The arrival at Woosung on Sunday of the new N.-D.LS. Prinz Kitel Friedrich, now on its first visit to the Far Enst, was made the occasion of a most delightful river trip to which Messrs, Melchers Ca., agents of the German mail line, invited a party of their friends. The outing was the more enjoyable on accurtnt of its entirely informal nature, but a great part of its success was due also to the unremitting efforts of Mr. C. Hoppenbers, who made the arcangemonts, and to the kindly hospitality of Captain Prehn and the atticers of the now steamer.
The tender Bremen left the jotty on the French Bund just "fter two, and the punctuality with which every item of the programme was carried out enabled her to reach Shanghai again just after seven o'clock, the scheduled time. A genially warm sun made the run down river a very pleasant one, though rather late in the season. [u an hour and twenty wit ates or thereabouts, the Bremen was alongside the Kitel Friedrich which received its visitors with the cheerful strains of the never failing band.
Some little time was spent roaming at will over the traly magnificent steamer, in some respects the finest passenger boat which has put into the port here. The Prinz Eitel Friedrich is not the largest vessel on the line, by a good deal; in tonnage she is something under 8,000. But in the comfort, the spaciousness, and the beauty of her appointments, she is the handsomest we have seen. Built by the Vulcan Shipbuilding and Engineering Company at their Stettin yard, she is planned after the fumilier fashion of the German mail steamer—first-class accommodation in the centre; second. class in the stern; and third-class in the bow of the main deck. There are four decks in all, and the first-class accommodation is contained on the three uppermost. On the upper deck so-called are the cabins, most of them forward, but some atiers on the starboard side, along which are to be found the barber, bath rooms and the chief steward. The port side is occupied by the elficers' mess, doctor, bakery and more bathrooms, and the kitchen is in the centre. A broad, easy stairway leads up to the promenade deck, and the dining saloon. The last mentioned is a beautiful apartment in the Empire
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