The log shall tell the rest of the story:
"As we rounded Hea Ta a small Chinese junk with a large crew came out from the island and tried to go alongside. In the attempt they broke a plank on our port side, fortunately cove water. At the same time the helmsman in the junk fired a revolver at our helmsman (Mr. Jensen), but missed. We then got our guns on deck in a hurry and fired some\ shots over the pirates' heads, at which they fell down in the bottom of their boat and let it drift astern. We then thought it not advisable to anchor there and Seb our course in order to go straight to Amoy. Tightened up rigging."
On Saturday, the 24th, a strong monsoon was experienced. On the 25th Turn-about was passed at 5 a.m. The fore-sail came down together with the stay, eyebolt and ring on the masthead, Lhe yatchsmen rigged the two backstays forward instead of the fore-Later the wind blew with icane force and they had to put out "wone subduers," as the yacht threatened to poop. The boat, however, proved to be a very able sea-boat. At 8 a.m. on the 26th Amoy was reached. In a note on the trip the yachtsmen say: *'We are glad now that the pirates chased us out from the Taichau Islands, as we would certainly be worse off had we been at anchor in such a case, and in our. future sailing south we are not going to try any anchorages on the China coast. We intend to beach the boat here in order to get the propeller fixed, so we witl probably not be able to leave Amoy for eight days."
MAN-EATING TIGERS, The next stage of the journey was from Amoy to the Philippine Islands, and during this period strong gales were encountered. And so on to Manila, Ellis and the north coast of Borneo and. Java. From thence to Batavia, and at this spot three of the adventures decided to continue their journey by ordinary steamship. This left the Ketch witha crew of three—the three who are now in Durban viz, Messrs. A. Ing worsen, E. Haugelund and H. Vanman—who are the owners of At Batavia the adventurers heard great stories of Prince's Island, where next.they were to make for, The legend ran that the island was infested with -man-eafing tigers, the story being that a vol-conic eruption had thrown many dead on the shores of Prince's. Island, and that the tigers who had feasted on the corpses acquired a taste for human: flesh, But when Prince's Island in Lunda Strait was reached no signs of the man-eating tigers were sech. The adventures, however, got good. sport with deer and monkeys, many of which were shot.
Keeling Island was the next port of call. Here it, was. that Ube Emden, the German raider, was sunk, and the crew of the Shanghai say that the remains of the boilers and propellers: of this vessel are still to be seen under, the water, though nothing, is visible above.
Then came a long stretch without a sight of land, 2,000 miles being sailed in 13 days, surely a record for the type of. craft—and Roderique was reached.
Mauritius was next made, and the 41,6000 miles from there to Durban was covered in 20" days. Bad weather was experienced, N. E. and 8. W. winds driving the ship, which on one occasion wag only able to cover 20 miles in nine hours.
SPIRIT OF ADVENTURE, Seen to-day by a representative of the "Natal Advertiser," Messrs. Ingwersen, Haugelund and Van. man spoke in glowing terms of their trip. "It has all been so fine," they said, "and we are not a bit sorry we embarked on it. Everywhere we have called we have been well received, and we are very grateful for the kindness of the employees of the Eastern Telegraph. Ca. at the various Stores were Being loaded this morning for immediate use on the Shanghai, but her departure will not be for some time.
The crew desire to have: a look round Durban.
The luck of the vessel la ascrihed to the mascot—a sailor's Buddha—which stands in the cabin the ketch, but articles of more practical use are -shot-guns, rifles and revolvers.
The spirit of adventure is not dead even in these modern days, and the crew of the Shanghai are. looking forward to the trip from Durban to Copenhagen." Eight thousand miles have been covered and there is nearly the same distance to be gone. But' what a splendid way of going home!
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.