Over Five Seas and Oceans. From New York to Bangkok, Siam, and Return

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CAPTAIN THOMAS MILLER.

OVER FIVE SEAS AND OCEANS.

FROM

NKW YORK TO

BANGKOK, •

SOIVIE

SIAlVt,

AND RETURN.

REIVIINISCENCES BY

THOMAS MILLER.

NEW YORK: Albert Metz &

Co., 22 Piatt St.

DEDICATfiD TO HIS FrIENDS IN

New York

THE

Life Insurance Company,

l'?-'7322-1

DS

PREFACE. This

little

story of a few years residence and

travel in the East has been written at the solicitation of the author's friends.'

It

to great literary distinction, nor to rank

among

of books.

It is

makes no claim does

it

aspire

the chefs d\viivrcs of the world the plain, unvarnished

the experiences of a

Yankee

story of

in the Orient,

who

presents the illustrations and the printed matter

from memory, after

which he errors.

trusts

is

a lapse of twenty-seven years, a

sufficient

apology for

all

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CHAPTER WITH

I.

three others, sailed from

York on

New

the 4th day of August, 1857,

on board of the British barque "Oak,"

We

of Hartlepool.

the next day with

little

or no wind, and laid our

course S.E. by E. from the losing sight of the

days,

it

— the

Equator

was rather

reef topsails.

the Islands of

We

Highland Lights,

Lights at dark that night.

Our voyage was very the line

crossed the bar

pleasant until ;

there, for

squally, but

had a good run

Amsterdam and

we

crossed

two or three

not enough to until

St. Paul,

we made

two lonely

islands in the middle of the Indian Ocean.

next land

we made was

Sumatra about the 20lh

The

the Islands of Java and of

at Anjiers in the Straits of

November.

Arrived

Sunda about dark the

same day,

atter a passage of about

New

and seven days from

Here we recruited

one hundred

York.

ship with fresh provisions,

such as yams, onions, sweet potatoes and fowls.

On

the third day

we weighed

anchor, and sailed

out into the Straits, with the wind from S.S.W.

blowing up the

We

Straits.

Brothers Island out

the China Sea.

in

The

Sunday, after we entered the China Sea,

spouts of huge miles

size,

some

At one time

off.

of

it

down.

A

us,

water-

which were over two

looked as

be engulfed by them, for certainly,

had burst on

first

at day-

we were confronted with seventeen

light,

Two

passed the

if

if

we would

one of them

our good ship would have gone

water-Spout

rising out of the sea.

is

It

a long

column

begins with a

of water, little

rip-.

pie on the water like a whirlwind, increasing in

diameter until ten or twelve feet rises,

up and up,

ascends

way

until

it

in size

it is

it

then

reaches the clouds.

with a corkscrew motion.

to get clear of

;

to fire a

It

The only

cannon into

it,

Sometimes the concussion and

it

will

break the column,

with a terrible noise and splash into

falls

As luck would have

the sea.

guns to

fire

into the worst one

we had no

it,

therefore, only

;

by an overruling- Providence and a

main

little

strength and smartness in hauling our braces, did

our good ship

sail

clear of the nearest one,

As

was very

large.

the noise

was almost deafening.

it

passed

us,

or

which

we passed

it,

Notwithstand-

ing our scare, the sight was perfectly grand.

As

was the Northeast Monsoon, we kept well to

it

the southward and eastward

up along the coast

of

Borneo, commonly called the Palawan Passage.

We

passed large numbers of beautiful islands, un-

we made

til

nearly a fair wind of

it,

and sailed

We

direct for the entrance to the Gulf of wSiam.

came

anchor

to

cember

;

took

off

the bar about the 24th of De-

pilot,

and crossed the bar and

drift-

ed up to Bangkok,

The pp

;

river

is

therefore,

so very crooked

we

drifted

we

could not

up with the

tide,

sail

and

lO

came

anchor

to

in

mid stream on the 27th

De-

of

cember, after a passage of one hundred' and forty days.

The whole

distance of about seventeen

thousand miles could have been made

in a ship's

boat.

We

were very kindly received by our con-

signee and the natives.

The

met was the Prime Minister was very

friendly.

landed and housed signee,

I

chee to

was sent finish

La Consachee

first

of the

native of note

Kingdom, who

After the machinery was in

the

godown

the

of

to the province of

all

con-

La Consa-

erecting a small steam sugar mill. is

northwest from Bangkok; distance

from Bangkok about seventy-five miles. in a

I

I

went

covered boat, with four stalwart oarsmen and

a C(jok, at night

who

acted as interpreter.

and tied up to trees

ashore to get

fruit

in the

We

journeyed

daytime.

Went

and to chase monkeys, with

which the country abounds.

We

arrived at our

destination in the middle of the third night after

leaving Bangkok.

Next morning the Governor

II

of the Province called

with what

called a drinking cocoanut,

is

was very cool and

refreshing.

a token of friendship.

This fruit

provisions the country afforded during

I

started

I

showed the natives how

to run

began grinding cane,

1

perintendent of the mill to give of cane as he

the idea of as

we

much all

gave the

my

little

handled

it

cane was

others

to

how

I

all

and

me

We

be-

as large a pile

He

laughed

About

six P.

at

used up, and

first

M.

had to jump around to

and they

morning I

my

helped the

get finished by daybreak, which

rejoicing over the

Siam.

mill

requested the Su-

to handle cane;

about 4.30 the year round.

in

three

The day

so that by 2 A. M. next

pile of

my

mill of 12^ x 35 roller grinding

started up, and

natives

up the it.

bull mills.

as the three bull mills.

show the

is

lived on the very best

I

weeks stay with them.

which

a fruit filled

It is

with natural milk, and very sweet.

fore

me

on me, and presented

is

Then there was great

steam sugar mill erected

did not grind again for three nights

12

for the

want

of cane, so

round looking

1

had a good time going

at the country,

they cut cane.

ran the mill a week, until the

I

natives could handle

my

night, without

it,

which thev

after a trip

left

I

did, the third

They

assistance.

smart, observing people.

Bangkok,

and seeing how

are a very

La Consachee

down stream

for

two nights

of

and one day.

On

landing,

I

found one

Sharpp, crazy. tremens, but

I

our young men, A.

The doctor thought

being a British subject, the Consul, after

of

it

called

him

to

He

we turned him over

to

we were worn out watching day The Consul

Singapore to the hospital, and he died

on the passage, and was buried tain

delirium

was sunstroke.

and night with him for three weeks. sent

it

never handed his

at sea.

The

cap-

effects to the authorities at

Singapore, including a twenty dollar gold piece

put

in his

trunk to buy some

the hospital did not supply. in

the

little

I

comforts that

Sharpp's death

left

gang two engineers and one carpenter.

13

The

disease,

Then

of skin

which compelled him

to leave for

home.

there were only two

left,

myself and Jen-

Poor Jenkins turned out badly, and

kins.

two years

inside of at

some kind

carpenter, Mr. Hatch, got

;

thus

I

left

was the only one

me left

Bangkok.

My

next

move was

with

my mate

of 20 X 24 yacht engines in the

yacht,

*'

Meteor."

until the natives

The next gine for

I

to put a pair

Prime Minister's

ran the yacht for some time,

were properly schooled.

job was to put in a small single en-

Som Decht

Noi's yacht, used for merely

Som

a plaything round the river and canals.

Decht Noi was a very high

noble.

His

title

conferred on him for meritorious conduct.

was

He

was a very old man, and was heavy, say about 250 pounds. in a I

He wanted me

saw shed, which

started

it,

I

did.

to erect the engine

He came

in the

day

and became very much interested and

excited at seeing the

was wonderful.

engine run.

He

As he was leaving

said

it

the shed,

14 his half-idiotic

wheel, and

lumber.

threw him over on a

it

He

before, and

son took hold of the

little

pile of

fly-

sawed

had tried the trick several times I

as his father

had stopped him

but this time,

;

was there, he put on

hold of the wheel, and got what

I

airs,

and took

had told him.

This accident and the excitement of seeing the

machinery running, brought heart trouble

with the old

dead on entering

fell

on

an

attack

of

gentleman, and he

His body was

his palace.

kept one year, and then the funeral pile was built,

and the body placed on the

a gold box or urn.

Ten Buddhist

top, incased in

priests stood in

a row, having in their hands a heavy It

passed from the

inquiring,

I

last

web

of silk.

one to the ground.

found that the

sins of the

On

man were

passing from the body during the incantations of the priests, which never ceased until the pile was all

ready for the torch to be applied by the King.

This took three days and nights, during which there were theatres, juggling,

all

kinds of shows

15

with fruits and candies

—a

three days go-as-you-

please.

On and

the evening before the burning, the

were present, and

his nobles

I,

King

with several

other foreigners, went up to see the grand

The King saw me, and

play.

me.

We

all sat

dis-

sent his page for

on mats, with the Prime Minister,

Lord Mayor and several

We

others.

laughed

we made our

and talked

until

12 o'clock;

salaam and

left.

Next day we attended the burncustom

ing, and, as the

is,

then

the

limes (a small lemon), in which

King scattered is

money, from

one Fuang to Siluing, to a Tical, and some had gold rings. "

Ma

The King saw me and

Millee," to

his nobles

were on

What

I

him

in the

and elbows, while

their knees filled

said, "

he gave

rest silver.

to

on a temporary platform.

and the King

which

come up

my

Cop

me

called me,

midst of

The I

nobles

stood up,

pockets with the limes, for

chie " (thank you), and

left.

contained two gold Fuangs, the

During

all

this

time the body was

16

When

burning.

consumed

the whole pile was

we went home. The next

job was to put up a steam saw mill to

This was a failure on account of

saw teak wood.

opposition from the Chinese sawyers.

Next was a job steamer

''

Jack Waters

over, Mass.

Russell

&

;

A.

J.

Co., of

put

to "

an engine in the

in

for C. A, Allen, of

And-

Westervelt, of

New

Hong Kong.

Mr. Westervelt

was the shipbuilder and

York, and

was the engineer.

I

put the engine and boiler

in the

was decked, and was ready

I

boat before she

for steam

when

the

boat was launched, except shipping the wheel,

which was done, and we went on a third it

day

after the boat

was successful

was put

to

river,

company

built

own, which they did

flourishing,

the

in the water,

and

every particular.

towing on the

success until the their

in

was put

trial trip

;

The boat

which was not a

some

lighters of

then business was

and kept so for about a year, when

Mr. Westervelt became timid and sold

his interest

17

to me, with the understanding that

I

was to have

charge of the floating stock, which consisted of

one steamer and three

with carrying

lighters,

ca-

pacity of 4,000 piculs, or about 250 gross tons.

Work was interest,

Messrs. Russell

fair.

&

Co. sold their

through Chang Lai Soon, an educated

Chinaman, to Williams, Anthon

Co.,

tS:

sumed the shore work. This went along until

one Sunday they took

go on an excursion down in violation of

my

who

as-

for a time,

into their heads to

it

This was

to the bar.

agreement, which was that the

boat should not be run on Sunday, no matter

what inducements hard

But

six

my

days and

my

men worked

six nights,

when

called upon.

iams, Anthon's ;

&

namely,

ing satisfied in

Co.'s office, I

the river,

native assistant acting as cap-

Next morning, Monday,

action.

down

This act dermined

and engineer.

matum

m}-

partners took the boat

Mr, Allen and tain

offered, as

was ready

my own mind

I

my

future

called at Will-

and stated

my

ulti-

buy or

sell, feel-

that they

were not

to

18

manage

able to

ended

the property, and the interview

expected: C. A. Allen and

Thomas

Miller bought out the entire concern.

To pay

my

as

I

interest,

brother,

;

borrowed $3,000 from the King's

Prince

out interest.

months

I

Crom Alouing Wangsau,

We

did

well for over

then business came to a stand

eighteen still,

ing to the heavy crops of rice in China and

where.

We

with-

owelse-

did not earn $5,000 in four months.

At the same time we were under heavy expense, with about ninety

men

very discouraging to sell

by comparing

in us.

our employ.

We

notes.

owner

I

of the steamer

did,

agreed to buy or

Of course, whichever

offered the most took the whole.

ed $1,000 more than

This was

Mr. Allen

offer-

and became the sole

"Jack Waters" and four

freight barges, and a schooner of about 100 tons.

f^i

CHAPTER Y

intention I

was

11.

to sail for

came back from my

Prabat,

etc.,

home,

after

trip to Ayiithia,

and the interior

of the

country on excursion.

On two

or about the 12th of January, 1861,

I,

with

others, foreigners, started for the trip, after re-

ceiving a general letter from the King to the Gov-

ernors of the several Provinces through which

might

pass.

phants, and for us,

We

This letter ordered that boats, all

we ele-

other supplies should be provided

which made our journey very pleasant.

started from

Bangkok about 6

P.

M., and

arrived at Ayuthia the next evening about sun-

down.

We

He met

us in his audience

called

on the Governor by invitation. hall,

with no furniture,

except very handsome mats on the

floor.

He

20 received the King's letter on a silver waiter, read it,

and then passed

back to me.

then passed

it

pleasure.

told

I

to his Cabinet to read,

it

and

Then he asked our

him we wanted seven elephants

with howdahs, to carry us and our servants to Prabat and back, a journey of about twelve days,

and we wanted breakfast early next morning, so as to get off early in the cool of the day.

morning we started

at six A. M.,

Next

and made good

time crossing rivers and traveling through the jungle.

