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...next made sail for the Madeira Islands. The incident by far most interesting on our stop here was a week's hunting trip on three lonely islands in this group, the Desertas. These three long, narrow islands, nearly unapproachable from the sea because of the steep rock cliffs rising out of the water, are owned by two Englishmen who purchased them from the Portuguese government at auction and who used them as game reserves. These Desertas are uninhabited by human beings because of the scarcity of water and the un-favorableness of the approach from...
...board the White Star Liner Majestic. He expressed himself sorry to leave, but hoped that circumstances would permit him soon to return and visit the South and the West. Reporters asked him the time-worn question: "Have you a final message to the American people before you sail? " " Only this," he replied, " I am very sad at leaving this hospitable land and its most warm-hearted people...
Bluenose had won the first brush over the 26-mile Halifax course by 1 min. 20 sec. Believing that he had been deprived of the second race and the trophy unjustly, Captain Walters departed homeward, refusing to sail the final race. Fishermen of both countries are indignant...
Colonel Harvey was scheduled to sail...
Colonel George Harvey, Ambassador at the Court of St. James, was preparing to sail for home. Before he left, he attended a farewell din- ner of the famous Anglo-American Society, The Pilgrims. There he made a speech in which he said two things: 1) that our Administration has been accused of having no foreign policy; 2) that our Government had exhibited its policy and offered its services to Europe when Secretary Hughes, in a speech at New Haven last December, made a proposal for reparation settlement...