Mr. Stevens arrived in Shanghai day by the steamer Pekin fro having all but accomplished the world on a bicycle. A spare, wiry looking man of about five feot seven he seems nove the worse for his journey and discomforts of most of the last part of it, and speaks cheerfully of his experiences generally. He was good enough to give our reporter a sketch of his adventures from the outset down to the eve of his departure for San Francisco by the Japan ateamer of yesterday afternoon.
Ho is a native of Grest Berkhamatead, Hertfortshire, England and appears to be about 28 or 30 years of age. His narrative was as follow crossed from San Francieco to Boston in April two years ago, on a 50 inch Columbia bicycle, After his arrival in Liverpool he rode south through Warrington, Coventry, other towns to Lo treating him royally everywhere and w him god-speed. After two or three days in London he made for New Haven, vid Brighton, an immense crowd of bicyclists, escorting him to the Dieppe steamer. He
along the great European highway by passed through Pasi, snd from thence Bisesburg, Muvich, Vieses; Beds. Fath, taking his time, and ea to Belgrade, Sofia and other Balkan cities to Constantinople. The journey feom Liserpool to Ca tinople took barely two mouths, The morning of Angus!
1885, saw nee more astride ed of eel gon from Europe into that m:
quarter ut the globe, Asin Halting at night for rest, and with meny delays to look at the innumerable objects and places of interest be wheeled through Anatolia and reached Kurdistan where he passed several days, sleeping at Under the goat rkin tents of the wand tribes, The dominions of theShab, to which Mr, Steven next wended hia way have for the kindness which Pers At Teheran, wintered, ere wns grand parade army, the Sh appearing at its head and teking' the the strange vehick formed evoluti irprised and delighted them, But t ashe admired the grace agility of the rider and the appar tease with which he bestrode hi ele, could not be pre-essay x try himself, n fact very much took away from the amusement of the sembled soldiery and others. Mr, Stevens peake ly of his treatment at the hands of Forks, and th the Kurds who rob him. They, however, after stored him the' pilfered "pr maw prayers not to tell their chief, who would show them but little mercy for their prench of hospitality. In Angora the authorities issued a proclamation to the people calling upon Uiem to assemble to see the strange traveller pass out from the city, having previously asked Mr. Stevens to Gx an hour for his departure. When he oran he took the Pilzrim's route to ered Mahomedan ficent mau-Harounould p on his way to Peking, but he was stopped ents of the former power at Shah was obliged to turn buck t from which he intended yoi through Afghanistan to India, But he had scarcely entered Afghanistan when the told him that he pro-coeded at his peril. The British Commissioners treated him miles to Berjand again into Afghanistan, point a safe Aistance from the Commission and their messages, but at Furrah, half way between Herat and Kandahar he was arrested by an Afghan chief, acting under orders, who, after some days, escorted him back en to He was obliged from which he went by th railway, and reached Constantinople; and from thence by steamer {o Kurrachee, So that to travel 300 miles by land he had to go 6,000 miles by sea, From Kurraches he went through Lshore, Delhi, Agra, Can pore to Caicutia from whence he tok steamer to Hongkong.
En the 13th of last lenth he got his ele under way again and stared from Canton, buthe found it simply uselvas fron the badness of the roads. Fifty miles were not covered between Canton and Kiukiang, Que moment he thought that he wes on the highway to somewhere in particular, the next few yards brought him to the end of the pathway, which (0 his mortification he found terminated ina paddy field. So intricate and difficult to travel were the ronds, that it took him over twenty-four hours to ride thirty miles after leaving Canton, Ho found most of these pathways bout twenty inches wide, and high boulders ked his way at short intervals. He ton hoping that as he proceeded north, the facilities for locomotion would i prove, but after four days he had the dis appointment of finding that a path which he had been pursuing under the belief that it was the highway terminated like so many of ite predscessura inn rice field, It was only then, that he reluctantly determined to give his bicycle a rent and tuke to a a-man, Tt took four days to reach Chavchoy-foo by this means, and then after a tol his legs, he got did not leave it for Pass and in the province of Then he fancied that the way before him, for the roads suddenly improved, and the bicycle, which by cuolivs, Was once more put into requisition and he spun merrily ahead till he reached King-gan foo. The weather from Canton to the Mecling Pass was very warm, Unt, it grew cold and rain fall, which rendered that portion of the journey doubly difficult and disagreeable. traveller greatly igh stare cultivation in the provinces through which lo passed, and with the beauty ut some of the temple, notably of that between Tobin-yuen and Lo-choy-foo, The people everywiwre trented him very well till he reached Kan-tehan Foo, where the inhabitants attacked him with stones, and matters were looking very serious when hw reached the yanéu accompanied by two soldiers who wore sent with hin by the head man at Ta-ho, The crowd here was very noity and threatening and amounted to several hundreds, Bat the populace she were crying out to kill the foreign devil" contrived to seize the bicycle which however escaped with only one broken spoke and it was only with the brentest difficulty that he was smuggled out of the yamen, and after exertions on the part of the Che-haien who had to make several proclamations collin the mob to disperse, a or three bruises and many indentations is topee, from s, Mr. Stevens escaped injury. This was by far the worst treatment that the traveller received since he started on his journey, and shows the inhospitable and suspicious character of the Chinese in inland parts. Although between Farrah " passed through -Naumid (the Desert it is said a European elled before he had not deen anywhere subjected to the treatment he received in this city. Mr. Stevens also speaks with great disgust of the filthy habits and savage fanaticism of the people in the districts of China through which he travelled. Almost all the journey to Kiukiang was accomplished in sampans, the biggele being carried by coolies, From Kiukiang he took the steamer Pekin to Shanghai, which he left on Friday for Japan. From there he will lake the steamer to San Francisco. Mr. Stov: admits that he undertook the journey partly from the wish to travel, but mostly from a desire for notoriety—in other words pursuing the bubble reputation on a bicycle
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