At night

fall

dated temple, where

we came

we put up

Our cook prepared our bowl

of tea, after

to an old dilapi-

rice,

which we

laid

for the

curry,

fish

night.

and a

down under our

mosquito nets on our mats, and slept soundly daybreak. rice,

I

got the cook up, and he got our

curry and

we had

till

fish,

breakfast,

with the bowl of

we

tea.

started again, and

After

we came

out onto a beautiful road with a number of fountains of spring water,

where the caravans stopped

to water their cattle.

There we met a large num-

21

ber of pilgrims on their ship, as this

Buddha

way

was the season

to Prabat to worfor

to assemble on the mountains of Prabat

These crowds

round the footprint of their god.

and ox

of people, with their elephants

their

way

to the shrine of worship,

of the Children of Israel in the

We

devotees of

all

carts,

on

reminded me

going up to Jerusalem

days of old to worship. arrived at Prabat early

the evening, and

in

presented the King's letter to the Governor of that Province,

who

received us very graciously,

and provided quarters for

Our cook

us.

pre-

pared supper of boiled chicken, rice and curry.

We

slept very soundly that night.

ing, after breakfast,

we

started

via steps cut zig-zag

up

GOO feet to the top.

We

I,

coming down. tered a very

large,

up the mountain

its face.

When we

Next morn-

It

met scores

was ab

of pilgrims

got to the top,

we en

temple, built to

beautiful

cover over what Siamese say

is

Buddha, which was made

the rock

in

^ut

the footprint of

when he

22

made lieve

his ascent to it

;

temple.

Heaven

;

and the natives be-

therefore, they erected this magnificent It

has four walls about 40 feet high, and

The

covering a space of say 75 feet square. is

roof

carried without columns or supports of any

kind, and the spire goes

up

to a needle point.

entering this gorgeous temple, the

Pope

of the

Kingdom saw

High

He

vis.

On

Priest or

sent his page

over to where we stood, and he made his salaam

Grace wanted

to us, and said His

we had met near, he

When we drew

before in Bangkok.

came down from

welcome, and

his throne,

conducted

which was about 6 about 4 feet deep, and

to see me, as

us

to

the footprint,

feet long, 2 feet all

and bid us

wide and

covered with gold cloth

resting on four columns, overlaid with gold.

Grace caused the worshippers

we could examine about

put

15

it,

in the cavity or print as

these people

make

to leave so that

which we

inches deep of gold

to their

His

did,

leaf.

and

I

This

found leaf is

an offering which

gods or

idols.

This

;

2Z

temple has several idols very costly.

We

long after noon.

Kingdom come

in

it,

some

of

which are

stayed upon the mountain until

The

natives from

to Prabat every

all

parts of the

February to worthey use

ship.

As there

tents,

umbrella shape, and so large that six or

are no hotels to live

eight can sleep under one.

ing outside.

The

sight

to

in,

They do

their cook-

us heathen of the

Only think

Western Nations was very unique. of

looking at thousands of people

who go

to

Prabat to worship as Ancient Israel went up to

Jerusalem to worship

After thanking the

!

Priest for his kindness,

we took our

High

leave,

and

went down and mingled with the worshippers the foot of the mountain.

We

found bazaars,

market places where everything vegetables and of

fish,

beautiful,

trinkets of ivory, brass

etc.

in

the line of

together with trinkets, some

which were very

also,

at

and

were sold

filigree silver

;

the

work

Chinese theatres, juggling, snake charming,

24

On we

the second day after our arrival at Prabat

started in a westerly direction

burrie, over the beautiful road

We

gle.

toward Noc-

through the jun-

passed an old temple built by the road

side, in the

shape of an old fashioned Quaker

meeting-house, with a belfry on top, out of which

grew

known out

a tree, say about sixty feet high,

there as the

We

Bude Tree.

call

in

it

our

country Sycamore, with heavy foliage. The roots

down

ran

the belfry to the roof,

down

the roof,

and so on down to the ground, from which took

We

its

nourisnment.

arrived

at

Nocburrie

The Governor placed us which was fair.

We

half

lay

way

up

was a grand

It

all

decent.

Saturday in

an

into a

grass and shrubbery.

and

full

of

pain

evening.

ante-chamber

Sunday, and Monday started

most beautiful

elephant race, and

sight.

Our grub was very

again on our voyage of discovery.

up

it

it

level place,

We

opened

covered with

Our guide gave was

us an

a race very exciting,

and soreness next day.

We

—

25

stopped at a temple over night and dined on cold rice and sugar, as our supplies were nearly

Our

out.

We

breakfast consisted of sugar and rice.

started about noon, and

village,

where we got a supply

palm sugar, which

Here

we came

let

me

is

to a

of rice, fish

say that

Laos

was very neat and

with the Siamese, the

women

clean.

are,

all

their business.

of

The houses

its

a

The

work

the

stayed in this village over night, and

roundings were beautiful.

as

With them,

women do

buying, selling, and doing

rounded by clusters

and

very good, also a few fowls.

general thing, very pretty and very tidy. village

Laos

as of

We sur-

v/ere sur-

bamboos, which grew ten

or twelve in a cluster and from two to six inches in

diameter and from twenty to

five feet

the

high.

bamboo

Very

for a

from ornaments to

if

a

and seventy-

The

natives use

thousand and one purposes rafts to build

the floating houses asy,

beautiful.

fifty

man docs

we read

houses on; thus

about.

Strange to

not like his location, he can

26 pull

up stakes and drop down with the

We

another location.

made another

crossed an immense paddy or rice in the centre of

we could

it

We

tide to

start,

and

When

field.

not see the bound-

aries

on either

level

ground, which was very picturesque, with

side.

traveled on out to

flowers and other shrubbery of

On

oxen grazing.

a singular sight spheres, on top

the middle.

of

What

also a large herd

we saw

plain

this

— three

;

almost

stones,

certainly

came

to

held them,

can't say.

I

was curious.

We

in the

tea, started

The

ground.

passed on

After breakfast of rice and

on our homeward

Ayathua about dark.

till

trip,

fish

we

phant drivers,

etc.

and

and arrived

Discharged our guide

and elephants and gave money presents to

ele-

After bidding the Governor

and others good-by, we boat,

in

some bamboo houses, where we stopped

over night.

at

perfect

one another, the largest

bottom stone was about one-third It

rather

left

for

Bangkok

in

our

and arrived there the next afternoon, tired

27

rejoicing

amidst

the

friends,

who gave

days,

fifteen

congratulations

and

of

us a grand dinner, such as

did not have during our absence.

we

was perfectly well

I

It

about

journey of

our

with

out

gave

me

a store

knowledge

and of the people; and,

Siamese are just the

the

Cape

Bangkok on our

before

positive,

my

would.

I

and

C.

A. Alien

.

passage to

in

bet

me

Hong Kong

in

the

a at

being so

I

arrangements

all

left

America and

Of course,

had made

we

Just before

he would be

suit of clothes

home

trip,

to say,

people east of

finest

Good Hope.

trip.

the country

of

am prepared

I

the

of

with the

satisfied

"

for

Viscount

Canning," a large steamer belonging to Pr Pa San, a very

rich

Chinaman,

merchant,

had not yet arrived, but was expected

So

I

smoking

was very day

very quietly, taking things

rested

my

Manilla No.

fine.

2,

which

Allen came to

after getting

back and

I

daily. easily,

then thought

me on

said,

which

the second

"Old chap,

I

28

go home

want

to

tives

whom

if

you

I

to see

all

less

place

I

Consulate, and a

power

and delivered.

On

me why

was sorry as he

was

I

Charley,

accepted his

I

for

in the

a large

amount

would

United States

there was

Hong Kong

;

I

he

First,

he

Second,

money and out,

and he

truth of the mat-

did not get the con-

money

in

it.

American

suit of

was photographed, and sent "

the back of which was, first

office

Allen sailed

from there to San Francisco,

where he got a new

which was the

of

him

sell

The

w^as sorry

is, I

In

offer.

in the purchase.

did not want the disgrace.

knew

will sleep

I

he wanted to get away.

had borrowed

I

per

our way up to the

afraid the parties

cern.

will give $3,000

of attorney signed, sealed

took him up

ter just here

and

we were

than two hours

told

in thirteen years, I

said, "

Next morning

it."

rela-

expenses and $800 for traveling

expenses home."

over

my

and other

sister

have not seen

will stay in

annum and

my

time

I

clothes,

and

a picture, written

You

on

paid for these,"

had thought of the

bet.

29

work came

Allen had not gone two weeks before in,

and we were

busy, night and day, for eight

all

Made money hand over

months.

new

paid his debts, paid for a whole

so that

fist,

I

ma-

set of

chinery, paid for i4X20-inch engines and boiler i^i,2oo

or $6,000.

hospital, carpenter shop, feet

hold,

and

to built

keel,

and

coal

Swansea

coal at $10,

in

fourteen

months,

of

say

when he

I

of

new

feet

in

had

it

I

lighter,

depth 206

rice,

$3,000.

and

of

tons,

300 tons

did

all

this

hand

about

arrived out again, and

for all

which he was well that

10

shed and put

of

$4,000

built a

20 feet beam,

carry 3,500 piculs a

to haul vessels

Built a wharf, blacksmith shop,

in for repairs.

no

dock

Built a

sent

amounting to about

him

in

pleased. drafts

$3,000.

I

while

omitted to at

home,

30

CHAPTER N

day

the 8th

III.

Mr.

of February, 1862,

Allen took charge of his business and

gave

me

a splendid dinner, at

were

all

the Consuls of the different

When

nations.

the

the

for

the present,

way more

I

had

eulogizing

me

Tiffany's,

tion

New

was unexpected

to

done

I

was not worthy

my

made by

dutv. all

the

chain,

me.

of

Then Consuls.

last

1859

to

fourteen

the close Avith a

which

The

York, $600.

ing him for so valuable a said

the

at

Frodsham gold watch and at

since

acted

especially

months, he presented

Mr.

was removed,

cloth

Allen arose at the table and, after

me

which

I

there

presenta-

replied,

thank-

Of course,

gift. it,

cost

as

I

were

Sir R.

had

I

only

speeches

Schamburg,

31

in

made mention

speech,

his

a lawsuit

of

tween the British Government and the

Government, he

ese

remarks by saying tell

I

He

then

;

Siamese

steamer

Singapore

on

•

charge

take

to

to

was

little

water

no

or

boilers.

The

natives

important

fact,

and

still

trip

immediately

ordered the Siamese firemen to there

of

the

from

The two men went

duty

their

her

Singa-

in

engines

on

Bangkok.

to

board

the

"Tiger"

his

two unfortunate

that

of

on

went

I

engineers were hired by Capt. Bush

pore

I

terminated

beat him

company

the

Siam-

country and

his

Siamese.

the side of the

on to

for

be-

the

told

they did

fire

up,

in

men fire

and

when

starboard of

up.

this

The

consequence was they burned the crown sheets over the

fires,

thus ruining the boiler for future

use until thoroughly repaired. the

Prime

which use.

I

Minister

did,

The

to

survey

I

was called by the

and reported the boiler

British

Consul

sent

the

damages, unfit for

engineers

32

from

an

steamer

English

make

did.

the

sued

the

King

for

about $60 each, through the

their

On me

the day of

trial,

Her

told

money,

The

Prime

Min-

side of the suit.

Majesty's Counsel gave

the seat at the right of the clerk.

began by I

up the Siamese

to take

survey,

Consulate.

King requested me, through the ister,

a

The engineers who burned

which they boilers

to

The

suit

appointing six assessors or jurors.

first

the counsel to select

countrymen, which he

all

The

did.

from

his

own

reports of the

English engineers were read, with a long letter

on charity, showing that the two engineers were very poor and needed what they sued defendant,

I

of the letter

received the report, and the balance I

laid

further on in the

the plaintiff

As

for.

on the trial.

table, to be taken

All

were examined,

up

the witnesses for after

which

Her

Majesty's Counsel rose in his seat and decided the case ended in favor of the engineers, and

he would

Sfive

them the

lull

amount

of

their

33

Everybody was

claim.

conduct.

such

bombast.

checked him

in

understand

was there

I

my

from

arose

I

his

amazed

perfectly

at

and

seat

gave him to

I

as defendant's counsel,

and demanded of him, as Her Majesty's Counsel,

him where he

the right to be heard, and asked p-ot

the law that authorized

him

to decide a case

ended when there were two sides to be heard. I

said

was not the law

it

or nation. action

I

in

this

with our

side.

the

other

of

the

examination, proved intoxicated

at

boiler occurred,

the

boiler

was

the

his

and would now proceed

up

called

1

any commonwealth

protested against

therefore case,

of

first

plaintiffs

one and then

and,

by them that time

the

by

cross-

they were

burning

of

the

and that they were told that nearly

empty

of

water,

and

know what they were doing The defendant in as a plea.

that they did not

—and

put

rested

and

liberty

to

that

gave

sum up

Her

Majesty's

his side of

Counsel

the case,

the

which

34

So

he declined.

by the action

took our

I

two drunken men, which

of

proved by their own evidence nation,

and

discontent and

a

faction over

American enterprise

Her

told

that day,

of

Majesty's Counsel

had

I

would

was

boiler

a pair of

fine

were put on a ship

boilers as ever

I

act

his

he

out,

they were as

said

Siam.

by

have had the Siamese believe the defective.

dissatis-

in

that

been carried

it

cross-exami-

in

had thrown

pall

I

their acts that they

showed by

I

and showed

side,

of

its

size,

and that Americans can build boilers and machinery equal

With

nation.

the

place

hoping the

the dict

the

that

of

and

charity act.

not

I

would

of

the

jurors,

by

any

nature,

the

of

their

Her

case

by

charitable in-

but

let

The jury gave us

leaving

discomfiture

hands

would judge

good

any other

to,

few remarks,

the

in

they

their

without

not superior

if

these

case

evidence,

stincts

to,

seats,

me do the ver-

greatly

Majesty's

to

Counsel,

35

amid the cheers

the

of

the

in

visitors

court

room— say about 200, natives and foreigners. The took my papers and left the court. I counsel hardly spoke to me when I left. When I got to my boat, ready to go back to my office, I was met by the two engineers,

who

much

expressed

regret that

have gone so hard against them.

why

I

did

where

It

was

fault

lay

it.

the

draw out

to

— whether

their

make-up

and

;

was

I

explained

in the trial

was

sheer

or

were defective

whether the American boilers in

it

should

drunkenness,

by

on

brought

negligence,

I

I

satisfied

that

I

had upheld the American mechanic, of which I

was

boat

Then

one.

