. The Far East and the new America; a picturesque and historic account of these lands and peoples, with the following special articles: China. narrow entrance to the bay. The lights on the ships had all beenextinguished, except the one astern, but the sub-tropic moon, flooding theirpathway with a yellowish light that on the calm sea looked like a foil ofgold, made the scene sufficiently bright for them. A constant lookout for the Spanish fleet supposed to be moored some-where in that vicinity was maintained, but no sign of the enemy was seen,and the American fleet kept on, increasing its speed
. The Far East and the new America; a picturesque and historic account of these lands and peoples, with the following special articles: China. narrow entrance to the bay. The lights on the ships had all beenextinguished, except the one astern, but the sub-tropic moon, flooding theirpathway with a yellowish light that on the calm sea looked like a foil ofgold, made the scene sufficiently bright for them. A constant lookout for the Spanish fleet supposed to be moored some-where in that vicinity was maintained, but no sign of the enemy was seen,and the American fleet kept on, increasing its speed so as to get as farinside as possible before being discovered. The men were at the guns readyfor instant action, while unchallenged the luie of war-ships sped alongthe perilous passage, mined witli its submarine explosives, the grim device 289 290 THE FAR EAST. of destruction liable to explode at any moment with the power to hurlthem all into eternity. The commander had learned his part under theindomitable Farragut, and, as on the memorable occasion that made theother famous, Commodore Dewey calmly awaited the result of his hazardous. ADMIRAL GEORGE DEWEY. dash past the frowning ramparts of the Spanish fortifications on tlie isleof Corregidor, regardless of the torpedoes set to catch the unwary. Past the dark fortress of Corregidor swept the squadron without raisingan alarm, until a cloud of sparks, flying from the smoke-stack of theMcCulloch, a convoy with two transports, Nashan and Zapiro, gave the
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