sends us the follo from a Japanese paper, and invites public deration of watter, which h says is obstacle lying in the way nyer trafic and commerce at com "Notification issued by ment tells us (says Chit that more quaruutine stati the stiffest "and coldest storms we have experienced for many years. Wo shipped some heavy the decks froze, and for three days we were rarely out of the cabin, On Wednesday afternoon the sea went down somewhat, but we were placed in considerable jeopardy by the breaking of ing year rifter dark. The ship round on the face of the ving not only ud tone men at her. When was allowed fow miles until On Wedlnes:
At Nagasaki and Nebe, station shall vessels ab any: hour vf on their arrival, But such 3 really to be wanting at quarantine Yokohama, Te was that wh Maru had arrived: ther cisco at 8.30 pin. on the 8th ult. authorities appel however, come to ship evs evening and by this indolent yers who were in a high with the desire of indin jin the all harbours of Jape really in th eatin conditions, being of proper harbour, While, however, the tobe claimed one of the amongst rest in Japan wal available pier except one Hiatoba tw be fastened the In the tana: lighters or to meet. with this purpose facilitate this poor xccon ion the Customs and quarantine authorities should in carrying out their business pay their careful and profound attentions.
"But America Maru was del ined on outside the breakwater till daw fore all passengers entirely worried on voyage were, in 4 state of stupefied condition and even in despaired, penned up. through a cold night. Subse the following morning madiest has been completed at only one hour, Had this measure been taken on pre hight it might have done away by 9 or 9.30 p.w, at latest and passengers should have at all disembarked by 10 oF 10.30 and have had enjoyed with their way. Those who booked for Hongkong would also have availed themselves to visit Tokio, gaining thereby one night. It will decidedly facilitate great convenience for both concerns, one of drawl out from passengers mo dating passenger might well to be em of welcoming ton Although in the wit tot bitter cold weather such an inspection should be great annoyance to them, however, it must not ware way fo the. anehorag Yungehi y under the mentary: where the to marching on Wei iwrei, and where found the s. Shantwur (alias Mathilde) already at ancha ai ficulty in getting the anchor free of the ie with which it and in fact the whole ship was covered. The cold was so intense that it was impossible to face the wind or to stand in the open air any length of time. W wed anchor and rounded the proment hour some mi givings, as a heavy as still sunni and a strong north-east wind still The Promontory and entire coast Shantang were covered with ice. W reached Chefoo late in the afternoon, and after mails and passengers transferred to the s. Yungpi started for Chinwangtan. Half the hour of Chefoo covered with There was swell in the our which render One Chine: dipping in the sea Dut was rescued. We were fi days getting to Chefoo instead of two.
nds were wetting very anxious about our safety and telegram: had been forwarded to Shanghai making enquiries.
On Saturday morning, after passing the islands near the Regent's Sword and steel N.W. course, we saw in the eastern cil of ice By 10 v'eloel cutting through it, cracking the jew before us and ssu making a passage. An hour after we were once more in open water, but in a few more minutes we were again battling with a second field of icy. This was a bit tougher, but still we inde long runs without: emi il, za clean-cut. cam: ed wroken, floating und nother stretch of open water, running ike the former east and west. crossing which finally entered a field of white ice which was without limit as far as the eye could see, north, east and west. More than half of the Gulf of Chihli was frozen over. The appearance of the ice field wee Tike that of a gard arranged in plots, the chaling of the blocks of ice before the who.e froze, forming " pretty flower border. Here and there the i blocks were piled one upon another, giving a thickness of six feet in many plies, and afterwards, when next day we once more found open water, these portions resembled small Heating AM Saturday adr nyon and night and op ull ely Sunday morning we did nothing but steam ahead and back every few minutes. The ice was too solid tu crack; we simply went ahead, always steering N.W., crunching and crush: ing into it, making fre uently not more than five feet of progress and leaving model of the ship in the ice. The telegraph was kept constantly working, the captain (Corner) scarcely leit the bridge—the general impression was that we should get stuck and be unable even to back out, ww" talked of returning to Chefoo or at east trying ty do so. The horizon was leggy for us tw make out the high mountains at Shanhaikuan which are seen for a long As we crushed throwzh the en stond upon end I ip. Several tim ship trembled from the impact of the ice. The paint and rust got all rubbed off. Wo often stood at the bow watching the eutter cutting into the thick white ice and, vere, shaving it, turning up a tine quantity of snow.
The Yungping was not built to carry engers, but coals, the accommodation therefore limited, but what vel the ship lacked in' this respect was more than made up by the kindness and attention the captain and officers, [tis said the officers of the ship receive fifty per cent. additional salary for this This is certainly not too had provisions and it was said, to last for ten days, 1 we th hot soon turn up, an extra sina] steamer the sane line lying in Chefoo harbour would most likely be sent in seard of ts. But in the circumstances what could she have done! We turned in for the second, it (the ran from Chefoo is not more than hours) not knowing what was awaiting us in the morning, "The captain was the Inidye and if the ship could yo, by fas the man te take her. Tu the morn when we yot on deck we were and later on the outline of could be discerned. 'The 1 changed the course, first trying east and then west to get a passe strony westerly wind sprang up, the ie Ato move, and so we escaped out clutches of this dread tyrant, ice. We bowling alony through' slush, the reminding one ut a lake covered with with here and there steal Tu the afternoon we reached our tion but found the harbour full of ie and backed seve near the pier as possible sake of landing mails and passengers, finally stuck in white thick ice about a nile or rather less from the shore. We blew our whistle and ina short time the cas blackened with passengers who had been waiting four or five days for the long open carts crowded the A Norwegian fron with the Customs offic for the mails, soon put out and cut a passage thi the ice. Mr. Wright, the Customs officer, walked out-on the iee to the ship; the passengers and their multitudinous imped ment were soon over the side of the steamer, and we were all on the ice wal ing round the ship. Half of the Chinese passengers proceeded tu walk ashore drawing after them their luggage. The sight was very picturesque. The steamer firmly stuck in the "ug train of Chie nese wending their way ashore, each one with his household gods bein: after him, the temporary pier, running 600 feet into the sea, covered with crowds ut Chinese passengers and hundreds of coolies preparing, to pull back the sampans (nearly tivo dozen), which were being filled with the outgoing passengers (100) and their baggage, to bring the incoming sengers and their luggage from the
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