I

me

go with

and

told

would show them that to

wrong them.

mand

($60),

So

I

tlie

to

my

ofifice,

paid each

for the

my

get in

and

I

King did not wish

and took separate

made them happy morning

I

to

them

man

receipts,

time being.

his

de-

which

Next

reported to the Prime Minister the

;

36 verdict.

Of course he had already heard, and

met me

at his palace

door most cordially and

thanked me for the interest matters.

took

him what

then told

I

I

Siamese

in I

done

had

with the engineers, and he said that was right said

for, is

money we

the

he,

don't care for

and what

the cause of the accident

remedy.

Thereupon, he gave

his treasurer for $120.

When

the steamer

me

it

the

an order on

Thus ended

"Chow Phyar"

is

—

the lawsuit.

arrived from

Singapore with the mails, she brought a number ot the Singapore editorial in

"

Times,"

which had an

on the Siamese lawsuit

in

Bangkok,

which the English were beaten by me.

During

my

residence

several trips to

mer tain,

palace,

in

Bangkok,

I

made

Purchaburrie, the King's sum-

which

is

built

on top

a perfectly beautiful spot.

of the

moun-

From

it

can

be seen the Gulf of Siam and the Plankplaisoi

Mountains,

which

is

and very

all

the

beautiful.

surrounding

There are

country, several

37

small temples and

with innumerable

caves,

which are

The

inches to 20 feet high.

15

cavity

natural

a

in

opening going out from

to

From as

this

cave

curios.

of less note.

up

the

in

river

Waters

of

was

Purchaburrie.

The

my

visits

On

one

We

low.

handwork

the

river,

sent her

and,

down

followed the fourth day. in

the

ship's

boat

I

saw

monkeys on the beach. two

that

were

feet,

and with great

over

feet

teeth.

of

got

boat would get stuck on some in

down woods.

the

in

is

have

two or three other caves

in

mountains

up by

"

natives

got by purchase three idols

very winding.

is

with small

leading

stairway

is

always enjoyed a week or two

I

water

the

I

was

I

The

it.

This cave

bottom.

the

largest cave

mountain,

the

cut a winding zigzag

from

large and small,

idols,

up

fitted

"Jack

the for

of

fear

the

the points

to the bar.

and

I

On my way down large

a

herd

There were high I

several

when

thought

of

on 1

all

would

38

have

a

so

The monkeys ran up

shore.

on

them,

with

fun

little

they

top,

the

war, chatter-

One

of the largest

The

started for me, the rest followed.

me

which

me

told

ground

The

kill

boat again. again.

T

I

that

had

if

to

dog and

I

me

at

an otter,

had

sit

my

my

would smooth sleep,

all

pets,

or lunch

at

my

and

wake up and

I

hair,

find

"

and

at

I

believe attack-

started

Tatlow

"—

monkeys

a bull terrier

they

would

The monkey noon

after

one o'clock. I

my

to get on the

office, also

on bamboo lounge tiffin,

and

lot of

play together as a happy family.

would

stood

before

was glad

They

could.

would

never troubled a

had one

run !—

hundred monkeys

as they

it,

me — and I

killed,

natives told

do

I

natives

!

!

the speed

all

think, over a

them not

cut me,

Rhu "—run

!

would have been

I

ing a man. for

Rhu

afterwards

Only

it.

"

to

did with

I

When

hill.

held a council of

ing and shaking their teeth.

yelled to

went on

I

I

He

would go to

him lying beside me

39

thus presenting two

fast asleep,

monkeys

The dog would go down and up the the boat, and

the boat

if

Chinamen on the him with

for

otter

up on the

was

piazza,

down and

play

and

if

I

it.

fish,

off in

then

Thus

I

three pets.

It

is

and

kiss

;

him, he

to

anything

told

1

would

go

swim around. him,

such as

the river to a fisherman's boat, steal

come back passed In

dull

my

to the landing and cat leisure

times

to Ayathua, or Blank of the gulf,

lap,

my clothes were then around my feet and squeal,

get into the river and

He would do a

my

wiggle

clean

spoke sharply

down and going

would not come

He would

then up on

how

their

or the pilot was there.

I

a perfect pet.

me, no matter get

He would do

sailors

on the lighter without

The

would come ashore

their sanpan.

The

river on

without him, the

left

lighters

for them.

fiofhtins:

asleep.

I

hours with

would take

Plasoi,

my

a trip

on the cast coast

and spend several days every year.

a fishing village, also a

Baptist

Mission

40

There

station.

ing.

generally

I

summer

every Plasoi,

is

was. doing just as

beach for bath-

beautiful

four outings

took three or

— Ayathua,

The

etc.

a

Purchaburrie, Blank

main I

cause

my

of

whether

said,

success

pleased

it

or not.

On

a certain occasion

Minister,

good

some

called on the

who owed me about

drafts for sale on the

So

family.

I

Consul had of

home

to

buy

called on

him

to send for

what was due.

asked through his Secretary what

as he

was a

little off

that

as

Royal Treasury

to

wanted

I

Prime was

It

$700.

as gold, but this time the British

London, and

my He

I

morning

;

I

that

wanted,

was the

cause of his sarcastic inquiry and his not meeting

me

as he

always had done,

friendly way. nel,

my errand

I

;

told him,

that

I

in a

more

through the same chan-

wished to send some money

day

;

drafts,

me

to

buy

sail

that

me have

the

home, and that there was a chance for

some

and the mail steamer was to

therefore,

if

cheerful,

he would

let

41

amount due, he would I

was

gentleman

a

money. retary said.

if

"

tryman

got

I

I

tell

I

slap his

and gave me an order on

ever,

not ask him for

His Excellency what

will please tell

would

He was

him

if

I

asked him for

mouth."

in

He

I

my

laughed,

his treasurer for the

a better friend,

every way.

I

he was a coun-

if

possible, than

and told the United States Consul that

was a man

if

up, and asked the sec-

was no gentleman, because

money.

replied,

mine and Prime Minister, and say

of

just dues,

He

me.

would

my Dutch

he would

You

oblig"e

I

42

CHAPTER

HEN

the

new engines and

&

Gardner

Mcintosh,

London, and

dock the

his

yacht

"

boat, the

Meteor

expenses until

Of course

I

I

" at

I

got

my

chinery.

"

Jack Waters

I

pay

"

ready.

to receiving

I

all

paid him.

and landing the ma-

erected a large pair of shears on

machinery out first

Cross,

dock ready

$ioo per day, and

got the

wharf for the purpose

The

New

did not pay for days she did not run.

me I

for

Prime Minister hired me

She averaged four days a week, and This leads

boiler

Waters" arrived out from

the "Jack

to

IV.

of

Works, N. Y.

heavy boilers and

of vessels for myself

to use

consignment

of lifting

my

and others.

them was the King, who had a

machinery from the Novelty Iron In

doing the work

I

hurt

my

43

ankle very badly, but did not break the skin.

caused

me

relief.

I

geon, that

He

leg. I

saw

old

told Dr.

two months without

Campbell that

said,

asked

"Cut

and

"

me,

it,"

do with

I

his

got

very much better when

got up.

During the time

my own

machinery arrived, and

at the crab

sur-

flaxseed poultice on, and

felt

when standing on

to

three cuts, and

sleep,

to the discharging

was a

I

What would you

went to

men

if

which he did with

He made

blade.

Then he put

ease.

for

would have known what

I

do?"

up

lay

to

It

it

my

I I

leg was so very sore,

from the

the ship's

had to attend

I

ship.

rail,

— the boiler was

One

day,

cheering the

nearly up out of

the hold of the vessel— who should appear, walk-

ing up the wharf, but

my

friend Jenkins, dressed

with a sailor jacket and hat. to

requested him

I

go up on the piazza and take

would follow him when which

I

did.

his welfare

We

and of

I

a seat,

and

I

got the boiler landed,

shook hands. his future.

He

I

enquired after

had no thought

44

had done wrong

for the future, as he his

ship in

Sfineer ofot I

Singapore.

on the steamer

him out

of

"

He had been chief-enChaw Paar," but drink

To encourage

it.

He

would give him work.

"Ah," and

I

said

"at anything

I,

am ready

to give

leaving

in

him,

I

told

him

asked what to do. I

can find for you,

you $125 per month and

This caused tears to come in his eyes,

board.

for he did not expect such kindness, after treat-

ing

me

as he had.

told

I

him that was passed

with me, and he must look ahead, so

working in first

docked

until

I

the "

Waters

new machinery

in,

with Mr. Jackson, he could.

I

was

"

"

my

for repairs,

board planks

in,

also

up with

put him

When

my

I

and put the

boss of the job,

sore leg. I

put

when

When

new

gar-

thoroughly overhauled her

by putting new knees and 2

I

engineer, to help him

went into dock,

"

kept him

Jack Waters."

made him

I

laid

the " Waters

by

Then

started for home.

engineer of the

I

also

knee braces i inch

inch iron, so as to strengthen her, as she got

45 a powerful twisting by being put on the sunken

junks at the mouth of the river by a Portuguese

man-of-war brig

we were

taking out.

was running out strong, and the the junk, junk.

shoved the

We

Point,

to

go over the

in

came

the mud.

two or three hours,

one of the fireman came and told fast,

and

me

all

the

told the pilot

I

from the brig and make for the

and put on

to off

swinging on the turn

lay there

boat was making water

fiats,

We

bar.

to prevent

We

of the tide.

to cast off

clear

on the other

"

where we grounded

Dropped anchor

until

Waters

pilot, to

tide

passed out of the river, and the tide

was too low

Mud

"

The

mud

steam, and drove the boat

high upon the mud, over two miles from the brig.

Next morning, about eight

We

o'clock,

pumped

the water out.

boat did not

make any water

— never

made

a drop, and

floated

off.

Strange to say, the for six

we had

months

after

to put water in

When we took off the we found the mud so thoroughly

her to keep her clean.

garboard plank,

we

46

packed

in

out with

between the timbers, we had

hammer and

just

shows what a Yankee While the boat

can and will do in emergencies.

was

we put

in the dock,

strengthened her, put her a

new

new machinery

her

new deck on

The

boat.

fact

the

is,

always too light for the work

made her do five

I

crank pins

in

one month

broke the top cylinder head

at

;

"Waters" was put her

to.

I

She cut

off

another time,

in pieces,

replaced with boiler plate.

in,

made

in fact,

;

she could and more.

all

it

This novel way of

chisel.

mud

calking ship with

to cut

which we

Another time the

boat was coming up the river with $66,000 in treasure consigned to three merchants.

waiting for her

about

;

ing up the river.

2

A. M.

When

I

saw

a boat pull-

near enough

I

Jackson, the engineer, where the " Waters

He

answered,

flashed on "

me

Yes," said he,

"

was

I

Dropping up with the

asked "

was.

tide."

It

that another crank pin had gone. "

and the c^dinder

is

broken from

one side of the steam chest to the other."

About

M 4 o'clock she got to the wharf, and

got the

1

boxes of treasure on three sanpans, with us three white men, Miller, Jackson each, and

we

signees.

Here

much

if

in

delivered the treasure to the con

me

let

say,

that

doubt very

I

could go from the Battery to Four-

I

on the North

teenth street,

amount

and West, one

of treasure

in

River,

with

that

open boats, and not be

molested, here in enlightened America or Eng-

After

land.

we returned

orders to take the cylinder

wreck. it.

T

After

breakfast

the boat,

to

off

gave

I

and clear

we turned

to

the

repair

had no experience with broken cylinders,

but, as

I

have always brought ray mind to bear

upon emergencies, brass and fitted

I

them

made two check close,

and

cylinder back, and connected

pounds

of

pared for

steam on. that,

and

It I

it

solid,

put the

up and put

leaked some.

I

was

75

pre-

melted about 100 pounds of

lead,

made

lead

round the cylinder.

a coffer

all

rings of

dam

of clay, then

When

poured the

cold, calked

it,

48

which made

work

it

months

for six

after, and,

we

up and

I

hobbled on board with

my

the

down

boatmen.

cane and the

looked her

1

below, seeing

went

all I

I

gave'

Jenkins and Jackson

steam.

little

slow for some time, off,

my

over to see that everything was ready. engines

after

we got steam

floated her out the dock,

assistance of one of all

strange to say,

The second day

never broke a crank pin. after

The boat did her

perfectly tight.

right, after

working

ordered the boat to be cast

and we went down the river ten miles, every-

thing working

On

fine.

gines out to see

our return

I

what they would

let

the en-

do.

They

registered 90 revolutions per minute, which was

grand for new engines.

work on dock.

the third day after

named Check Churie,

As

I

Waters

" to

of the

my Tycoons

fell

and broke

had a sick hospital or room on the

ground, he was put bell called.

