The Hon. Ernest Guinness's Stately Barque Faptome LI in Huangpu After 11,000 Mile Voyage Lying at the Upper Buoy is a vessel resembling those in which British adventurers opened this part of the world to the British pir The ship is the Hon. Ernest' Guinness's Fantéme LI, sailing the seven seas on a_pleasure cruise. She is barque-rigged, more like British men-o'-way of a century ago than the general run of picturesque merchantmen that were warped up the Huangpu when the port was first opened. Seen from the Old Dock, flying the White Ensign, with her single line of painted gun ports, and old-fashioned poop rail, Fantéme LI might be one of his Majesty's frigates or a speedy Indiaman back in the drab, mechanical world of to-day. yacht, built at a ship of the squadron, Hence the white Ensign at the peak. She is not square-ended, is of steel construction and thort is auxiliary distinctive beauty that can vie with a dozen Shamrocks.
Se much for the romantic side, which, after all, never has any appeal for those who serve Neptune. If Fantéme LI has the outward appearance of a frigate, her tween docks and state rooms are the last thing in modern luxurious ocean travel. Such appurtenances as wireless—the installation is sufficiently powerful to have provided at Gibraltar music of a concert in Manchester which Mr, Guinness's party were able to dance cold storage plant, electric light and winches, hot water and fresh vegetables, were unknown to the generation which sailed this of ships. Over Mr. Guinness's bunk is a barometer, clock, speed log, and other mechanical devices showing the progress the ship is making at sea. The Hon.
Guinness's' boudoir compare: the best that are found on trans-
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