,7 +7638,7 @@ from that but partially known region. Dual names to <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_182" id="Page_182">182</a></span> many seaports throughout the British Empire prove confusing to the ordinary person. A news cablegram may tell of a South -Pole exploring vessel having reached "Port Chalmers, N. Z." +Pole exploring vessel having reached "Port Chalmers, N. Z." Seafaring men would know at once by the name the message bore that the explorers were in Dunedin; but very few persons in America or Europe would know that Port Chalmers and @@ -9010,7 +8971,7 @@ collar costing the same.</p> <p>On a sailing ship, and on a naval cutter plying between Pago-Pago and Apia (both seen here), also on a schooner at Dunedin, -N. Z., were the only instances since leaving New York when +N. Z., were the only instances since leaving New York when the Stars and Stripes was observed flying from vessels.</p> <p>Upolu Island, on which Apia is located, is second in area @@ -9223,7 +9184,7 @@ was asked if white people locked their doors at night. "Yes," he replied, "the kitchen door—to keep the cats out."</p> <p>Poverty is unknown here, as are jails. Each Tongan has -8¼ acres of land, and the copra from that area not only furnishes +8¼ acres of land, and the copra from that area not only furnishes sufficient money to buy what is needed but allows a small surplus besides.</p> @@ -10217,7 +10178,7 @@ would be Wamasai, Mmasai would be a Masai man, Umasai would be Masailand, and Kimasai would mean the Masai dialect or language.</p> -<p>Professor Diogenes Teufelsdröckh, an exponent of the philosophy +<p>Professor Diogenes Teufelsdröckh, an exponent of the philosophy of clothes, held that a majority of the people of the world devoted too much attention to the matter of unnecessary dress, a failing that militated against their moral and spiritual @@ -10864,7 +10825,7 @@ river Nile, the magnet that figured largely in my giving way to the witchery of the foreground when standing on the shore of the lake at Kisumu some weeks before.</p> -<p>J. H. Speke, an Englishman, in 1858, discovered Victoria +<p>J. H. Speke, an Englishman, in 1858, discovered Victoria Nyanza, but its outlet, hidden by green banks on each side, was not reached until four years later, on his second visit to that section of Africa. He named that neck of water Napoleon @@ -10930,7 +10891,7 @@ only white passengers aboard—the others being black. We had been at sea but a few hours when the captain invited us to quarters in the first-class section without additional charge. Seldom are passengers favored with such -kindness. The ship headed for the Island of Mahé, the largest +kindness. The ship headed for the Island of Mahé, the largest of the Seychelles group.</p> <p>Before leaving Mombasa passengers had to be vaccinated, @@ -10959,7 +10920,7 @@ each toe, and then the other, for jigger indications. Several days are devoted to this examination.</p> <p>"A complete quarantine" was the order of the port doctor -when we reached Port Victoria, on the island of Mahé, Seychelles +when we reached Port Victoria, on the island of Mahé, Seychelles group, the Mombasa clearance papers announcing smallpox prevalent in the African town.</p> @@ -11442,7 +11403,7 @@ remained a British possession ever since.</p> <p>Our next move was by rail to Baroda, 248 miles north of Bombay. The railroad coach was of the compartment type, -but wide, the road gauge being 5¼ feet. Fare in India is +but wide, the road gauge being 5¼ feet. Fare in India is cheap, first-class being three cents a mile, second-class a cent and a half a mile for short journeys and a cent and a quarter for 300 miles or more, and third-class fare one-sixth of a cent, or @@ -11747,7 +11708,7 @@ in a resurrection, heaven, and hell, but also believe there is a separate heaven for women. The Koran forbids the drinking of wine or eating of pork. This sect wash their hands, mouth, and nose before eating or praying. Mohammed, the prophet -of Allah, was born in Mecca, Arabia, 570 A. D., his father +of Allah, was born in Mecca, Arabia, 570 A. D., his father being a poor merchant. Sixty-three million of the population of India are Mohammedans, and the Mogul dynasties prevailed from the fourteenth to the sixteenth centuries.</p> @@ -13031,7 +12992,7 @@ breed.</p> feature of which is that roots grow from the limbs of the tree downward, take root on reaching the ground, and then grow into the earth like a tree that starts from the ground. -From these aërial roots growing downward now stand over +From these aërial roots growing downward now stand over 200 trunks. The tree is not high, but spreads widely, the distances separating the outer limbs from one side to the other being 330 feet. The space intervening is studded with tree @@ -13243,14 +13204,14 @@ a beggar.