"

coming out

In the midst of work, one of

or captain, his leg.

put the

I

Here

in this

let

me

room, and Dr. Camp-

say that Dr. Campbell

49 received from each foreigner's house located in

Bangkok $200 per annum, whether there was any

The doctor

sickness or not.

on

it

the usual appliances.

of complaining,

him

told

and put

The Tycoon

did not

English doctor's treatment,

like the

weeks

set the leg,

to get his

I

He

well.

Chinese doctor,

put

his

if

way

sent for his Chinese doctor,

down and took

own

off

on,

two

got out of patience and

not wishing to stand in his

to,

so, after

he wanted of getting

who came

Dr. Campbell's appliances, and

which consisted of what appear-

ed to be a putty made of lime and vermilion red, and, strange

to say,

that

man was walking about

three

in

the

weeks the

compound with

a

Neither Dr. Campbell nor myself could

crutch.

understand

how

it

could be possible for a

man

with a broken leg to get up and around so soon.

The man was

Any man

at his

work

in

about two months.

that got sick or hurt in

paid for his time and fed, and a of

him

my employ was

man

until he returned to work.

to take care

50

During the time ankle,

was

laid

up with

bought a large boatload

I

on

Starting fires

Wood

poses.

I

steamer

the

by

sold

is

wood

of

and

other

loo pieces,

according to length and

ferent prices,

a lame

as

and

thing

everybody.

wood

pitch the

He would

hoc,

caw,

jit,

eight, nine,

sip"

up

kept this called ten. jit,

out

He bat,

until

my

" ing,

sip."

see, in

I

told

every

him

how

counted, and ordered him to go and

man how he counted it

over and pile

it

up.

six,

was being

song, sani, see, I

song,

four,

was on shore

Then

man

the

two,

interpreter, asked

began,

caw,

all

every-

" ing,

out

— one,

cheated out of three pieces

piles,

same time count-

call

Thus, you

ten.

I

pieces

at

watched

I

ashore, at the

ing the pieces. see,

growl

but

dif-

size.

two ranks or

in

do nothing

could

I

wood up

the

pile

pur-

at

agreed with the boatman to count the

and

for

ten. ;

He

then

I

to count ha,

hoc,

the

man

tell

the

the wood, and to count

He

declined, saying his

—

51

count was correct. count I

it

over,

would

have

and give

him

my man

with

me

a correct

keeping

The above

first.

many Of

they

course,

watching

you make

if

cheat

done,

I

foreigners.

honest with

same time,

the

at

;

wood

than he said

less

to

very

are

the

only one of the great

is

have

they

tricks

the

When

tally.

count,

put

This

recounted

was very nearly 500 pieces at

he did not

if

arrested.

him, and he

quietus on

him

told

I

will

I

say

good that

confidant of an}- one of them,

a

he will do his duty.

To

illustrate

had

I

:

the office 5000 ticoLs and strong-built "

of

bamboo.

ow henna heep

do you see

man kept to

pay

the

his

my

an

strong box

the building I

said

nung, ha pan box,

5000

word, so that

ticols I

to

bat in

in

was not the

man,

anny it.

"

This

had the money

help next day.

Another instance of

mv

in

English

of their

ship

I

shrewdness: a mate

was loading kept

tally

52

cargo of

of

a

25

bags

or

receipt for 25

and

rice,

or picols, and

me

cheated signed

bags

of

boat note

the

than

less

out

face.

its

He

told the tycoon, or captain, of the lighter.

he "can

said

So he

next time."

and

ship

makee

do,

bags ahead.

I

When

did.

discharged

but

it,

less,

and

I

of

was

he

75

compelled the

mate to sign the

He

did not want to

told

him he signed

course he must sign

At the same

over.

samee good

he went to the

lighter,

his

boat note 75 bags over.

do

the

all

I

time,

be none over or none

knew

I

less,

the last this

25

one 75

there could

from the

fact that

every bag that goes on board the lighter the

tycoon takes the piece of bamboo that in

the bag

when

it

the

that

was counted

in.

notes to the merchant

Thus

all I

there-

;

same number must be counted out

fore

knew

go-down

leaves the

stuck

is

about

When it

was

miscounts

was brousfht

as

to learn

I

took the boat all

right, for

well as

I

he

did.

more thorough-

53

count

ly to

will

in their dialect,

be as a key to their language, as

remarked that a person must

mouth

her

or

his

2

I

" ing, JO

11

_

sip,

3

16

17

sip hoc,

This

sip

brings

A

success.

18

_

me

several

the

my men Then

my

wanted

rest,

until

seven

day

that

told

I

price.

I

told

$400, just double.

him

o'clock

for

money.

in

He

$200.

At

Stars,

wanted

the evening.

the river.

wanted to oblige him, but principle

he

one

always gave them

I

said

my

was Sunday, and

it

and

him I

me

said his ship. Five

down

the boat went

of

Poo Yin,

to

anchorage, and

outer

her towed up.

slip."

source

came

ships,

Sunday morning, and at

caw, ye

another

to

sip ha,

20

111

_

15

_

sip see,

Chinaman named

rich

who owned was

14

sip bat, sip

jit,

9

caw,

bat,

jit,

13

say:

a

7

hoc,

sip song, sip sam,

bet,

nut to

(i

ha,

see,

12

_

sip

5

4

song, sam,

often

I

necessity keep

of

betel

of

full

which

follows,

as

no I

;

He

asked

offered

me

not but what

I

could not violate the

same

time

I

54

asked him when he wanted

by

answered

his

He

up.

morning.

next

sunrise

ship

told

I

He

him he should have her up by that time.

went

off

said.

I

to

lay

then

tow the Bangkok,

to

why

Five

and pick

wait

but

round Petticom's

Point.

boat

to

we went up and

and take

I

my

the

as

did,

I

boarded

I

lighters,

opposite Poo

got

all

hustled to get out the

the ship,

we went up

consignees.

proper

their

dropped anchor. fiome,

I

lighters,

and she dropped the river

is

go through

meet them, which

to

and four

ship

weather

heard the "Waters" whistle

I

my

bring

Monday morning

bend.

big

the

and

bring them

end

the

at

about four o'clock,

the

the

if

them and

for

them up

round

ship

instructions

Stars,

to Packet Canal, let the barges

up

in

with

I

the lighters alongside of the ships and

take in

fine,

what

would do

I

down

sent the boat

up

her

that

satisfied

Then

Yims go-down and

moored breakfast,

^hip.

and

I

left

for

then went

55

to

seeing the

business,

loaded and their I

them

let

were getting

lighters

boat notes

on board.

down

the

river

up.

This

drop

steamer

could

pick

returned

home

to

them

Tiffin

Then the

so

done,

While

or lunch.

I

per-

forming that pleasant duty, a messenger came in

from Poo Yin with four hundred Mexican

My

dollars.

boy counted

sections or piles. I

sent back

Poo Yin

M.,

P.

with

$200 back. send

steamer

the

course,

but said

1,

lighters,

of

would

lose

and

got

I

pile

my

compliments.

if

I

a

trip.

all

his

have proved

kept

the other

;

About 4

know why as

expressly

his

for

charge

my

me

fatal,

1

would

take

Me went

off

two

in

1

sent

I

did not of

ship,

price,

held the steamer back

course

This reminds

to

I

him inasmuch

would only

1

money

One

called

told

I

the

$200;

for the

$400 for pleased

I

and

day

forth.

of a little matter that

might

work from

that

namely, there was a man, an

American, keeping a

sailor

boarding-house up

56

He was

near San Pang or market place. sick

He made

and died.

sister

what he had,

to take care of him.

Redmon from

and got sick or

However,

can't say Avhich.

I

to hire a

man named

who came

left his ship, I

hired him at §i

As he was not doing anything, he was

glad to get

He was

it.

after.

I

an ugly character, as

The

found out afterwards. days

had

Orleans County, N. Y.,

to us as a sailor,

per day.

I

hired a

I

Dur-

his debts.

ing the latter part of his sickness

man

and gave his

his will,

paying

after

taken

sick

man

man Redmon

told the

died a few to call and

get his money, $i6, which he promised to do. the meantime

1

Consulate against

for $25 for killing

S.

J.

call for his

voucher for the money. and did not

money

in

my

In

heard that the United States Con-

sul held a claim in the

asked him to

I

until

the

Parker's dog.

money,

He

I

I

as

I

I

again

must have a

answered, "

Consul

hands, which

the Consul, thinking

Redmon

I

will,"

garnisheed

the

did not pay over to

might get Redmon

off

from

57

paying the $25.

He

told the situation, but told

Consul with a

letter

him to go down

of arick, or samshoo, that will

drunk.

I

to the

wrote him about the mat-

I

Instead of so doing, he went

ter.

money, and

called for his

In this condition he

and got

off

full

make one crazy

went down

to the

Consulate, and drove the Consul out of the Consulate,

with two single barrel pistols and a large

bowie

knife, 12 inches

long

When

in the blade-

he could do no more, he turned his attention to

We

me.

asked for his money.

told

I

him

had done

I

my

could do until the Consul answered

which he carried down. steps to the piazza. see

what

was.

it

I

into the

money, or

wood

and

his pocket, I

I

all I

letter

then started up the

heard a click

;

I

turned to

Just then he pulled the trigger

the second time, and

away

He

met on the steamer's landing.

it

missed

pile,

said, "

He threw

fire.

it

and pulled another from

Damn you

will kill you."

With

!

give

that,

the third and fourth time, and missed

me my

he pulled fire.

He

58

threw that one his

bowie

in the

knife,

wood

pile.

He

then drew

I

then slap-

and made for me,

ped him on the shoulder, and told him he was too big a coward to use his knife against an

unarmed

He

This excited him more than he was.

man.

repeated the word coward three or four times,

made

then

a cut at me, and broke his knife off at

the handle, by striking the

By

ing upon at the time.

rail

which

this

Redmon's

arrest.

handcuffs on him.

broke them, solid

the

scene,

United States and

I

The Marshal put

iron.

in jail at the

noise

that

sent for

the

me

a pair of

Captain White, of the a

set of chain

handcuffs which he could not break.

put

ordered

In less than five minutes he

"John W. White," brought

ship

men

and took the

in

Just then the

Marshal came onto

lean-

time several

from the next compound came knife from him.

was

I

Consulate, and

made

natives ran away.

to take

him away.

He was so

much

The Consul Not

I,

but

I

cooled his fighting propensity by going into the

59 jail.

There he was,

me by

saluted told •'

him

I

as wild as a

asking,

"What do you want?"

was prepared

You came

me

at

yesterda}^ and

He

madman.

to quiet him.

I

said,

with pistols and bowie knife

did not have a jack knife."

I

I

I

measured across the room, went out and had the

make me

natives

When

done,

I

a pair of stocks for his

took them

his feet in the holes,

and

in, I

and made him put

screwed them up.

did not have any weapon.

He was

way

all

until he

he got

all

was indicted

I

for

He was

guilty.

him.

got the whisky

right.

asked

my

I

kept that

out of him, and

Then they were taken attempting

feet.

He

life.

He

off.

pleaded

any one would defend

if

After he was condemned, before sentence,

pleaded for him.

got him

was sent

off

to

He

with ten years

Hong Kong

from there he was sent man-of-war.

looked so penitent.

As

in in

to the

Sing Sing, and he double irons, and United States

luck would have

^cnt by the Consul

were not

I

it,

in a

the papers

sufificient

to holc^

6o him, therefore he was

and tobacco to

The next sick liver.

I

last

let

go.

I

sent

gave him pipes

him up the sea

heard of him he was

the hospital with

in

I

in

to China.

Singapore,

derangement

him some money,

as

would never have done what he did

I if

of the

believed he sober.

6i

CHAPTER HERE

are

many

refer to with

V. items

little

pleasure, such

ners and buryings, etc.

I

could

T

din-

as

will

men-

tion one or two. First:

Wang

I

had some business with

Saw, the King's brother, a

man, about

On

300.

I

my

called with

entering the palace grounds,

and

his children

he

had

coming out

been to the

Prince's eldest

the top-knot

son.

is

this:

Aloing

heavy

large,

boat on him.

met the King

of the palace,

top-knot

What

I

Krom

mean by

I

Male

cutting

children's

where of

the

cutting hair

is

allowed to grow on the top of the head from birth until they mature.

royalty

it

is

a

great

Then feast,

it

is

with

nobles assembled to do honor to the

cut.

With

royalty and

young man.

62 I

who bowed

passed the King,

cap

lifted

him.

I

very graciously.

with his military stood and saluted

I

started on to the palace, and just as

who

to the inner gate,

should face

me

I

got

but the

Queen, with a large number of Amazons or

fe-

They looked

In

male

soldiers.

the rear was a

me and

laughed.

you take me and

young

in

neat and tid3^

said to the corporal,

I

your army?"

set the rest at

see the cause of the

what

my

fat

and

This brings

second King. English.

me

left

face serene.

passed through.

I

He

got through with

little affair I

had with the talk

good

Jones

and

The second King could

American

I

him with the usual salaam.

to a

He was

I

arms around me and

was a good American.

business,

other

I

my

to

Of course

merriment.

laughed, and put his big I

Will

She laughed aloud,

stood as quiet as a lamb, with

said

'*

at

The Queen looked back

it.

told the old Prince

She looked

corporal.

taught

by

missionaries.

Mr.

The King

built

himself a very nice steam yacht, and put the en-

63

He did ver}' well, except He sent his royal barge with

gines in the boat.

some

little

things.

