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Introductory XXI
Sail boats, Carrim ata,
Ocean going steamers from 2,500 Venetian gondolas,
C am els,
tons up to 52,000 tons, Elephants,
Pekin ponies,
Carritella,
Tongas (bullock carts), IN
Automobiles— and Fords,
Jinrikishas, Filipino shingles,
Palanquin chairs, Funicular railroads,
Sedan chairs, Aeroplane,
etc.
W e have traveled on trains and slept in trains in
Japan, Ceylon,
China, Egypt,
Korea, Syria,
M on golia, Palestine,
M anchuria, Italy,
H awaiian Islands, S w itze rlan d ,
M alay States, France,
Siam, England,
India, and T h e D ear O ld U . S. A .
A nd, I say to you, there is no country that equals the U nited States in
hotels, railroads, sleepers, dining cars or things w orth seeing.
Boats and Harbors
,, . . H E average person who has heard about the landing of gang
ole ln it. planks of boats on the M ississippi thinks that all he has to
do is to w a it until the boat shoves its nose into the dock and
the gangplank is let down and then w a lk ashore, a process
that takes but a few minutes, or perhaps fifteen at the most.
N o t so w ith the ocean going steamers. T h e y are big crea
tures. T h e y enter a harbor very slow ly, because if they
ever bumped anything they would just naturally rip a great
T h e y ease up very slow ly and, if they do go to dock, it takes
1W a tlme before everythin g is in order for passengers to alight.
^ We w ere three hours getting out of the harbor at H on o lu lu going
west this last time, because the w in d w as d rivin g us right back to the
oc , and these big boats are handled very carefully. F in ally, when
We t ot our bow w as going to ram the dock, w e cleared it by about
ve teet. W h en the C aptain fin ally got out o f the harbor, he w as all
Sail boats, Carrim ata,
Ocean going steamers from 2,500 Venetian gondolas,
C am els,
tons up to 52,000 tons, Elephants,
Pekin ponies,
Carritella,
Tongas (bullock carts), IN
Automobiles— and Fords,
Jinrikishas, Filipino shingles,
Palanquin chairs, Funicular railroads,
Sedan chairs, Aeroplane,
etc.
W e have traveled on trains and slept in trains in
Japan, Ceylon,
China, Egypt,
Korea, Syria,
M on golia, Palestine,
M anchuria, Italy,
H awaiian Islands, S w itze rlan d ,
M alay States, France,
Siam, England,
India, and T h e D ear O ld U . S. A .
A nd, I say to you, there is no country that equals the U nited States in
hotels, railroads, sleepers, dining cars or things w orth seeing.
Boats and Harbors
,, . . H E average person who has heard about the landing of gang
ole ln it. planks of boats on the M ississippi thinks that all he has to
do is to w a it until the boat shoves its nose into the dock and
the gangplank is let down and then w a lk ashore, a process
that takes but a few minutes, or perhaps fifteen at the most.
N o t so w ith the ocean going steamers. T h e y are big crea
tures. T h e y enter a harbor very slow ly, because if they
ever bumped anything they would just naturally rip a great
T h e y ease up very slow ly and, if they do go to dock, it takes
1W a tlme before everythin g is in order for passengers to alight.
^ We w ere three hours getting out of the harbor at H on o lu lu going
west this last time, because the w in d w as d rivin g us right back to the
oc , and these big boats are handled very carefully. F in ally, when
We t ot our bow w as going to ram the dock, w e cleared it by about
ve teet. W h en the C aptain fin ally got out o f the harbor, he w as all