</p> Madras. Elihu Yale, the benefactor of Yale College, is identified with St. Mary's by his presenting to that building one piece of the church plate. The United States also is represented by -a splendid Y. M. C. A. building of red sandstone, the benefactor +a splendid Y. M. C. A. building of red sandstone, the benefactor being a noted merchant.</p> <p>It is really surprising, when one visits a city like Madras, so far away from the more enlightened centers of the world, to find such a large number of colleges and other means of education there. In addition, this place is well supplied with a -Y. M. C. A. building, libraries, club buildings, churches of +Y. M. C. A. building, libraries, club buildings, churches of various Christian denominations, a museum, a zoo and an aquarium. The same applies to the larger centers of India in general, but not in such proportion as those of this city. @@ -13781,7 +13742,7 @@ consul, with but one aim in view—to persuade the captain of the battleship to proceed to Bangkok with his vessel and scare the money out of the debtor. The captain told the consul he had no objection to doing so if he (the consul) would -cable the War Department at Washington, D. C., for instructions +cable the War Department at Washington, D. C., for instructions to that effect. A cable was sent immediately, and a reply soon received, which read: "Explain why you are absent from your post of duty." The consul walked floors, fearing recall, @@ -13900,7 +13861,7 @@ mind—</p> a ship at anchor in the harbor—the fourth time the United States emblem was seen waving from a ship's mast during a journey of over 60,000 miles, most of which was by water. -At Dunedin, N. Z., the first flag was seen flying from a dilapidated +At Dunedin, N. Z., the first flag was seen flying from a dilapidated schooner, and the other two from small vessels at Apia, Samoa.</p> @@ -14325,7 +14286,7 @@ any other material. Occupants sit astride the stones.</p> <p>Canton, the capital of the Province of Kwangtung, is styled the "City of Rams" from the legend of the five immortals who rode into the city on the backs of five rams during the Chow -dynasty, which ruled from 1112-255 B. C. The metropolis +dynasty, which ruled from 1112-255 B. C. The metropolis was made a treaty port in 1842. <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_353" id="Page_353">353</a></span></p> @@ -14366,7 +14327,7 @@ land is allowed to go to waste in China.</p> <p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_354" id="Page_354">354</a></span></p> <p>An American ship was boarded at Hongkong for Manila, -P. I., but the vessel had been built in Glasgow, Scotland. The +P. I., but the vessel had been built in Glasgow, Scotland. The distance from Hongkong to Manila is 630 miles, and 60 hours' time is required to sail between the two points. The fare, first-class, was $25—four cents a mile for sea travel. One has @@ -15432,7 +15393,7 @@ Fujiyama, the sacred mountain of Japan, which rises to a height of 12,365 feet, located 86 miles from Yokohama. By early evening we had reached the cradle of modern Japan.</p> -<p>To Commodore M. C. Perry, of the United States Navy, +<p>To Commodore M. C. Perry, of the United States Navy, credit is given for starting a new era in the history of Japan, at Yokohama, in 1854. Yokohama is to Japan what Shanghai and other cities are to China—a world treaty port. Commodore @@ -15462,7 +15423,7 @@ foreign city, but there is little native interest to be observed compared to other typical Japanese centers.</p> <p>At Kamakura, an hour's ride from Yokohama, is located the -great Daibutsu, the Japanese Buddha, 49½ feet high, with a +great Daibutsu, the Japanese Buddha, 49½ feet high, with a circumference of nearly a hundred feet. The Daibutsu is composed of bronze plates, brazed together, and has eyes, four feet in length, of gold. In the center of the forehead is a silver @@ -15512,8 +15473,8 @@ street signs, where they appear, are printed in Japanese, and the same applies to those on street cars. Large, modern street cars were in use, and the travel was so heavy that two conductors, as in Osaka, were kept busy collecting fares. The fare was -the same as that in other cities—4½ cents with a return coupon, -or 2¼ cents a single ride. Traffic keeps up from morning +the same as that in other cities—4½ cents with a return coupon, +or 2¼ cents a single ride. Traffic keeps up from morning until late at night. A stranger would do well to have written down in the Japanese language on a piece of paper where he <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_384" id="Page_384">384</a></span> @@ -15595,7 +15556,7 @@ buildings. Pictures of the show are painted on sheets of cloth in red, yellow, orange, black, blue—in fact, all colors—and large lights hang thickly above these—truly a striking combination of light and hues. The charge for these performances -is from 2½ to 10 cents.</p> +is from 2½ to 10 cents.