Of course

60 paddlers for me.

which

palace,

At

not permit I

insisted

first

me

went up

He met

us at the King's

the sentry on the landing

on doing

Finally, the

so.

and he told the sentry to

come

into

the

We

landing.

some refreshments, such

many

would

to land on the King's landing, but

sight,

coffee

to his

very beautiful, neat and trim,

is

with beautiful gardens. landing.

I

and cakes.

We

King came let

the

met, and

in

barge

we had

as drinking cocoanuts,

talked awhile, telling

me

things about the counti-y and himself.

His

was named Prince George,

after

heir apparent

our own George Washington, as he was always a great

admirer

of

board of the boat.

men how

to

Washington. I

We

packed, and showed his

pack the engines, and wanted to

know where he should put

the clock, meaning

the steam gauge and the whistle.

and

set his

went on

men

drilling a hole in the

I

set a drill

steam drum,

64 and when done,

I

In doing so

tapped the hole.

wanted a screw wrench, and said to one

men

"

Kon

The King

kie me."

what did you ask for?" "

me." than

I

Well," said he,

am

"

He

it

kon

kie.

So

answered,

I

"you

of the

Hold

on,

Kon

kie

"

are a better Siamese

persisted in calling

kon, which

it

Kie means something to turn a

means hammer. screw with.

said, "

I

I

put the two together, and called

The King gave

in

I

was

We

the gauge and whistle up.

right.

I

got up a

put

little

steam, and turned the engines over at the wharf,

and

blew the whistle, which pleased him very

I

much, and the gauge he watched with First

I

interest.

had to explain how the steam turned the

screw round to the

figures.

carry 70 or 80 pounds,

thanked

me

I

if

for the service

told

him he could

he wanted I

The Prime

Minister, Cala

place of business.

When

He

rendered him.

saw him many times on the river with Another rather laughable

to.

he arrived

his yacht.

took place.

affair

Holme,

1

called at I

was

my

at din-

65 ner.

As

it is

the custom of the country never to

disturb or be disturbed while eating, he took a

The mail steamer "Chow Phyar " arrived

seat.

me

that afternoon, and the captain sent of

American

Just as

ice.

I

came out from

din-

me what

was.

ner the Prime Minister asked I

him

told

it

was

or

ice,

knowing any other name

He

piece in his hand.

because

nuck

"

—

to

him

and said take

was

it

cold, so

for

1

it

it.

said

I

"

him.

now

Plan

put a piece in a glass of

some

quite

time,

That was the

I

was

it

was dee nuck, and wanted

home with

nuck, not

gave him a

said,

I

it

was ron nuck,

it

Then he found

to drink.

it

nam now

stung his hand.

After shaking

water. it

it

a piece

gave cold,

a piece to first ice

he

had seen. This brings

me

from the above. to

go out

came

to

to

One evening

to dinner,

my room

Pekenpack's

matter,

anotlier

when two

I

of

was preparing

my

and informed me

men were

fighting.

different

To

lighter

men

my men

and

explain

My

:

66

men belonged

Hoinan-Chinamen,

to the clan of

while the others came from the Canton

and spoke

is

from that spoken by

a different dialect

the Hoinan, the Tea a given, no matter

Choo

how

district,

so,

;

when

trivial,

the cause

they come to

blows, something like the Corkonians and

downs

in Ireland.

There

the lighter.

the

two

1

factions,

open with an

ax.

I

hastened

down

saw a bloody

One man had I

the river to

fight

between

his

head cut

in the state of things

took

and concluded there would be more said to Mr. Pekenpack, this fight in the

He

me." that

off

Why

my

was

lighter,

houses.

On

left.

With

coat and picked up a piece of for a

went between the contending

their

I

did you not stop

afraid to interfere.

Sappan wood, and watched

out right and

killed.

beginning instead of sending for

said he

took

I

"

Far-

I

drove

lull,

parties.

my men

and

I

I

struck

I

on board

and Pekenpack's men into the way,

in

of

their

made them pick up

the

By

this

dead man and carry him into

his house.

6;

time the King's police came on the scene, and

wanted

my men

to arrest

for killing the man.

stopped them by telling the

morrow morning and

I

was made

all

learned the cause, namely, the cook of

was

splitting

some wood on the

cook supper with, and one got a splinter

in his foot.

the cook, ax and

wood

of

quiet,

my

jetty or

I

Pekenpack's men

Both sides

into the river.

I

got

lighter,

and found

there had been no

When

they stopped for

my men upon

them upon the enormity

deck.

of the

I

all

looked

smiled, except one man,

looked guilty.

him

out,

I

me

talked to

crime that had

been committed by one of them, and as

by each one, they

Next

if

both parties at work, just as

breakfast

lighter

Thereupon, he threw

went down to the

difference with them.

I

wharf to

being very excitable, they came to blows.

morning

to-

would give them the man

After

that did the deed.

come

officer to

I

1

passed

in the face

who hung

his

and

head and

took him by the hand and led

and passed

him over to the captain

68

He was

police.

of

have

his

head cut

As

off.

When

I

heard of

to it

I

Prime Minister, and had the case

called on the

opened.

and condemned

tried

men were working

these

me,

for

they were under American protection, and should

have been tried only by American law and before

The

the American Consul. I

my

defended

trial

commenced, and

man, and the case closed by giv-

ing him nine months with

work when wanted.

I

and chain, and

ball

him from time to

sent

such things as he needed for comfort, and he got his

pay up to the time

in the third or fourth I

the

am reminded bar,

Canal.

I

sent

When

of his death,

month

after conviction.

that on

the

from

return trip

a

lighters

men

the

which was

through

were

poling

Paclet

them

through, some drunken natives began throwing bricks

and

stones

several of them.

at

This

men went on shore and they ran

into the

the

men, and

struck

caused anger, and

and

chased

my

the

others,

Governor's yard.

There

69

they had a

was

and one

fight,

so hard

hit

My men

and

the hands

in

He, not being posted

Consul.

wanting

not

from the outer anchorage, decision

placed upon ter

Foreign

of

the

case

men.

He

write

home

up

refused.

I

before our

my men

Bart,

would isfied

seven

thousand

they

do

it,

had

the

of

if

it

pay

two

let

of

of fine

on having

insisted

be

could

and

should

I

lay as

State,

the

all

I

was then decided jet

Pan Song Roy

hundred

but not

had

S.

to the Minis-

then told him

Secretary

should

willingly that

and

my Government,

to

U.

got back

I

my men

so

asked was justice, and that

and

320.00.

Siamese,

went up

I

Affairs,

opened

heard.

case

my

,^4,

was informed

I

Court,

the

of

by the

such matters,

in

When

course.

.

the

of

the

offend

to

matters take their

the

tried

fined 7200 Ticols or

matter

the

left

few days.

a

in

were arrested, and were

Lord Mayof, and I

he died

that

drunken men

the

of

till

justice

I

ticols,

was

I

sat-

done them.

70

The

was appointed

case,

was the only day After

was 1

cross examined

my

them

and give

was

terpreter

was ed

in

using

mined

to

and

case,

my men

At

notes.

him.

When

have

justice,

proved

I

first,

I

his

let

place as interpreter, and

my

along,

my man put my quesHe said one intheir answers. said no, my man I enough.

Lordship would not tion,

case

his witnesses.

came

as they

take

interpreter

the

assembled,

and he examined

on,

called

had

had

person.

attend in

could

I

interested

all

Saturday, as that

for

were going

he

saw

by

their

along

was

I

he went

propos-

I

deter-

on with the

own quietly

side

and

that

not

disturbing anybody, and they threw bricks and stones at

and

made

my

men, and struck several of them,

number

a

of

the cabin of the lighter. called

upon

objected

heard

;

giy^

to

but

in their

I

marks on

When my men were

testimony, his

insisted

own

dents and

that

defence.

I

Highness

they should

be

proved by them

71

were passing through the Canal, and

that they

when

got

they

half

way

through,

several

drunken men began to stone them with bricks and stones, to the injury

stated

plaintiffs

got

said they

and ran

after

in

hurt;

the men, and

Thus, by both

not

men were property

right that

in

sides,

say

I

paying

man got whom,

by fell

and got

proved that

protecting

was

shore

they ran into the

in the fight, the

could

but

the

My men

very angry, and got on

whether by 'them, or whether he hurt.

than

their testimony.

Governor's yard, and fatally

persons and

their

was nothing more

which

property,

of

my

property, a the

into

my

Siamese

treasury thousands upon thousands every month,

and why should

my

property and men be

jured by a lot of drunken Siamese? said

I,

"

your Lordship ought

men pay me of

of

to

in-

"Why"

make

these

5000 ticols for the loss of time

my men and the lighter." At my speech, he said that the

the conclusion \vid(nv

of the

72

dead man was very poor, with three children,

inasmuch

and

now understood

case as he

my men

that

hundred

I

ticols,

the

for

increased

steamboat

the

and paid

it

shows what I

So

two hundred and

sent

I

then and there. a

wanted

I

my the

for

office

husband.

when

to

interpreter

250

ticols,

This whole

trial

pluck or cheek will do.

little

had many cases of running down boats

night, a

her

of

showing thereby that

do the right thing. to

to

it

widow two

the

loss

whole

he would say

it,

ought to give

ticols

Thereupon fifty

had not got the

he

as

at

was so intense that

the darkness

boat could not be seen coming up the river,

as

they never carry lights.

S.

Consulate became so

the Consul that

if

Calling at the U.

frequent, that

him

to

twenty-five business,

p^' the ticols.

for as

I

told

any native preferred charges

against the "Jack Waters" for running for

I

damages,

That told

not

wound up him

if

him down, exceeding the

a boat

boat

carried

73

a

light,

and

the

"Waters"

would pay the damages, but ried

no

light,

ran if

her

I

boat car-

the

not one cent would

down,

I

pay.

74

CHAPTER

AM A

reminded

VI.

of a dinner

me

high noble invited

him, which

did,

1

to dine with

and was met and

cordially received by His In

due time, we

with six or eight

Course

worms

(or

I

No.

duck

eight

or

gosteen

felt

8th,

ten

and

3,

them).

6th, roast ;

fish;

like

I

fine

2,

looked

imagined

very

upon

very

I

swallowed two or

had

wait

pork,

everything

partook of

;

them

rice

and

different

Lichees

fat; I,

saw him three of

squirm

7th, roast

us.

boiled

grub

5th,

course,

of

After

eat.

the

inside

last,

I

me,

of

peacock which was currv

kinds to

we two

to

roast

4,

Highness.

to dinner,

servants

was soup;

i,

chicken;

down

sat

attended.

I

the

;

9th,

from

fruit

the

Durian.

of

Man-

The

75

Durian tory a

but

off,

grand, and

of one

him

and

roast

chicken,

table

was

He

was

in

the coun-

and the Rev.

S.

S.

case.

to

never

will

eat

it

and

I

than table,

it I

found

it

I

looked ate

tea, coffee is

set

again."

it

very

and

tea

a

Smith,

with

tiffin

consists

On

cake.

of

the

enemy, the Durian.

partake of

but he insisted, saying, "

to

Tiffin

inveterate

me

invited

me

wife.

fruit,

my

I

invited

good

his

dozen

half

missionary,

Baptist

untie

of

my

try nearly a year,

nose

his

he will

seed,

half

perfectly

is

will hold

pulp

the

eat

This was

seeds.

inside

new comer

pulp

and

nose

pulp

the

a

if

and eat the his

olfac^

The odor can be detected

organs.

mile

very obnoxious to the

a fruit

is

it.

declined,

I

you don't

if

before you

like

or ask

it

you

I

to

did eat the pulp of one seed, like ;

a

singed

before

the pulp

of

I

cat,

moved

better

far

from

several seeds.

the loth,

and cake, and Siamese candy which

good;

nth, segars, which

I

enjoyed

76

We

much.

very

about

separated

9

M.,

P.

and thus ended the dinner. This brings to notice a

when

pened and

some

had

'

was

I

affair

little

building

the

that hap-

Chinamen and

two hundred

Siamese to work, ship carpenters and

and

dinner,

at

workmen

the

all

joiners,

One evening

blacksmiths, calkers and laborers.

while

barge

large

had

gone home, there was one man lurking around, and

watchman

the

scraps

small

con

I

— wait a see him — which

would

had per.

as

me

told

I

I

They were

of

had

to

anything.

I

ing

his

up.

These

I

O

eat,

asked

Avhen he cop-

no value to me, inasmuch

from

tickets

I

the scraps of

the

value

made an example

tickets

did.

I

doing there, and

looked at

never

until

little

him what he was

him

stopped

him Ped de

told

I

cow low

kin

then

me.

to

it

some

up

pick

copper, and he

of

and reported

him

saw

him

and

of of

pin

lost

him by

tak-

a

tearing

them

are given in the evening at

;; five,

when work

ket

the

month

same

brings them

are

have as many as twenty

I

destroyed

my

tickets

iiis

interpreter

which he

did.

and

beat

and

A

few

days after the

under

watchman.

each

with

the market,

1

cut

gate,

watch-

some

for

pulled

him

face

and

his

with the blood on his

my

called

and

ahead.

of

for

enlisted

we

the

moment, Heah,

Chick boat

six

started

Just as

we

for

boys,

the

entered

saw the man with others enter

into a

gambling den.

We

up

the

and

took

to

man

impulse

the

I

me

market, with

me

to

club,

a

market

the

shamefully,

told

I

out of the

discharged

my sympathy was the

all),

him

He came

head. face,

him

in

put

and the

After

for tickets.

