A glimpse of the isles of the Pacific . he side of the boat in the water, and the hand wassnapped off by a shark. They have a fine training ship here for boys, betweenten and eighteen years of age, who have been arrested formisdemeanors. We visited this ship and were muchpleased at the appearance of the boys—three hundred andseventy-eight in number, and not one in the hospital,which is a fine record for the commander. They are underthe regular navy rules; everything on the ship is neat andclean, and many of the boys enlist in the navy when theyare discharged from the training ship. The captain
A glimpse of the isles of the Pacific . he side of the boat in the water, and the hand wassnapped off by a shark. They have a fine training ship here for boys, betweenten and eighteen years of age, who have been arrested formisdemeanors. We visited this ship and were muchpleased at the appearance of the boys—three hundred andseventy-eight in number, and not one in the hospital,which is a fine record for the commander. They are underthe regular navy rules; everything on the ship is neat andclean, and many of the boys enlist in the navy when theyare discharged from the training ship. The captain showedus every courtesy; he also mentioned that his boys were sofond of swimming near the ship that the sharks usually gotone or two of them every year. There have been several cases of bubonic plague inSydney during the last few months. The authorities arevery careful and keep every case which appears in a hospitalfor this special disease, and disinfect all premises where itappears. It is now on the decrease, although there were 93. two new cases reported during the week we were there,and we were warned to be very careful about our diet. Ofcourse, when one is a long way from home, such things donot sound pleasant, and if we feel slightly indisposed for aday, we begin to think perhaps we have the plague. It isa deadly disease and much more feared in this part of theworld than cholera, yellow fever or small-pox. We sailed from Sydney April loth, on the S. (Captain W. G. McArthur), for Hong Kong,China, regular run twenty-three days, with six stops on theway. After two days, w^e anchored at the wharf ofPinkenba, which is the port for Brisbane, nine miles up theharbor by rail. This harbor is not good, the water beingtoo shallow; large steamers do not go higher thanPinkenba, and cargo is brought down on lighters. Brisbane is the capital of the state of Queensland,population 125,000, a beautiful young city with a rapidlydeveloping country around it. Nearly all the sugar
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