</p> <p>At one theater, where admission was five cents, foreigners' shoes had to be covered with cloth. It seemed as if religious @@ -15810,7 +15771,7 @@ of interest that meets the eye is a bridge, 40 feet long, spanning a river. This is arched in design, painted a bright red color, but is not generally used for crossing the stream. It is known as the Sacred Bridge, and was originally built in 638 -B. C. Only Shoguns were privileged to use it, with the exception +B. C. Only Shoguns were privileged to use it, with the exception of twice a year, when pilgrims to the shrines were allowed to pass over. The original bridge was destroyed by a flood in 1902, but the same reverence is maintained for the new @@ -15885,7 +15846,7 @@ for the time being.</p> <p>In some districts of Japan a funeral, when the deceased is an aged or respected person, assumes the form of a festival. -Friends bring money, cakes, saké (native drink), plums, sugar, +Friends bring money, cakes, saké (native drink), plums, sugar, edibles of all kinds, and flowers. All bow before the home altar and assume a praying attitude with the hands. Then the offerings are placed before the shrine. When all the sympathizers @@ -16214,8 +16175,8 @@ locking the door to his room at midday. In some countries passed through the room doors were not closed even at night.</p> <p>Looking down upon and over a depression in the earth, bastioned -by deep walls of rocks on each side, 7¾ miles in circumference -and containing an area of 4¼ square miles, there spreads +by deep walls of rocks on each side, 7¾ miles in circumference +and containing an area of 4¼ square miles, there spreads out for three miles a fissured, hillocked, corrugated, gnarled, steam-emitting surface of slate-colored and black lava. This is the first view one obtains of Kilauea crater. The scene is very @@ -16311,7 +16272,7 @@ Manila. After a stay of several weeks in San Francisco, in order to earn a portion of the money necessary to secure railway passage to New York, and borrowing $50, a start was made for <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_404" id="Page_404">404</a></span> -the Atlantic seaboard, stopping off a week at Washington, D. C. +the Atlantic seaboard, stopping off a week at Washington, D. C. New York was reached May 1, 1913, having left Gotham nearly three years and three months earlier.</p> @@ -16320,7 +16281,7 @@ be practiced, this statement is offered: From the time of leaving New York, February 9, 1910, until my return to New York, May 1, 1913, I had been away 1,176 days. I had for the journey $1,350. My earnings in South Africa amounted to -$2,400, in San Francisco $60, in Washington, D. C., $15, which, +$2,400, in San Francisco $60, in Washington, D. C., $15, which, with the $50 borrowed, makes a total of $3,875 for the entire time consumed by the tour. By dividing $3,875 by the number of days—1,176—an average expense for everything of about @@ -16431,7 +16392,7 @@ each:</p> <td class="tdr">133</td> </tr> <tr> -<td>Hobart to Dunedin, N. Z.</td> +<td>Hobart to Dunedin, N. Z.</td> <td class="tdr">1,080</td> </tr> <tr> @@ -16488,7 +16449,7 @@ each:</p> <td class="tdr">120</td> </tr> <tr> -<td>Nukualofa to Auckland, N. Z.</td> +<td>Nukualofa to Auckland, N. Z.</td> <td class="tdr">1,093</td> </tr> <tr> @@ -16649,11 +16610,11 @@ each:</p> <td class="tdr">327</td> </tr> <tr> -<td>Mombasa to Mahé, Seychelles Islands</td> +<td>Mombasa to Mahé, Seychelles Islands</td> <td class="tdr">1,000</td> </tr> <tr> -<td>Mahé to Bombay</td> +<td>Mahé to Bombay</td> <td class="tdr">2,000</td> </tr> <tr> @@ -16725,7 +16686,7 @@ each:</p> <td class="tdr">1,440</td> </tr> <tr> -<td>Hongkong to Manila, P. I.</td> +<td>Hongkong to Manila, P. I.</td> <td class="tdr">630 <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_408" id="Page_408">408</a></span></td> </tr> @@ -16778,7 +16739,7 @@ each:</p> <td class="tdr">115</td> </tr> <tr> -<td>Yokohama to Honolulu, T. H.</td> +<td>Yokohama to Honolulu, T. H.</td> <td class="tdr">3,400</td> </tr> <tr> @@ -16809,382 +16770,6 @@ each:</p> <p class="center p4">THE END</p> - - - - - - - -<pre> - - - - - -End of Project Gutenberg's Seven Legs Across the Seas, by Samuel Murray - -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK SEVEN LEGS ACROSS THE SEAS *** - -***** This file should be named 41508-h.htm or 41508-h.zip ***** -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: - http://www.gutenberg.org/4/1/5/0/41508/ - -Produced by Melissa McDaniel and the Online Distributed -Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was -produced from images generously made available by The -Internet Archive) - - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions -will be renamed. - -Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no -one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation -(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without -permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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