(^three

into

who would

I

to

man went down eatables,

days

the

and other vend-

fish

money

ders to receive their

of

matter

no

paid,

On some pay

in.

the mar-

in

At the end

cash.

as

tickets

all

They pass

stops.

man,

followed and went

him ^y

the

arm,

78

and led him out, and

hooting after us

followed, yelling and

went on up in

our compound.

to

three

center with

the

and three behind.

Heah with me. guard tions

up to

my

what the

I I

blood

off

the

tell

it

and

sent

man

never

seen by an

is

back to

thought proper. to

my

office

band

on

the

ground

did not have the

Heah went on his

face.

is

washes officer,

the

when

estabhshed beyond

me

at

to

Chick Heah

what

do

I

Next morning the man's wife

came

referred

still

His Highness looked

him

instruc-

one man draws blood from

the truth of his assertion a doubt.

ahead,

His Excellency

Chick

done.

injured

until

boys

Mayor with

with them with the evidence

another,

man

put the

took the rear with Chick

Lord

man had

if

my

of

interpreter to

Strange to say,

I

we

as

then sent him with a body-

the

to

or twenty others

fifteen

and pleaded for her of

drunkenness.

any sympathy for matter to Chick

hus-

As

drunkards,

Heah

to

I

I

settle.

79

The three agreed

upon

Song and

Leon

ha

Sip

$20

their

propensity

with

$25

was

which

Leon

it

and

she

Plow

— no — the

stay

wife

I

made

down.

Then

back.

go

must

and

back, and

I

could not hold the wife.

went.

a short

In

$20 and

time it

to

me.

pay

it

to

the

her

had

nearly

to

killed,

the

which

So she

came back with

she

handed

told

they

the

said

I

man would never come

knew

as

money,

get

I

money,

Sip

knew

I

for the

came

he

until

cut

go

to

As

down,

a

of

man

the wife wanted the

and

accepted.

view

a

Song

offered

Jewing

for

husband

which

to

$25,

demurred,

wife

There-

decision.

man should pay Chick

decided that the

I

my

to abide

1

refused

and

it

man her husband she

did,

and

then

left.

The following Sunday, Chick Heah gave amount

to

the poor fund

Church

of

which he was an

of

and a good man, none better

the

little

the

Baptist

honored deacon in

an}-

country,

a converted heathen, and

the

of

the

of

salt

earth.

proved

What man

country would do the same thing the

in

treasury

of

the

himself one this

in

— put

money

which

Lord, that

he

received for being cut and slashed to pieces

The one

Baptist church consisted of thirty-

little

converted

heathens, and

truth they were ly

all

you

tell

I

differ-

ent points of the surrounding country on

presided

The Rev. R. Telford, Missionary,

!

over

proud.

$18.60 put

ticol looks

of

a

the I

church

and

as big

poor other as a

needy

ticols

or

the poor

of

lbs.

or

140

Only lbs.

will

A

Chinamen.

grape shot fish

was

he

is

the e3'es

in

their princi-

Notwithstanding they use light

they are very strong.

about 130

which

box for

poor Chinaman, and

pal diet.

of

have seen thirty-one the

in

church,

the

Com-

Sunday, every two months, and such

a meeting

ver}-

of a

consistent Christians, main-

They would come from

fishermen.

munion

?

think,

a

diet,

man

of

carry piculs of

rice

133

others,

for

discharge lighter

12

on

his

sea

shoulder

two and three or

in

turn

with

hours,

until

they

1500 piculs of rice out of the

up on board

a rough feet.

lbs.

of the ship,

sometimes

when they can hardly keep

in

their

82

CHAPTER Y

VII.

understanding

the

of

tween France and Siam

owing ing

is

be-

that

it

is

to France's grasp-

principally

disposition

trouble

overpower

to

the

small independent kingdoms in the East.

think

I

a

it

was about i860 the French made

demand on

tain

King

the

Siam

of

Anam,

piece of territory over in

ment

of

sons of

an

agreement

Prince,

after

to give

the

the

death

of

his

his

The work was

new King

agreed

father,

French the territory named

brother,

told

who was

the

consummated the

French

if

and

that the

the

in place

legitimate ;

the

of

This young

French would put him on the throne of

cer-

in fulfill-

made by one

king of Anam.

the old

for a

heir.

then

King

the of

83

Siam must consent it

was tributary

to

to Siam.

up the cudgel

took

giving the land as

his

of

Then

might

French

the

against

right,

and began to intimidate the King of Siam, by bringing one of their gun boats up the River

The

with flags flying and drums beating. passed

which

Packnam,

a

custom

house,

cannon on board, which

with their guns and

was

a violation

of the

with

Western

nations.

the

is

ship

treaty obligations

Up

the

River

made came

gun boat with Count Castlenau on board.

The demand was then made with bast that a

was

Frenchman can command, and

refused.

The King

Castlenau an audience.

He

gave Count

After listening to the

Count's demand, the Kalaholm asked authority

do

Siam

land

act?"

come here

you ?

Where

The Count

said his Excellency,

said

it

matter to

referred the

the Kalaholm, Prime Minister.

for

the bom-

all

is

to

"By what

treat

with

your exequatur to

he had none.

"you had

better

"Well,"

go home

'

84

and ask your Royal Master to give you some authority to act, and not

come here with your

gun boat and guns past Packnam of treaty

shore,

The

which says

when

all

a vessel

is

guns

be sent on

bound up the River."

Packnam

fortification of

shall

violation

in

consists of only

one fort on right hand side of the river as you go up.

This fort was built more for appearance

than anything

else.

An American

would knock spots out

mouth half

is

of

it.

The

6-inch

gun

river at

its

very wide at high water, and about a

mile wide at low water.

The channel

is

very narrow, with two sunken junks on either side.

They were sunk

to keep the

there, loaded with stone,

Burmese from entering the

Bangkok, the capital

of the

about 25 miles up, and, beautiful city as

aught

ward

I

know,

in their

my

is

situated

opinion, a very

compared with other

The people

cities.

in

Kingdom,

river.

oriental

are very friendly, and, for

strictly

honest and straightfor-

dealings with foreigners, except in

85

a few instances, such as

dealer

July

up

a

is

have named

I

— the wood

one.

4,

1

86 1.

Fourth

— Four or

Americans got

five of us

July celebration, consisting of a

of

grand dinner, the best edibles that Singapore and

Bangkok could give guests, in

The

us.

table

was

set for 65

which there were Siamese nobles, Chi-

nese of high grade.

We

sat at table

and enjoyed

the dinner, while a Siamese band gav£ us the best

music they could, which means the fellow who can make the biggest noise

is

the best musician.

After the cloth was removed toasts were given

and drunk of

in

The King

water-champagne.

Siam was represented by the Lord Mayor

President of the United States by the writer

Queen

of

England

Everything went

We

by Her

off just as

;

the

;

the

Consul.

Majesty's

wc intended

of

it

should.

began the day by hring a national salute with

the largest firecrackers

we could

you we made the welkin

made

get

;

and

I

tell

ring, for the crackers

a noise like small cannons.

We

fired 41

86

guns to salute our flag,

and kept

firing at intervals all clay saluting

everybody's

flag.

night passed

off

The

the Siamese

flag, 21 to salute

Thus the day, evening and very grandly with

natives enjoyed

it

as

much

as

lots of fun.

we

We

did.

closed the grand fandango about 2 A. M. on the 5th,

by

Goodale proposing a toast to the

S. P.

writer, to

which we responded with good cheer,

although very to clear

tired.

took nearly

It

up the debris and get

borrowed

all

up

to the dinner

all

next day

in the flags, for

the flags from the

the outer anchorage, and

all

we

American ships

the captains

at

came

and had a good time.

Before leaving for home, the King sent his messenger, a noble, for

me on Sunday morning,

requesting an audience. that inasmuch as I

had been

in his

Siam,

and as I

I

a

day

country nearly of

messenger

told the

Sunday was

had not violated one ples,

I

my

of rest,

and

five years,

and

Christian princi-

was about taking

my

leave

of

did not wish to violate or trespass upon

87 the

good examples

the

minds

note that

of

He answered by

was too early

to

for

start

the Palace,

ment,

with

I

me

we were conducted

in front of

all

at lo next

my

called

it

"

dle," etc.

in line.

away my gig

the Rev.

S.

Matoon

arrived at the

to the reception apart-

and also about 50 soldiers

Music was furnished by the

who

Star Spangled Banner," " Yankee DooFinally, the

welcome, and talked

my

time

was time

King's brass band, with a French leader,

played

my

which there were two elephants

their fixings on,

drawn up

When

When we

and Rev. R. Telford. Palace

but added in

note, saying

afternoon.

and took with

(boat)

;

in

morning, but would meet

in the

in the

2

at

subjects

would meet His Majesty

I

morning.

me

his

had tried to inculcate

I

stay in his

of

King came out and bid us

many

Kingdom, and

things pertaining to of the

expressed by his brother, Prince

many

regrets

Crom Alouing

Wang-Sau, the Prime Minister, and other

nobles,

and closed the interview by requesting me to

send him, at his expense, two boxes of American

During the

Honey Dew.

tobacco called

inter,

and put on

view or audience, the King took

off

his finger a magnificent ring.

began to think

he intended to present his best wishes, but

He

to

it

I

me

as a souvenir of

he did not.

took this occasion to invite us to the crown-

ing ceremony of his eldest son and heir to the

throne of Siam, but as he had learned from

Ma

Millee that he did not participate in anything on

One Ah first

Tit (Sunday), and

day, he hoped

other two days.

made our and

went

Sunday would be

we would

We

all

the

come on the

thanked His Majesty, and

salaam, and were escorted to our boat,

left for

home.

On

to the crowning,

seats at the

show and

oriental prince

was a grand

we

and were given the best

feast.

The crowning

was something grand. was

of an

To me

it

all

of us

the far off western nation.

The

sight;

who came from

the day appointed

in fact,

it

to

second day, the young prince was ^irrayed

in gor-

YOUNG PRINCE, NOW KING OF

SIAM.

(Page

89.)

89

geous apparel, and carried on a very handsome sedan chair by four native noblemen, with two nobles to steady him, as the gold decorations on the

young man would

certainly weigh twenty

They were interwoven with diamonds

pounds.

and other precious stones.

ped

The procession

in front of the writer, so

young prince

at the

the sedan chair and

as he

stop-

got a good look

I

was taken down from

was conducted

into the tem-

porary throne room where he was divested of his

gorgeous apparel.

winding mountain

stairs to the

of

built

Then he was taken up

top of a very high

bamboo, and

artificial

covered with

green paper, and having miniature trees up the sides and on top.

The whole thing was worthy

of the

The writer was

occasion.

pleased with

all

he saw.

were conducted

down

ver}'

much

After the ceremony

we

and

sat

to the banqueting hall,

to a bountiful feast, gotten

up

in true

Ame-

rican and English style, with beer, wine and other

liquors for those

who

drank.

The whole thing

90

manner worthy

passed

off

King.

The then young prince

a

in

an oriental

of

now

is

the reign-

ing monarch of that Kingdom,

On my

arrival in

Anderson &

Co.,

1

New York

I

14 Liberty street,

called on

John

who very

read-

they would put up a dozen boxes or six

ily said

gross of tobacco into very handsome boxes, and

forward them free of charge, for the privilege of of advertising the order received of Siam,

I

dictated the order to his agent, which

made about

First

it

one-fifth of a

column

The tobacco was put up

papers.

from the King

was put

into very

in

in

the daily

grand

style.

handsome paper boxes,

then into a perfectly beautiful mahogany case,

with this inscription first

King

of

in

gold letters

Siam and Sovereign

some

case was on exhibition for

was put

Bangkok

Low

into a strong pine

via

Hong Kong,

Bros., Chinese

Bangkok, care

Rev.

"

For the

of Laos."

time.

This

Then

it

box and shipped to care

merchants

of the

:

S.

;

Messrs. A. A.

from

Hong Kong

Matoon, of Presby-

91 terian

mission,

Palace.

and

forwarded by him to the the shipment

The King received

and

expressed his thanks. Last,

Canning

but

not

" arrived,

parture for

and

got

I

Hong Kong

friends waited "

the

least,

Jack Waters

all

take

and home.

me down

me down

did in noble style.

at his

made

own

"

Viscount

ready for

upon C. G. Allen " to

declined, saying he had to take

steamer

my

Some

of

de-

my

to charter the

to the bar.

all

He

arrangements

expense, which he

92

CHAPTER |^^^?22^E .

^Sim

pltillH

started from

o"

all

^^^^^

Bangkok about o^

March,

9 o'clock

and

1862,

ar-

rived alongside of the steamer about I

to

t*^^

VIII.

good

Ah Choon was up

Captani

o'clock.

for

things,

he had the cabin table

spread with a grand collation, which

we

all

en-

joyed.

After doing

which Captain

was removed.

full

justice

to

Ah Choon had S. P.

the

good things

provided, the cloth

Goodale, the United States

Consul, rose in his seat and proposed the

name

of

our guest (the writer), to which Mr. C. G. Allen

responded, eulogizing the writer degree.

Then there were

in

the highest

several other speeches

from the Portugese, ex-American, Russian, BritAll spoke in ish and the Hamburgh Consuls.

93

about the same

thought

strain,

by crediting me

At

deserved.

for

more

the conckision of

than

I

S. P.

Goodale's remarks, a boy handed him two

I

This

bags containing about 600 Mexican dollars.

amount he

Bangkok silver, I left

said

for the

my memory

me

legion

in

of the

;

that

of the friends

many happy days

my

city.

he did not

child but

me

set of

Bangkok, and also to refresh

in

with them during

dence

friends in

purpose of purchasing a

and to be kept to remind

behind

my

was contributed by

I

passed

four and a half years

resi-

my

were

He

said

know

woman

man,

of a

what respected me

friends

or

my manhood

for

and Christian character, from the King down to the Cooley population.

gized

me

In fact,

too highly to

my

I

think he eulo-

face.

If

I

had been

dead, then he could say what he pleased. close of his remarks he presented

two bags

of treasure.

me

At the with the

After considerable talking,

laughing and crying, the entire escort returned to the

"Jack Waters," and

cast off their lines

and

94

me

started for Bangkok, and left

own

feelings, for

ing with so the

alone with

certainl}^ did feel

I

many staunch

my

bad at part-

friends.

I

watched

receding "Jack Waters" until she passed

Mud

around

mind began

Point and entered the river.

my past

to run over

years with the natives, and

I

My

four and a half

saw nothing

in

my

career amongst them but what was of the most friendly

character

;

and

I

will say the

are today a kind, generous people.

through a large part

of their country,

with nothing but kindness.

we

passed, the natives,

man, and to

I

In

traveled

and met

some places where

who never saw

whom we

Siamese

a white

looked strange and ate

strangely with knife, fork and spoon, would observe us very closely and watch the tools. so

many

loved

?

The

Why

should

people, native

I

how we handled

not feel sad at leaving

and

foreign,

whom

I

\

captain went back to the city

steamer.

with the

95 14th.

— The captain came on board

and ordered

At 9 A. M.

steam up, and the anchor hove short.

we

started,

everybody bustling about, getting the

We

ship ready for sea. into the I

came

six

open Gulf to

and

May God

my

fifteen

away with many

Farewell to Siam

of Siam.

you with

months

passed Cape Liant out

forebodings four years,

days ago

heartfelt

see

all

ligion of Jesus Christ,

is

— Passed

wind N.E. by

E.,

of

respect.

not far distant

and turn from your

God

Pulo Cordore,

12

with very bad

coal.

— Kept

off

— Fresh

breeze, with

20th.

now go

beauties of the re-

the

worship to the one living and true 19th.

I

!

feelings

grant that the day

when you may

!

two points

to

idol

!

miles distant;

let

the

sails

draw. 2 1 St:

Sighted island,

of

the

Island

inhabited

by

Cochin Chinese.

a very dirty night.

of

a

heavy sea running.

Pulo

de

Moore — large

very industrious

4 P. M.

— Ever)^

class

prospect of

96 22d.

— Heavy sea

Heavy weather, with

by E. day.

Ship heading N.E.

running.

5

P.

M.— Put

No

rain.

sun

to-

the ship on the port tack, and

On

stood in for the Gulf of Tonquin.

account of

bad coal could not make steam. 23d.

— Doing

well for us

— about

6 knots; ship

heading E.N.E. 24th.

— No

close

up

Lat.,

14

wind, with long rolling sea.

to the

Parasels Shoals in

Ship rolling

N.

With such weather the

like a log.

4^^

Kept

fathoms.

No

steam.

with good

ship,

on the

coal,

Owen

could make 12 knots.

This

Pher Py San.

the Northeast Mantzoon

season, and at

1

will

is

a snorter from N.E.

we may expect

any time.

we

This

hand

If

we do

in the

get

all

is

it,

good bye, John,

number

of

our mess.

for

Lat.

5-40.

26th, 6 A.

M.— Stopped

tubes and back bridges

the engines to clean all

right.

Lat., 17

N.;

long., 113 E.

27th.— All

right,

making

7

knots.

Wind N.

97

Stopped two hours to get clear

half E.

of the

land.

M.

28th, 6 A.

Weather

— We

made

Leana

the

Island.

me very

thick and hazy, and to

cold.

Quite a number of fishing junks outside fishing with their long seines, end of which are made fast to

two

junks, and they

about 150

sail

After a certain

dragging the seine with them. time, they

come

in

feet,

and take the

fish

out of the

o'clock passed the Ass's Ears, and

net.

About 9

came

to in the harbor of

Hong Kong, after

a very

tedious passage of 14 days.

Hong British

Kong and

rule,

the side of a is

called

telegraph

an

is

hill,

Victoria station.

is

a very

under

colony

English fine

city,

built

on

very high, the top of which Peak, which

There

are

has a

marine

some very

fine

English and

granite buildings belonging to the

Americans and other foreign merchants, Russell

&

& Co.,

Co.,

Augustine Heard

Thomas Hunt & Co.

&

Co., Oliphant It

is

a

very

98 lively

of ships

sail

fifty

this

x\t

city.

of

are

writing,

there

various

nationalities

say at

anchor,

—

29th.

on

ton

took a

I

There

a

is

Low

ing to A. A.

board

room

and Can-

for

fine

docks, and a

dry

Bros.,

and

New

work.

ship N. B. Palmer, belongcS:

of,

Cloud.

mechanical

for

very

The

machine shop.

state

place

three

are

went on

Wampoo

to

American steamer, White

the

Wampoo

up

sail

New

of

York,

engaged passage

and

Everybody

York, $400.

I

is

getting rich. 30th.

of

— The

about

City of Canton

5,000,000

population

white population; about water. I

was

I

in

is

the great Confucius I

went inside

walled city

including

1,500,000

saw about one-eighth

hundred gods.

a

the

on the

live

city

and

temple of

five

of the wall

and

of the

met nothing but friendship and kindness from the Cantonese.

I

was carried

by two coolies up on top

in a

sedan chair

of a high hill

where

99 I

could

see

over

all

everybody busy. nine feet from tea

and

31st.

silk,

—

I

city,

bustle,

curb to curb, principal business

islands,

or

women.

Hong Kong on

The Canton of

men

idle

again started for

clusters

a

all

narrow, about

very

Streets

no loafers or

White Cloud. having

the

river

and

the

beautiful,

is

banks

the

of

the river presented high mountains, very picturesque.

April 3d.

ist.

— Nothing but going about.

— Breakfasted

with

Capt.

Treadwell

on

board of the American clipper ship, Sagamore. 4th.

— Breakfasted

with

Capt.

Rowe

on

the

American Barque, Homer, and dined on board the

British

tween the visiting

Barque, Alicia, 5th

and loth

ing trinkets, silk for all

for a long voyage. of the

American

did

Chinese

the various

wardrobe, such as

I

Capt.

dresses,

Morse. as

shops,

ship,

pleased,

and

buy-

and getting

kinds of linen,

I

1

Be-

etc.,

my

ready

went to dinner on board Golconda, Capt.

"I

100 I

have

know

forgotten for

it

The

wards.

had

I

"

name, and

his

Golconda

my Sanpan

could make

what ship

understand said

" Jack,

ship

have got eye

Then

plenty."

The only way

no

said

He

see

no

;

That see

can to

is

where

14th.

—

see,

say,

He

if

no

why

"You No got

a ship

savy.

a

savy

I

that ship

eye, no can

How

has no eyes,

can

?

can't

it

to go.

sent

I

my baggage

on board I

of

am

the just

out walking, and being carried about in

sedan

chair,

on

so that

my I

and

feasting,

many American

captains of sist

—

no savy?"

asked,

can

"

answered,

Palmer, consisting of 14 packages. tired

Jack,

Melican

piece of

" Jack,

said, "

then he

;

"

man, Boston

that

asked,

I

have got eye?" I

?

after-

wanted to go to

I

you savy

to

had two large paint-

"

ed eyes round her horse pipes. I

him

with

business

ought

I

as

my

friendly

clipper ships

in-

breakfasting and dining with them, ate

only a few

meals at

my

hotel,

lOI

the Oriental up on the

can

Hotel

a

very

Ameri-

fine

Theo. Andrews

by

kept

hill,

& Com-

pany. 19th.

—

I

paid

my

bill,

and

After passing the night with

Treadwell here

I

Chinese

of

the

American

am on board pilot

in

of

the

my

pilot

of

Capt.

Sagamore,

Palmer, and the

command, who

inside

friend

ship,

anchor hove short, and loose the

were lying nearly

for the ship.

left

all

ordered the topsails.

We

the ships, the

backed the fore topsail to give the ship

stearnway, and

backed

the ship

out

through

the other ships with her head pointed outward.

10^

CHAPTER PRIL

20th.

IX.

— Sunday,

all

Ship

right.

doing well, and better than we ought to expect at

this season of the year.

Just on the change of

N. E. to

S.

W. which makes

bound down the 2 1 St.

— All

ren,

of

Mass.,

of

Miller of is

The

ship

is

in

from

set first

rate

everybody happy, from Capt. Chas. lady, Mrs. Parker

Mass.,

children,

everything

while

skysail.

Low and

P.

hard for ships

and good for those bound up.

right,

mainsail to trim, and

sea,

it

Montzoon from

Rev.

New

of

T.

New

Jersey,

York.

child-

Talmadge and four

Mr.

Barnard

and two

of

Mr.

E.

Mass.,

E.

Webber

and

Thos.

The Rev. Mr. Talmadge

returning with his children after laying his

wife

away

in

her grave.

S.S.W. 130 miles.

103

22nd.

pump

— The

— And

points.

well

all's

along

ship

;

as

a

two

course

off

M. tacked ship and

12

steady

S.W. x W.

bolt, 130 miles

23d.

stood

off

138

68 miles on her course due south.

miles. 24th.

breeze tack

going

ship

—6 ;

the

S.W

a small

A.

M.,

Made

island

Cochin China.

to

clear

the

board beam. sea.

25th.

Island of

south

5

P.

9

mainland

the

of

M.,

P.

passed the

;

Pulo Con,

Tacked ship and stood

Island.

the port tack

the

the

to

of

out to

two points on the port

ship off

X S.

morning, and good

beautiful

tacked

M., tacked

ship on

on the

Island

ship

off

star-

and stood

49 miles due south.

— Wind

dead

— Wind

still

ahead.

65

miles

on our

course. 26th.

dead

ahead.

35

miles on

course. 27th.

— Sunday.

All

is

dull day on shipboard. ship.

We

have

35

well.

Wind

No work

Lascar

sailors,

ahead.

Very

but working all

Mahome-

I04 tans,

headed by a Surang, who

He

their religious faith.

They have held

sailors.

is

is

a high

man

in

looked up to by the

their

worship on ship^

49 miles.

board.

— Doing very well. 35 miles. well, and now having the 29th. —

28th.

x\ll is

wind.

ding

Wind very

9i knots.

with stud-

134 miles.

sails.

30th.

light,

first fair

— All

is

Fair wind, very light.

well.

1

50

miles.

May

I

St.

— Beautiful

morning

for the

Opposite the Gulf of Siam.

May.

first

of

140 miles.

— Here we are, down among the Midorus Islands — a group of islands governed by a Ra2d.

jah

;

3d.

a very fine hospitable man.

— Very calm

;

nothing doing.

4th.— Lat., 1-15 N.

group

of islands

Meguan 5th.

In

called

full

view of a large

Saddle,

Campbell and

Islands.

— My

birthday

landed a boat, and the

;

40 years old today. first

We

mate, Mr. Joseph Steel,

;

105

Mr. Webber, Barnard and

As

I

on

my

thought

The

went ashore.

ought to have some excitement

birthday, so

Island.

island

I

went ashore on Campbell

is

about two miles long, half

wide, shaped like a camel's back

mile

6th.

— Very

mometer

down

desert

;

Did nothing today.

island.

is off

I

jNIiller

91.

Ther-

calm, to almost suffocation.

We

saw steamer

astern,

coming

9 P. M.

the sea with a vessel in tow.

— She

our starboard beam.

7th.

—The

astern of us. night,

steamer we saw

We

had a

little

and sailed away ahead

wind, and the steamer

is

last

night

is

far

breeze during the

of the steamer.

No

passing on one side of

the island of St. Barba and

we on

the other.

— No wind, with lots of islands in sight. 9th. — No wind. Ten squalls in the morning 8th.

very calm nth.

in the afternoon.

— We

are

now

in the

Java Sea.

ed through the Straits of Jasper 4-20

S.

We

last night.

passLat.,

io6 1

2th.

13th.

—

Still

calm.

— Very

with

calm,

Islands

the

Brothers and the North Watchers

M.

P.

— Squally,

in

the

of sight.

3

Passed the North

with rain.

Watchers, with two of the One Thousand Islands in sight.

14th.

— Here we are at anchor

x\njier

in

the

Hong Kong. of Java,

Straits

We

Harbor

went, on shore on the Island

saw the harbor master, and then took

improved since

I

of

Sunda, 26 days from

of

over the town, which

stroll

in the

I

was there

a

found very much

in

1857.

We

went

out to the coffee plantations and saw the natives. Lat.,

6-20

S.

and convex

Coffee

is

The

roller.

with a concave

hulled coffee

put

is

in the con-

cave roller and the convex one crushes the hull off,

old

after

which

primitive

it

is

way,

winnowed by hand with

shallow

in

the

baskets

or

trays. 15th.

—

Still at

and provisions.

anchor, and getting fresh water

The

captain and

I

went on shore

I07

me

Let

here.

formation. i5th.

say that

all

have some

I

— We

fine

o'clock last night, and

specimens.

way about

under

got

again

the islands are of coral

ii

stood out of the straits

between Java and Sumatra. Wind hauling ahead, and caused us to pass between the Islands of

Cockatoo and Princess. 17th.

—Java

head

in

still

breeze from S.S.E.

Lat:,

Very

sight.

6-48

:

little

60

104 E.

long.,

miles. 1

— All

8th.

Lat., 8-55 19th.

from

;

long., 102 E.

— All

Hong Kong.

squalls.

58 miles.

Good

right.

and

winds

Light

right.

30 days out

breeze.

Distance

miles

206

from

Java. 2oth.

— All

is

2ist.— Lat., 11-35

— Lat.,

Lat., 10-10; long., 98-54.

well. ;

long.,

96 E.

190 miles.

12-32;

long.,

94-17 E.

Distance

23d.— Lat., 13-48;

long.,

92-51

E.

Distance

22d.

130 miles.

138 miles.

io8 24th.

— Lat.,

15-04;

89-40 E.

long.,

Distance

161 miles.

25th.

— Grand

Hebrews,

us a talk from

— Good

heavy breeze.

day we had to take any wind.

This off

sail

is

a

is

ship.

All

have a fearful heartburn

I

caused by doing a big ness over the eyes.

first

on account of

grand day for the

happy but me.

the

282 miles.

Lat., 17-34; long., 82-08.

27th.— This are

16-4;

Lat.,

16.

iii,,

188 miles.

long., 84-45.

26th.

Talmadge gave

breeze, and Mr.

lot of

Lat.,

nothing, with heavilong. 77-44.

19:

288

miles. 28th.

— We

are doing

well,

and

I

thanks to a good dose of medicine. long., 74-14.

29th.

day.

— Breeze

— Good

continues, and ;

Long., 70-35.

breeze, and

have for some days. 182 miles.

better,

Lat., 20-10;

214 miles.

Lat., 21-05

30th.

feel

I

feel better to-

I

200 miles.

feel

better than

I

Lat., 21-37; long., 67-35,

109 3

1

St.

— Six

22-30;

Lat.,

Almost calm,

weeks out to-day. long-.,

65-47.

Sunday, and very calm.

125 3 P.

miles from

first

— Squally,

with

M.

rain.

Mr. Talmadge gave us a talk from Ephe-

sians.

43 days out.

Lat., 22-23

;

80

^ong., 64-24.

miles.

June

my

2d.

— All

time overhauling

W. by W.

61-46

long.,

3d.— Nearly calm. 70 miles. 4th.

Occupied

Bitter wind.

well.

my

trunk.

half N. Lat.,

Lat.,

150 miles.

23-12;

long.,

22-51;

4 days. 59-51.

45 days out.

— Wind

years old.

unsteady.

My

Lat., 23-41; long.,

boy's birthday 57-51.

;

6

70 miles.

46 days. 5th.

— Wind

Lat., 24-11

6th.

miles. •7th. 1

— All

long., 56-48.

;

right.

down

Sent

skysail yards.

72 miles.

47 days out.

Lat., 24-48; long., 55-14.

94

48 days.

— Doing

19 miles. 8th.

light.

well.

Lat.,

24-03

;

long.,

53-14.

49 days.

— And

a fair prospect

of a

good

breeze.

;

110

Preaching by Mr. Talmadge, from Deuteronomy, 9th chapter.

Lat., 25-33

long., 51-26.

;

114 miles.

50 days. 9th.

— Strong breeze

night, with

all

der and sharp lightning.

under close-reefed

loth.

— All

nth.

68 miles. I2th.

but

65 miles.

— Very

— The

ship was

Lat.,

26-46

no wind.

Lat.,

topsails.

well,

long., 47-30.

M.

;

long.,

51 days.

164 miles.

48-44.

12

heavy thun-

calm.

26-45

;

52 days. Lat.,

27-40;

long., 46-50.

53 days.

— Lat.,

27-40; long., 45-16.

80 miles.

54

days. 13th.

every

— Heavy

Heavy

sail.

ate.

— Eight

Lat.,

sea running.

68 miles.

long., 44-15. 14th.

wind from N.W.

;

Lat.,

28-06

55 days.

weeks out today.

27-40

Ship under

long.,

43-33.

Wind moder54 miles.

56

days. 15th.

days.

— Lat.,

27-13; long., 41-59.

88 miles.

57

Ill

i6th.— Lat., 27-29

68 miles.

long., 40-46.

;

58

days.

17th.— Lat, 28-34; long., 39-05-

Strong breeze

from N.W. 1

8th.

— Heavy

every canvas.

N.W.

gale from

29-41

Lat.,

;

under

Ship

long.,

170

36-02.

miles. iQth.

— Heavy

close-reefed sea.

and

topsail

Water

fore

Laid to under

skysail.

flying like snowdrifts.

long., 34-42.

2ist.— Lat.,

Doing

gale from S.VV.

well.

31-47;

Saw

long.,

30-50.

large

Dutch

a

sight.

lost

long.,

continues

thing snug, and

we have

220 miles. ship,

deep

Lat.,

32-51;

112 miles.

23d.— Lat., 33-30; Gale

;

homeward bound.

22d.— Strong gale from W.S.W.

miles.

29-24

70 miles.

loaded, from Batavia,

long., 29-02.

Lat.,

Heavy

29-09.

Leeway

from W.S.W.

ship riding like a

29

Every-

duck, and

our Dutch friend astern

out of

112

24th.— Lat, 33-12

Weather

starboard bow.

25th.— Lat., 34-45; ships.

210 miles.

25-11.

long.,

Saw

three

67

days.

wind.

snorter from

Close-reefed topsails.

W.S.W.

Ship under easy

long., 22-07.

Two

sail.

29th.— Lat., 35-31

Spoke the

;

Head wind.

ships in sight.

long., 20-56.

Four ships

in

British barque "Wellington,"

Bombay, bound

30th.— Lat., 25-34;

long.,

with close-reefed main

to Liverpool.

20-50.

Heavy

gale,

topsail.

July ist— Lat., 34-35 Table Lands

Blowing a

22-S9.

long.,

28th.— Lat., 35-16;

83 days from

23-118.

long.,

34-47;

27th.— Lat., 35-06;

sight.

fair.

in sight

120 miles.

26th.— Lat.,

Head

Land

long., 28-52.

;

;

long., 20-40.

in the east coast of

With the

Africa in sight.

Distance about 20 miles.

2d.— Lat., 34-51;

long.,

on the Lagulis Banks.

20-24.

All

becalmed

All hands fishing

;

caught

113

pounds

i,20o

weighed 3d.

—

fish,

some which

25 lbs.

Lat.,

— Lat.,

35-34;

— Lat.,

19-28.

long-.,

gale

;

Sighted nine

light in sight.

35-07; long., 19-12.

Heavy

sight. 5th.

beneta, long'

Cape Lagulis

ships. 4th.

of

laid to

;

Two

brigs in

wind north.

34-13; long., 17-48.

Gale

still

pip-

ing. 6th.

— Lat.,

33-39;

long.,

17-38.

British ship, 87 days out from

Saw

large

Akyah, bound to

London. 7th.

— Lat., 33-13;

8th.

— Lat.,

33-13;

long., 17-28. long.,

17-28.

interest to-day.

— Lat., 33-13; long., 17-28. loth. — Lat., 32-54 long., 16-23. — Lat., 31-05 long., 16-17. 2th. — Lat., 30-23 long., 16-03. 13th. — Lat., 29-44 long., 14-50. 14th. — Lat., 29-03 long., 13-50. 15th. — Lat., 28-10 long.,

9th.

I

ith.

1

13.

Nothing

of

114

i6th.— Lat., 26-19; first

day

of the S.E. trades.

17th.— Lat., 24-12 1

8th.

loiigv 10-27.

— Lat.,

;

22-9;

175 miles; the

89 days out.

long., 6-18.

264 miles.

long.,

216 miles.

3-9.

91

days.

— Lat. 19-45 long., 41 W. 2oth. — Lat., 17-43; long., 3-47. — Lat., 15-55; long., 5-30. 19th.

2

1

St.

days.

;

265 miles.

220 miles. 150 miles.

94

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115

CHAPTER ULY

22d.— Sighted the Island

Helena

island in

at daylight,

came

to

island

is

anchor

St.

8

A. M.

roadstead.

The

and about

in

of

nothing but a large lonely

mid ocean.

Jamestown

is

an English

by soldiers and their families

garrison, settled

and others.

Some

to the island

to

and natives.

X.

are tradespeople,

make money out

The

natives,

who came

of the soldiers

by the way, are

a very

small race of people, and talk half English, half Indian.

nance,

They have more

a very yellow cast of counte-

of the Mala}-

color.

After getting

water and some fresh provisions on board, a number of us went on shore and hired two carriages,

and we

all

started

up a very rough mountain

road for Long Wood, the home of the great Na-

ii6

We

poleon.

passed through

is

the rooms of the

room where Napoleon

house, even into the

There

all

an iron fence built round the spot where

Everything

the bed stood.

preservation, and

is

in a

is

good

state of

kept by Frenchmen, as

the property of the French by purchase. is

died.

a fish

pond near the house.

it

is

There

The house and

surroundings are on the top of the highest mounbleak sort of a place, with guns of large

tain, a

size set

this

with their muzzles pointing seaward.

All

ado to keep one man a prisoner on a lonely

island in

mid ocean

We

!

saw the house called

Brier where they put him at the island, and buried, hills,

down

we saw

little

the head of the grave.

high.

between two high

weeping willow tree

The

six inches in

on landing on

the grave where he was

in a lonely valley

with a lonely

more than

first

tree

was dead, and not

diameter and

Just such a place as a

at

man

fifteen feet

of his great

brain would have selected for a resting place.

Here

let

me

say that there have been

more

sprigs

117

brought to

of willow

All

diameter. lated

life

table

in the

tree

a

surroundings

his

of the great

my name

and other countries by

make

than would

sailors

this

French

visitors'

three feet in tell

of the iso-

chieftain.

register on

I

entered

the very

where he amused himself playing a game

We left

called " Solitaire."

Long Wood

for James-

town, and, after looking over the place, saw, in

many

places,

terrible

caused by the white that a vessel

came

in

devastation to

ant.

On

buildings

inquiring

I

found

and landed a load of African

pine and other wood, in which were white ants.

The white of

wood.

ant

very destructive to some kinds

So much

of St. Helena. "

is

for

We

Jamestown and the

Island

again boarded cnir good ship

N. B. Palmer," and sailed about 8 P. M.

16-03

;

Lat..

long., 7-06.

— Lat., 14-02; long., 10-20. 12-14. 24th. — Lat., 12-19; 25th. — Lat., 11-06; long., 14-16. 23d.

lottf?-'

26th.— Lat., 9-56

;

long., 16-33.

198 miles.

160 miles.

140 miles. 152 miles.

Ii8 27th.

— Lat., 8-46;

long-.,

196 miles.

19-33.

100

Hong Kong.

days out from

— Lat., 7-28 long., 22-02. 174 miles. 29th. — Lat,, 5-54; long., 24-37. 180 miles. 30th. — Lat., 4-01 long., 27-18. 190 miles. — Lat., 1-36; long., 29-40. 200 miles. August — Lat., 1-49 N.; long,, 32-14 28th,

;

;

31st.

ist.

W.

235 miles.

2d.— Lat, 3-45

long., 35-05.

;

— Lat., 4-55 long., 36-40. 4th. — Lat., 6-47; long., 37-10. 3d.

am

five

;

years away from

home

105 miles.

100 miles, and

to-day.

— Lat., 9-25 long., 38-20. 170 miles. long., 40-02. 6th. — Lat., 140 miles. long., 40-42. 160 miles. 7th. — Lat., 12-42 8th. — Lat., 13-10; long., 42-36. 140 miles. 180 miles. long., 45-26. 9th. — Lat., 14-22 160 miles. loth. — Lat., 15-02; long., 48-1. 5th.

;

II

;

;

;

nth.— Lat.,

— Lat., 13th. — Lat., 1

2th.

15-36; long., 49-08.

62 miles.

16-07; long; 49-15.

35 miles.

16-49; long-' 50-15-

72 miles.

I

119 I4th.

— Lat.,

18-30;

long,,

Boarded the British barque

" S.

miles.

170

52-39.

Hardy," from

Cork, Ireland, bound to Barbadoes,

I

got a bar-

rel of beef,

— Lat,, 19-46; long., 55-40, i6th. — Lat., 21-34; long., 57-40. 17th. — Lat., 23-56; long,, 60-52, i8th, — Lat., 26-12 long., 63-30. 19th. — Lat., 27 58; long., 65-59. 20th. — Lat., 29-58 long., 67-51. 2ist, — Lat,, 31-20 long,, 68-46, 22d, — Lat,, 32-38 long,, 69-42,

92 miles.

23d,— Lat., 33-55

84 miles.

15th.

185 miles,

160 miles.

228 miles,

200 miles.

;

170 miles. 160 miles.

;

96 miles.

;

;

24th. P.

long., 70-07.

;

— Lat., 35-12;

M.— Entered

the ship

down

long., 71-26.

the Gulf. to topsails.

1 1

104 miles.

P.

Ship

2

M.— Brought

in sight,

bound

south.

— Lat., 37-55 long., 73-38. 190 miles, 26th, — Lat,, 40; long., 100 miles. 130 days from Hong Kong. P. ^L — Took pilot from 25th.

;

74.

3

Boat No,

13.

Came

to anchor off the bar, wait-

T20

Everybody very happy

ing for high tide.

seeing our native land, after an absence of years,

some longer than

others.

at

many

Next morning

took a tow boat from the bar up to the City of

New

Then

York, and docked the ship.

ashore, and did

some

it

went

business, and started for

Home, sweet home, Be

I

ever so humble,

There's no place like

home

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